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I am a mother of three children, two of them are grown and moved out, I love to write and I live in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. I know it rains alot here but I love it I was born and raised here. I am getting married next year to a wonderful man at 38

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Home & Garden > Cleaning Products Baby wipes, essential cleaning supply for the home: 1 of 4

My kids are all grown out of baby wipes but I still use them for all kinds of things, I use them in the car, in the bathroom, and in the kitchen. They clean just about anything I remember one time when my kids were little and one of them had some artist in them and they wrote all over themselves with ink pens and felt tip pe...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Abuse: 13 of 18

I was married to a man who verbally abused me for 19 years, before that I was sexually abused by men as a child. Some call me a survivor I call myself a winner, I have learned alot from being abused. I learned how to see right through the BS that abusers try to lay on me. I can spot abusers a mile away without even having to...
Parenting & Pregnancy > After School Should parents raise their children without television?: 185 of 228

I think all kids should at least watch the news once in awhile I don't agree with ALL the shows at there but they need to know what is going on in the world. They will be entering it when they grow up and get out on their own and if they don't know what's going on then they are pretty much just going to be flopping around li...
Food & Drink > Fruits & Vegetables Which is healthier: Boiling or steaming vegetables?: 8 of 9

For me steaming vegetables brings out the taste far better than boiling them. The vegetables are far more vibrant in color, they are firm and not limp from being boiled to death. Plus the vitamins stay in the vegetable and not boiled out into the water that gets dumped down the sink. I love steamed fresh vegetables, the vege...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Meeting an absent father after the divorce of parents: 5 of 5

My parents divorced when I was 7 years old I have two older brothers and a younger sister. My dad left for another state when I was 9 years old he kept in touch for a few months an then after moving several times we lost touch with him. We didn't see or hear from him for 22 years. There were times when he would cross our min...