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Well, briefly, I came from the typical dysfunctional background, and survived. Just recently having decided not to continue the dysfunction into my own children's lives, I am the single mother of three beautiful beings. To pay the bills, I am an analyst for

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Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Age old question: What determines who you are?: 1 of 28

What determines who you are? How you behave, make your decisions, live your life and your capacity for love are all determining factors, though it is difficult to pinpoint why you are who you are. It would be easier, in a world of puppets, to simply look up and see who is pulling the strings. However, we humans are nobody's ...
Health & Fitness > Disease (Other) Sars: Symptoms and treatment: 1 of 12

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness and is caused by a SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). In November 2002, SARS appears to have started in Guangdong Province, China, and by 2003 the illness had quickly spread to North America, South America, and Europe before being contained. Accordi...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Development Issues Is it easier to raise girls or boys?: 4 of 25

Ok, let me just say this: emotional, attention-hungry beings that they are, girls require a lot of your time, creativity, patience, and mental stamina (in order to constantly out-smart them). Boys, in comparison, are a breeze! "Sugar and spice and everything nice" Yes, there's that, but there's also hormones and bras and per...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Styles (Other) How birth order helps determine our personality: 3 of 15

Birth Order, meaning a persons rank according to age within his or her family, has long been believed to have an affect on individual personality traits. Some psychologists believe that where a person fits into their family structure has a profound impact on how they develop, and the characteristics they display as adults. T...
Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Poetry analysis: Drinking Alone in the Moonlight, by Li Po: 5 of 16

I adore translations for the way in which they are transformed into something I can grasp, even while retaining the mystery of a culture I am unfamiliar with. Translations tend to expose a sense of belonging and a sense of loneliness all at once, much like Li Po's poem, "Drinking Alone in the Moonlight." Li Po, also called L...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Lonely: 118 of 184

POETRY IN THE DARK violet sky has its secrets we with open eyes see them in undertones of impending hour, when the darkness comes as lovers we'd rather not recall; but, covet the touch of memory, and the ensuing surge to silk. brightest star, winking at me, i do remember lust; but, i'm all over like the sky, too big and tell...
Health & Fitness > Therapy & Counseling Getting the most out of therapy sessions: 10 of 10

When you first walk into the therapist's office, some cold, unfamiliar couch already stained with the tears of someone else's pain beckoning you, and you see this young man or woman, perhaps younger than you, poised to tell you everything you're doing wrong in your life, most individuals will instantaneously erect walls. The...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Teenagers and cell phones: 4 of 4

TEXTING "i got a text message!" and it says i'm smart. and it says i'm pretty. and it says i'm - inconsequential beeps of the quasi-elite don't make you unique. and i say you are the sun. and i say you are the sea. of unequivocal consequence to the spinning world that is a fraction of me.