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I am a retired nurse living in a rural community of Kentucky. I have been married to my husband for twenty-two years and together we have three grown daughters, three teenage grandchildren, and a preschool grandchild.

My life is full of hobbies; sewing, reading

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Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues Ways to save water at home: 1 of 42
Back in the "old days" when I was growing up water didn't come from turning a knob. It came from a well in the back yard. To get it out of the well one had to remove the four foot sand-bucket from the nail on the side of the wash-house and let the long tubular bucket down deep into the pipe-like hole until the splashing sound... More..
Hobbies & Games > Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts Why take up scrapbooking as a hobby: 1 of 27
Scrap-booking is a hobby suitable for all ages and for people with any interest. One doesn't have to learn a set of special directions or invest in a bunch of special equipment or tools. Scrapbooks are so wonderful to make and keep because it is a way to preserve memories. What better reason to take up a hobby?The only rule o... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas Why the day after Christmas is a health hazard: 2 of 31
I am a retired nurse. One of my daughters is a paramedic working with the local EMS, another is a critical care nurse practitioner and the director of nurses in the unit where she works. She flies with a air ambulance three twenty-four hours shifts a month. When making schedules to cover the holidays, it is important to alway... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face Single parents: Tips for taking care of yourself too: 2 of 28
Being a single parent is a position becoming more common in the society of today. There are single parents who have chosen to have children who have never been married and are doing great jobs with the blessed children they chose to adopt. It doesn't matter why one is a single parent, it does matter that the one parent a chil... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face How parents make an only child over-protected or a brat: 3 of 38
Having only one child, either by choice or because one is unable to have more than one child, leaves a parent of only one child with both advantages and disadvantages. One of the advantages of having only one child is the parent has more time to lavish on just one, whereas if there are multiple children, close in age, time mu... More..
Relationships & Family > Family Dysfunction Should children report their parents for spanking them: 2 of 19
In the dangerous society our children are born into nowadays, they have to be protected from everyone. Yes, in far too many cases even their parents. Children should have the information to be free to report "spanking" to someone, because spanking leads to beatings. When does a parent get up one morning and say, today is the ... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Valentine's Day What to do with flowers after Valentine's Day: 2 of 18
Roses fade, flowers wither and die. How mournful does that sound? Nothing at all like someone who may have just received a lovely crystal vase filled with the grandest of blossoms meant to shower one with romantic gestures of love. Flowers will do just that, die. There are however ways to capture their beauty for memories to ... More..
Relationships & Family > Elderly Parents & Care Tips for taking care of an aging parent in your home: 1 of 9
With the advancement in modern research finding treatment and cures for so many of the illnesses which once cut the lives of our population short, the question of where the elderly of our community are going to live out the rest of their days, is one families are dealing with on a daily basis. Because of the cuts in federal a... More..
Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss Is suicide ever justified?: 6 of 41
The final breath of death is as sure as the first breath of living. The difference is how and when this final breath will occur and what event will usher in the death angel. For some, death is such a final thing and a scary event. For some at the breaking point it seems like the only way to peace and rest. The only consolatio... More..
Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss How to deal with grief and move on: 5 of 27
Grief, the emotion so deep inside the soul of the human, it cannot be touched by words, but only healed by time. Being human means sooner or larger grief is going to tip-toe up to your door, or knock you in the face, either way, it is on the way or is slowing passing through. There is no way to avoid its grasp, no way to esca... More..