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Howdy! Howdy! Please refer to me as "SunshinePrevails", I am married to my husband, Ralph, of 40 years. A lot of hard rocks have rolled into our milestones; but our love and consideration of one another has prevailed.

Ralph and I raised two children. Amy,

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: The way we were: 5 of 27

The old house we called home should have been used for storing bales of hay to be fed to the livestock. There were no screens for the windows or doors; in fact, there were no windows except for one in the living room, the front room as we referred to it. The old shack was a sturdy frame with cracks in the walls that let the ...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Robbery: 3 of 11

Robbery is a word that has probably crossed the mind of every living human. Whether it be what I would do? How I would react? What would I say? Would I be scared? Would I take the issue in hand, and retaliate against the robber? And the list goes on, and on. Well let me assure you; that regardless to how much thought you hav...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Should presidential candidates be required to disclose their health records?: 4 of 12

Sunshine Week Citizen Journalism Awards Should Presidential Candidates be required to disclose their health records? This is a most controversial question. American people are prone to be swayed by sympathy; as well as prejudice opinions. Just as now, there is so much bigotry debate concerning Obama and his ethic race. And s...
Personal Finance > Banking Basics Teaching teens how to balance a checkbook: 3 of 9

So your child is now a teenager. Self-esteem and peer pressure is about to reach an all time high; and brother do I mean an all-time-high. It is imperative that any teenager cultivates extremely high self-esteem in today's society if they are going to survive. Sadly, some parent believe that there is nothing they can do to h...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Lessons in life: 61 of 126

Times have been hard for so many people in the past few months; especially since the gasoline prices have continued to rise. Even if you do not own a automobile; the crunch has affected every family in the United States. The trip to the supermarket is a real challenge for people that live from paycheck to paycheck. Seems tha...
Sciences > Astronomy Astronomical explanation of the summer solstice: 7 of 14

Why Starry Nights spark Philosophical conversation has been a question that has been debatable since the beginning of time. No one can say for certain how or why philosophical conversations are so varied; yet everyone has had an opinion at some point in their life. Of course, everyone is entitled to his or her opinion; thus ...
Business > Entrepreneurship Capital marketing and small business planning: 1 of 1

Small business operations will be the topic of this article. There are so many different kinds to consider such as a home business, a legal business, a marketing business, an event planning business, a personal finance business, any business can begin small business operations outsourcing to become a resourceful small busine...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Expressing thoughts: 14 of 27

I have a bit of a problem with the continued controversy of God in our public schools, and the controversy of racism that have both become HOT TOPICS. I do have compassion for all those believers of the two subjects concerning Christianity or racism. However; I think that both are often times over reacted subjects. Many time...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Memories: 51 of 98

"What about me?" he would ask, "Can I be Santa Claus this year?' I had heard those questions for several years and I would always lament an excuse as to the reason that he could not be Santa. I always felt his disappointment even though he never pushed the issue; nor did he question why not. We were active in the Veterans of...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: A general mystery: 29 of 49

Mystery Stories/Promotion # 3 "The Shadow" "Oh! Did you see it? Did you see the shooting star?" If you have every had an opportunity to spend time in the country, away from all the electric lights, you have probably seen at least one falling star. There are more than ten Meteor Showers throughout the year; however, the best ...