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BA Social Sciences
MA History
LPN for thirty years.
Working in both social services and nursing.
15 years experience DD/MR/ MH
Currently working in mental heath and addiction services.

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Relationships & Family > Love & Relationships Does real love really exist?: 1 of 16

. When we're very young, nature has provided most of us, male or female, with a tidal wave of hormones designed to perpetuate the species. It is such a powerful and all-consuming impulse that we do not appreciate it until after it's gone. However, when the hormonal tide does subside you can think a lot clearer, more objectiv...
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders US elections 2008: Understanding Obama's Muslim connection: 1 of 12

Senator Obama is the front runner, now anybody who has an inclination to pick up a rock and throw it, will do so. The most persistent accusations against Senator Obama is that he is unpatriotic, that he does not salute the flag, or wear a lapel flag pin, I've even heard some really ignorant people call him a Muslim and that ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Eternity: 6 of 56

To Alicia We joined where heaven meets the sea, that's where our love will always be. Where the sun gives birth to a new day without memories of pain. Where light fuses into air painting yellows, reds, orange and purple everywhere. Where reflected gold rides gentle waves where our love heals and saves. I will not forget that...
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Life How to accept aging, sickness and the possibility of death: 2 of 18

I should be good at writing about aging, sickness and death as I have been taking care of people, as a nurse, for over thirty years. But I find myself unable to encapsulate those experiences in words. My first thought in watching others is that having to deal with the pain that comes from aging, sickness, and dying brings us...
Jobs & Careers > Office Politics Mental Health: Working with crazy clients and loving it: 1 of 9

First of all, to apply the term "crazy" to a human being is demeaning, it demonstrates a distinct lack of understanding and does not help anyone to treat a particular affliction. In fact, if a person uses the word "crazy" against another, very often, they are insinuating that that person needs be "locked up". It's a lot like...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections US elections 2008: Why Republicans are more concerned about going against Obama than Clinton: 3 of 26

The reasons why Republicans are more concerned about going against Obama than Clinton are; 1)The Republicans have been waiting for Hillary's turn at presidential politics for years and have an absolute laundry list of "crimes" she's committed against the American people. They would love to see her win her Democratic Party's ...
Education > Special Education The link between learning disabilities and lying behavior in children: 1 of 7

In this article I refer to the Children's Health Encyclopedia. The definition of lying is shown therein as "any deliberate deviation from the truth; it is a falsehood communicated with the intention to mislead or deceive." According to Wendy Gamble, University of Arizona, there are four types of lies * Prosocial: Lying to pr...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections US elections 2008: Issues Democrats can use to woo voters away from John McCain: 2 of 13

To many of us it seems the world is ending and for many of us it really is. The old world is passing away, and ready or not, a new world is coming. The price of gas is continually going up, as is the price of food, and will continue to go up for the next two years at least. 600,000 have lost their job this year and one milli...
Computers & Technology > Business & Office Software Software reviews: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9 Box: 1 of 6

"Dragon Naturally Speaking", by Nuance is a voice dictation program which actually works pretty well! I have tried at least two versions of "Dragon Naturally Speaking" in the past and I quit using them, out of frustration. But this version 9 works for me better than ever before. The program is by no means error free, so as I...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: When someone you love commits suicide: 4 of 23

At first glance suicide seems to be a statement from a victim, poignant and its finality and power. But, in reality, the act conveys no meaning to the survivors. That there is no clear message for the living signifies that the act of suicide is a question, a rhetorical question, one for which an answer is hoped for but not e...