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I am interested in the various stages of life. What the effect is? How changes affect us? Our reactions to changes? Why we have both emotional and physical reactions to changes? How our reaction to changs affect others for example, family, friends and relationships

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Food & Drink > Fruit & Vegetable Recipes Recipes: Mashed potatoes: 20 of 32
Mashed Potatoes, Spring Onion and Chives This is a really good recipe with white fish or at the end of the week when money is low - on the day when Sausages are your big spend. You will need : - APART FROM FISH OR SAUSAGES the follow ingredients : Good dry potatoes (perhaps Roosters)- (a)One large potato per person, washed, ... More..
Relationships & Family > Elderly Parents & Care Tips for helping senior parents cope with loneliness: 15 of 24
SENIOR PARENTS how to prepare yourself for that phase in life Before we get to be Senior Parents we have to get through the phase of Midlife Parents AND IT IS NOT EASY. However, these are the years when we should prepare for our own future as Senior Parents. When we go through the Midlife Parents phase we will get a glimpse ... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas Decorating your home for the holidays: 24 of 37
Just before Christmas I was thinking that it would be nice to send some small trinket from our Christmas tree to our newly married Son and his beautiful new wife to put on their first ever Christmas tree in their new home. As it happened he telephoned the very next evening. During our chat I said I was thinking of sending so... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Rain: 168 of 252
SUMMER HOLIDAY 2007. My annual summer holiday from work is over I will be back at my desk today. Where was the lovely sunny summer weather? It has rained just about every day. So I have watched our organic salad crop being eaten Slowly, by the hungry Snails and Slugs And tomato plants with only leaves falling over Far too he... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Weddings (Other) Unforgettable weddings: 23 of 34
Apart from my own wedding just last Saturday 7/7/07 my oldest Son got married and yes it was and will always be the most unforgettable wedding. We have only two sons and since last Saturday we have a daughter - not a daughter-in-law. She is a delightful girl and we love her just as much as we love our Sons. We had a wonderfu... More..
Education > Adult Education What to consider before going back to university for an advanced degree: 9 of 13
EDUCATION FOR OLDER PEOPLE (going back to University) Is it possible to go back to full time education when you are over 40 years old? How many people of 40 plus start again after many, many years away from any formal learning. Nowadays, more and more people return to education and finish what they thought they did not have ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Kids Games & Toys Do children need educational toys?: 24 of 34
On Educational toys I have a question - what is an educational toy? I know that my own children always enjoyed new toys and found functions for the toy that was never intended. They also found uses for the box that the toy came in. If the box was small it could be used to just store the toy or other items. But if it was larg... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms An urgent need for reason, dialogue and compromise: 10 of 14
HOW MUCH STRESS SHOULD CHILDREN BE UNDER? Our children live in a very different world than the world we grew up in. There is much more information available. This information is delivered by so many media forms that it not unknown for children to bring items into the dinner conversation that busy parents have not become awar... More..
Home & Garden > Weeds & Pests Non-toxic slug control for your garden: 13 of 18
I know that this is a serious subject but here is a little light relief - I hope you find it funny because when I think about it I always laugh. My elderly mother came to live with us a few years ago. She really loves the garden and has always had and looked after a garden. When it comes to slugs - she really dislikes them o... More..
Relationships & Family > Elderly Parents & Care Caring for your elderly parents: 17 of 23
Loving your elderly parents is not enough. It takes much, much more. There are difficulties and benefits when Elderly Parents and Adult Children need to learn how to live together again. What to do - when - you are the one and only that your elderly parent will stay with because he/she can no longer live alone. When they are... More..