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My name is Aerynne Aiudi. I am 40 something and have been writing off and on since I was 8. I love to write!
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Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: My best internship experience: 1 of 20
By far, my best internship experience was at NYU in the drama department where I served as stage manager, light technician, sound board technician and stand in actress for a production of Russian Constructivist theatre. In 1984 I transferred to NYU Tisch School of the Arts from the University of CT. I was studying psychology... More..
Relationships & Family > Family Life Experiencing lack of support from family members: 1 of 19
At age one, the sister closest in age to me put me in a dresser drawer and closed the drawer tightly. Until my birth she had been the baby girl and the thought of losing her status as such was unbearable to her and enough to throw her into a murderous 4 year old rage. Thus was the shape of things to come in terms of my relat... More..
Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss Finding the perfect weight loss formula: 2 of 22
As a personal trainer destined to make weight loss battles as simple as possible, the first teaching anchor of personal training notes that calories, better known in the trade as kilocalories are simply units of energy. The second teaching anchor of personal training says that the more calories you burn through movement, bet... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Family Values Growing up in a different world: How do we teach values: 4 of 36

The most effective way to teach values is to model them. I don't believe, firstly, that any of us will ever be perfect on this side of time in the sense of having all the square pegs in all the square holes perfection. We are all in the learning curve at various points in our lives, and can learn from even the youngest indiv... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christianity (Other) What day is the true Sabbath day?: 2 of 18
The Bible in Genesis designates the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the Sabbath unto the Lord, the day to rest and relax from all the rigors of the work week. God himself is noted to have "rested on the Sabbath day and hallowed it." However, there are two points in the New Testament that not only point to Sunday as the... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Christian: 21 of 141

Bridge of Faith Our hearts cry for unity to rise and take our stand, to reach out the hand of brotherhood to each and every man. But sometimes we get so burdened by our hate and fear and blame, Now's the time to lay these things aside and come together in Jesus' Name. So let's build a bridge of faith like the Lord calls us t... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Life Overcoming fear of change: 10 of 34
Who embraces change more, women or men? Would you like to come to my home one month and see where I've put my furniture, and then come back the next month and see the new "changes" I've made by moving said furniture around? Change happens to us all if we are living and breathing and functioning on a daily basis. My husband s... More..
Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss How to tell if you are an emotional eater: 8 of 26
At the age of two, I was considered obese. The doctors that my parents took me to would not even consider the fact that I was a growing girl, or take into consideration the genetics of our family. I was fat, chunky, chubby, large... obese. And this bit of news had me running for the cookie jar as soon as I woke up in the mor... More..
Personal Finance > Investing Basics Five boring investments for 2008: 4 of 10
Contrary to popular opinion, run do not walk away from investments like GE, Microsoft, IBM etc. The large cap investment boom is a thing of the past. If you follow the market as presented by Forbes, Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, etc., you will see that investing in giants like Pepsico, Walmart and Intel are passe. Penny sto... More..
Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Does poetry matter in the 21st century?: 53 of 121
Poetry in the traditional sense as we know it, with all of it's iambic pentameter and haiku-esque nuances, is fading in the twilight of the 21st century. But are we listening to the radio to hear all the poems that are being set to music? Are we looking for the poetic in all forms of art and not just in the standard manner o... More..