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Born in Alaska, but raised all over due to being a military brat, I grew a need to know more. As our country changed a desire to learn more about myself and others became my focus. I have a need to know why. I will find my answers. Writing is important to

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Health & Fitness > Medicine Development Should pharmaceutical companies develop a "stay-faithful" pill to reduce sexual desires?: 1 of 64
A "stay faithful pill", hmm, OK so if i take this pill supposedly I will not find another sexually attractive? Oh good because sex hides the real person inside. With out the worry of sexual attraction I can judge a person by the way they treat me as a person. If I take this stay faithful pill I can leave home and leave the po... More..
Relationships & Family > Family Life Loved ones in daily thoughts and actions: 1 of 14
August 12, 2000, a day I will never forget. A day I was told I had just a few short months left in this world. Walking out of the hospital that day fear was in my mind, sadness in my heart.I would miss my children's milestones through life. Proms, graduations weddings and the birth of grandchildren. I would never get the chan... More..
Health & Fitness > Emotional Health & Wellbeing Deep breathing and its health benefits: 1 of 13

Oxygen, my drug of choice. Driving down the road, the babies crying, the teen-ager is blasting the stereo at mind numbing volume, a driver beside me swerves in front cutting me off from my turn lane. The urge to scream or cry building to an almost uncontrollable state. Oxygen. It's legal, it's mind altering, it's free and it ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Who am I? Exploring what defines a person: 3 of 29
Who am I? It all starts out with a genetic mixture from our parents. A genetic mixture that is nourished and polluted by external and internal environmental factors. Hormones passed from our mothers while in utero probably affect the way hormones are released in our own bodies after birth. Birth to early child hood build our ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Life Why we should not fear death: 5 of 43
Death, a simple thought that evokes very complex emotions. Most fear it, some revel in it, yet many like me are curious about it. As a small child I thought of death, I did not fear death until late elementary school. Religion brought the fear of death into my life. I spent many years looking for that "perfect path" to heaven... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: The cheapest Christmas gift I ever received: 4 of 31
The Cheapest Gift I Have Ever Received.Christmas in my home as been a financially strapping event for as long as I can remember, money taken from the electric bill to buy gifts, the rent helped buy a nice dinner. I spent one Christmas Eve cutting my broom and mop down to make my boys stick horses and "cowboy gear". It was wor... More..
Health & Fitness > Pediatrics Tips for treating colds in children: 3 of 18
You hear the sniffles, and coughing all night. Morning dawns with kisses from a slimy little nose and a coughing fit that spews wet sticky substances all over your face. A cold, a mother's worst enemy; Germs in the air, slime on the furniture and the nasally whine of a small child intensifies as the illness progresses and par... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Where can faith be found: 4 of 23
Where can faith be found? Hmm a rhetorical question and I do not think you will find faith on your local super market shelves. I am under the belief that a church is a place to find faith, but it will not be handed out with the prayer book. You can have faith that the Welfare line will be long and painful, but this is not the... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Teenage pregnancy: 4 of 22

Not one to like labels much the title "teenage mother" makes me shiver. Not so many years ago women became women when their monthly cycles began. This means that a women is of child bearing years. It is in modernized society that we label these pregnancies. That label will follow someone through their life if they allow it to... More..
Health & Fitness > Medical Ethics Is signing a DNR (do not resuscitate) order passive suicide?: 6 of 29
Death is the finale of life. As with any good work of literature the finale should be written in by the writer.A DNR is not a lightly taken document and there are many criteria to utilize this document. It is a patients choice as to whether they want "supreme measures" taken to save their lives. It is also very detailed in th... More..