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Tracy Glockle is an assistant pastor's wife and mother of two toddlers-a boy (age 2 1/2) and a girl (age 1 +). Tracy has taught college English and writing for four years and previously worked for a newspaper for six years. She currently works part time in

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: First time motherhood: 2 of 49

I began parenting with the typical new parent resolve: I'd never pop a pacifier in my baby's mouth just to shut him up; I'd never hand my baby over to someone else when he was crying; and foremost, I'd never get frustrated with my cuddly darling. But, as any other new parent, it didn't take long for the resolve to weaken. By...
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Lessons we learn from disabled people: 1 of 16

HANDICAPPED BY NORMALITY You try not to stare because you've been taught that it's impolite. But curiosity forces you to steal a second look at what should not be but is, what you are not. "Handicapped" we call them, because they do not have what we have, they do not look like we do, act like we do, or think like we do. They...
Jobs & Careers > Stress & Time Management Tips for more effective personal time management: 2 of 7

Getting Organized: Arranging a Routine Once upon a time, I thought that routines were ruts that the unimaginative tended to trod as they trudged through life. Ironically, the busier my life has become the more I have craved routine-and even found it absolutely necessary to survive. Yet, I have found that a successful routine...
Relationships & Family > Married Life A case against wives who nag: 2 of 5

Wives of Praise Daily we are bombarded with negatives about men and husbands. From comic strips and sitcoms to even our hair stylists-it seems that men are the brunt of every joke and sarcasm. Men are portrayed as ignorant, egotistical, and barbarous with no interests outside of sex and sports. It's no wonder daughters don't...
Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality (Other) Women and virtue: 6 of 13

Who can find that virtuous woman? Who can put a price on her value? Who truly realizes the value of such a woman? Boy, if those aren't words I'd love to hear. We've all had those moments where we pause in our hectic day of dirty (blow-out) diapers, spilled cereal, broken vacuum cleaners, and backed-up toilets and thought, "I...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Common Baby Ailments Baby colic: What parents can do to handle the stress of colic: 8 of 17

Growing up, my mother used to tell horror stories of my older brother screaming for hours upon hours. She used to say there were days when she wanted to scream with him. I remember laughing at those stories as a child. And then my own colicky baby was born. Initially, he was the sweet quiet darling every mother imagines. The...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Should wives still submit to their husbands: 9 of 19

Our nature longs to do our own thing, to be our own boss, to make our own way. And in spite of all the blessings of American society, those blessings often cater to this side of our nature. When we live all day long fighting for and establishing our rights as Americans, as Christians, and as women, it's difficult to come hom...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Pregnancy How to prepare for a c-section: 4 of 8

CONQUERING THE C-SECTION FEARS I thought I was prepared for childbirth. I'd read every article and book I could get my hands on, talked with other mothers to get their stories and advice, and thought through my birth plan. And it wasn't until my water broke at 6:30 in the morning that the first tinges of nervousness set in. ...
Home & Garden > Cleaning (Other) Tips for keeping your house clean: 12 of 22

My housework routine is an ever-evolving, always-improving process. And if one method or another has been tried and discarded, they all have, if nothing else, provided me with a new inspiration and motivation for cleaning my house. In spite of my unceasing search for the perfect method, one habit of my housework that I have ...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Christian understanding of reality: 4 of 7

"All is not gold that glitters." We haven't heard that proverb in awhile. And you can easily see why the old adage needed to go. No one, after all, likes anyone telling him that what he thinks is valuable is really worthless, anymore than the original gold-digger wanted someone to tell him that his find was a fool's find. Th...