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About me - Frances Ruocco

In 2007, I will be widowed twenty-five [25] years.

My beloved passed in 1982 one week before our twenty-fifth [25th] Wedding Anniversary and two weeks before his fiftieth [50th] birthday. I was forty-four [44] years old and the mother of six [6] children.

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Sports & Recreation > Football (Other) Commercials undercut TV viewing of NFL football: 1 of 14
It isn't only the NFL that is airing more commercials, it is every program that we watch, unless it is one of the movie channels that we pay extra money for. Every one hour show that we see has approximately twenty minutes worth of commercial time on it. Time them some day. The way we write on Helium that is the way we shoul... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should smoking be allowed in public places?: 25 of 313
I really wish when we vote on some of these issues there were yes or no answers on not only being allowed to smoke in public places, but if we should be allowed to have an abortion, if we should be in the war and how we feel about the death penalty for mass murders, plus a lot of other debatable issues that are always going ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 Will the vice-presidential nominees influence your vote in November?: 1 of 10
No, when I look at the issues I realize that the Republicans support the issues that have interested me for many years. (1) My main issue is pro-live vs. pro-choice. I am very pro-life and believe that when giving the woman the choice to abort a baby we are taking away the rights of many other people involved in that issue. ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections (Other) Do campaign contributions to Congressmen buy votes?: 1 of 10
No. People are giving contributions because they believe in the same issues the Congressmen-Representatives claim to believe in or else they would not be giving them any contributions at all. Many get small donations that add up to a lot of money and every person who sends them money is expecting them to stand firm on the is... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Reactions to President Bush's speech on adding 20,000+ more troops in Iraq: 7 of 63
How wonderful it is to live in a land where we can applaud or critize the behavior and words of the President of our Country. It cannot be done in China, Cuba, Russia and I am sure Iraq, and the mid-east and many other places in this world. Of course before long we will have another leader to critize and/or praise and depend... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Destiny: 18 of 158
DESTINY Destiny first chose to make you a very special part of my life. Destiny then chose to take you out of my life. The time destiny allowed us went so quickly. It wasn't enough, there could have been more. Whenever I start to feel badly because destiny took you out of my life I will think of how sad it would have been no... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Write your epitaph: 3 of 25
MY SOUL LONGS TO BE FREE There are times my soul longs to be free From this human body, know as me It wants to go to a place called Paradise Where everything is said to be peaceful and nice. Where only kind and loving words are said Only laughter or tears of joy are shed No sickness, hunger or crime Every second of life is t... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: The photograph: 8 of 62
She look at the photograph and then looked in the mirror. She couldn't believe she was the same person from that photograph. The years had passed and she had gotten older, her hair had turned from dark brown to white. Her husband had aged also, but not as much as she had. She wondered if he was still aging, since he had pass... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The power of positive living: 6 of 43
WORLD WAR Most of us have lived in fear of World War Three breaking out any day Yet we have been at war with alcohol, drugs and moral decay They were destroying more families than any plague or wicked hex There wasn't any parallel as to country, age, color or sex They were breaking up our homes destroying our minds and souls... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: I quit smoking using hypnosis: 1 of 7
I grew up when we did not know that smoking was bad for us. If you watch the old movies and you will see the female stars like Davis, Bacall, Susan Hayward, inhaling in a sexy manner. My parents smoked and told me that if I wanted to smoke to take or ask for one of their cigarettes as they did not want to have someone give m... More..