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Olivia's life included childhood trauma and experience in a foster care system, not to mention a "mean" step mother. She still survived, in fact she thrived as her life kept changing colors, and then it began to shine.

Those accumulative experiences gave

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Parenting & Pregnancy > After School Should parents raise their children without television?: 3 of 225

Raising children without television would deny them the opportunity to be exposed to some of the better programing it has to offer. More realistic would be to limit the viewing time and to restrict less desirable programing to your home. Trying to control what our children are exposed to is an ongoing challenge. From their e...
Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas Reclaim the holidays: 1 of 60

Every year the holidays seem to arrive sooner. I am sure that I saw Christmas Trees lined up behind the pumpkins. The smile on the Jack O Lantern's face was barely visible among the green boughs of the trees. Each year we tackle the holidays with the mixed feelings that they always bring. With them is the ambivalence of joy ...
Pets & Animals > Pet Ownership Safety tips for traveling with a pet: 1 of 30

As your best friend watches, you pack your bags. He is wondering if he is going along on this trip. When you turn your head and see, he is sitting inside your suitcase with his ball in his mouth. You know he is packed and has plans to travel with you. However, have you prepared in advance to bring your best friend along? Be ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Inspired by Sylvia Plath: 1 of 29

Inspired By Sylvia Plath The house has an echo in emptiness The last of the boxes finally packed I say one last good bye outloud and run From my home that has kept my heart intact All too soon the life I had finally found Spilled all of its memories onto the ground Now splintered and stuffed into boxes and cart Puzzle pieces...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: My pen: 1 of 29

It rests carefully hardly anyone knows The ink it has shed and the stories it told Yet all the while bearing my ebb and flow Of the letters unsent and words unsold A non-threatening way it holds a place Among scattered papers it hides It waits to be called into pace Freeing words that lay deep inside It feels the chill of it...
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) More stress than sincerity: Should we reconsider the way we celebrate holidays: 1 of 25

Some of us probably should reconsider how we celebrate the holidays. But most of us will not. We will probably get caught up in the pace of the season. It's a love hate cycle that begins the day after Thanksgiving. It goes back to the first time we sat on Santa's lap and we asked him for all the things we wanted for Christma...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Methods Enforcing bedtime: The importance of a good sleep routine: 2 of 46

Good night sleep tight don't let the bedbugs bite." Retrospectively does not sound like a very powerful saying. Nevertheless, for my children and I those were our final words to each other each night during our bedtime ritual, it included the final goodnight kiss, hug, and lots of love. For all of us, the comfort of a routin...
Health & Fitness > Aging & Longevity Should elderly patients be cared for by family members or by health care professionals?: 2 of 42

It is a difficult time to reach the age when role reversal happens, when the hand that held yours now needs to be held. When you suddenly become aware that the child within each of us returns in our later years. It is wise to recognize that the decline as we age is something we must all live with. It can be anticipated and p...
Relationships & Family > Break-Ups & Exes Teen advice: Tips for breaking up and moving on: 1 of 21

It is very painful to have had a relationship with someone and then realize that it is wrong for you and that you have to break up. It is one of life's hardest lessons. How should you handle it ? What is the best way to get beyond it without too much pain? Well, there is pain if the relationship meant a lot to yo...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Childhood memories: 6 of 110

This story is about me. The words however are not only about me , As I speak for all the Teddy bears out there. Those that once held a high place in the lives of all little boys and girls. The teddy bears long forgotten and then found again after many years. We are the true silent majority, we tell no stories and leave no te...