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Cecilia Ball is a freelance writer located in Northern Kentucky. She earned her bachelor of science degree from DeVry University-Chicago where she majored in accounting and technical management. Spending many years in Chicago, she assisted top executives

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Health & Fitness > Diet Programs Does the Atkins Diet really work?: 2 of 16

Atkins Right, Atkins Wrong! I'm an Atkins success story dating back to 1981. By following his original plan, I lost 100 pounds, and have maintained it. Who fails on the Atkins diet? For starters, who should use the Atkins diet? Before you decide to undertake any WOE (way of eating), you must determine whether it is right for...
Education > Educational Philosophy Personal philosophies of education: 28 of 136

Educational Philosophy: The Purpose of Education To spark the flame of inquiry that burns in the eyes of each student should be the intent of every educator. The purpose of education is to impart knowledge, the stepping stones along the path to wisdom. True wisdom comes from having the proper balance of the following in a st...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Christian understanding of how to 'be like Christ': 6 of 29

WALKING WITH GOD, LIVING LIKE ENOCH I dream of going to the Holy Land. Imagine Gethsemane, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the River Jordan, and the Sea of Galilee, the Wailing Wall, the hill Golgotha, and the empty tomb of my Savior. The question is, "What won't I see when I visit the Holy Land?" For starters, I will not find Enoch's...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Christian understanding of love: 14 of 59

Hosea's Wife "There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt." (Hosea 2:15 NIV) There is encouragement in the writings of the prophet Hosea. Like Hosea's adulterous wife, believers can be unfai...
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Bible tips for Christians on how to to bounce back from adversity: 1 of 4

Who hasn't been through a scuffle at least once? I can recall a few playground conflicts. Yours may not have been a push-shove situation. Perhaps it was a serious tongue lashing in front of your peers or some other heinous incident best forgotten. Like it or not though, we learned something from that unpleasant event. With k...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Fairy tales: 42 of 148

Patsy, the Purple Dragon Bryan fell asleep on the banks of Yesterday and met a dragon named Patsy. Her body was purple with wings the colors of a rainbow. She flew through the air and landed softly like a duck on the water. She was fierce yet gentle, larger than life but meek enough to appear small. Bryan was afraid and want...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Losing a loved one: 64 of 150

INTO THE WIND... Stacey's ample red curls prevented her view of the trees on that blustery March morning. The robins hopped from branch to branch of the twin oaks beside the house. They called to one another with idle morning chatter. The cattle wandered back and forth from the creek, in search of interesting nibbles, chewin...
Health & Fitness > Weight Issues Is food and chemical sensitivity sabotaging your weight loss: 1 of 1

At age 11, I weighed 225 pounds. Yes, believe it! I've maintained that 100 pound loss for the last 25 years. How did I do it? Well, I'm about to tell you. My quest to conquer weight gain once for all started in my early twenties. Maintaining my weight loss was easy through high school and college. Being a teen on the go, I b...
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Bible study: The tithe: 20 of 34

THE SPIRIT OF GIVING As the holiday season approaches, the corners and entrances of merchant squares will fill with volunteers clutching coin pails and jingle bells. The call to be charitable and give to those in need is inescapable for the shopper colliding with smiling faces - hoping for some bling in the bucket. The offer...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: First dates: 42 of 48

THE GREAT ESCAPE Today was special. Daphne took excruciating pains with her appearance. She was meeting Skylar Denning for drinks at the Four Seasons. They'd met on the Internet. He called yesterday saying he was in town for business. Daphne cleared her calendar and dashed to Bloomie's for the perfect "dressy casual, not too...