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I won't jump right in and tell you my age, but you can probably guess. I will tell you however that I am a mother of eight and grandmother of fourteen. I have been married to a wonderful man for thirty two eclectic years. We live in a bedroom community just

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Relationships & Family > Love & Relationships How to please your man: 1 of 31

Two months into a relationship, maybe more, depending on the depth of the couple, women often panic. We’ve finally come to realize our life felt empty without a significant other, but is he the one? And more importantly if he is the one, will he stay? Just how into me is this guy? Questions like these and more fil...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Surreal tales: 3 of 38

The smell of wet newspaper and rotting food forced us to cover our noses before we entered the dimly lit kitchen. Carefully we tiptoed over piles of dirty clothes and liquor bottles until we found the rectangle gray-marbled table; the source of the acrid smells. There; clinging to the rusty legs of two matching vinyl chairs,...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Summer: 3 of 36

FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW Buster and Benevolence are an odd couple. Buster is an adult-sized ground squirrel and Benevolence; Benny for short, is a young orphaned rabbit that Buster seems to have adopted this summer. I've been watching Buster from my kitchen window while I do dishes, for the last four years. He grew from a stri...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Delusion: 3 of 33

Luvy Stillwater stared doll-eyed out her kitchen window into the brown-gray morning. Something about the old cloth butterfly hanging there, torn and flapping one dead wing against its metal stand, hypnotized her. “Now there is the metaphor for my life,” Luvy said ...
Creative Writing > Flash Fiction Flash fiction: The perfect couple: 1 of 10

Sadly their hearts hadn't met until the day they realized ten years of trying to fix the other wasn’t working out. If Jen had to pin-point it she would say it was ten minutes into the dirty bathroom mirror argument. Owen didn’t see why spots on a mirror should dictate whether he got eggs for breakfast o...
Home & Garden > Home Interior Bathroom remodel: Practical tips and considerations: 2 of 18

Even a small bathroom can be transformed into a spa-like retreat with a few minor adaptions to create a larger feeling atmosphere. And careful planning and budgeting can help keep your remodel from spinning out of control. Things to do first: Remove everything that is not attached to the walls, floors or plumbing,...
Education > Special Education The dangers of labeling a child: 5 of 42

Labeling is for classification, as in the field of science, or organization of office files and personal identification. When applied to children in school files or by parents or doctors within ear shot of the child damage is done to their sensitive self-images that may take years to repair. And here is why. People identify ...
Health & Fitness > Health Testimonies Deafness: Living in a silent world: 1 of 8

Let's be honest here. Being born with hereditary deaf genes, from my father's side of the family has limited some choices about the direction of my life. Sure I could do most every human thing possible except hear. I learned to walk, ride a bike, talk, and even read with the aid of tutoring and phonics. I do not consider mys...
Creative Writing > Flash Fiction Flash fiction: Behind the curtain: 1 of 8

The grin was all just part of Marana's veneer. She knew if anyone saw what was really behind the curtains they would run. She might have pulled it off longer if it weren't for Jill. “Hey isn’t that mine?” Jill asked. She had just happened by as Marana was sticking a small purple sq...
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts What love is all about: 9 of 65

Have you ever noticed that there's this amazing moment of pure love at a birth, between the child and the world around it. When the tiny eyes first open to let light in and they begin to respond. It’s remarkable. A brief unspoiled instant, as if time stops and all we see is a miracle. Then someone speaks; co...