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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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Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas Why the day after Christmas is a health hazard: 1 of 25

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 alwa...
Hobbies & Games > Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts Why take up scrapbooking as a hobby: 1 of 20

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...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face Single parents: Tips for taking care of yourself too: 2 of 26

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 chi...
Relationships & Family > Family Dysfunction Should children report their parents for spanking them: 2 of 17

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...
Relationships & Family > Elderly Parents & Care Tips for taking care of an aging parent in your home: 1 of 8

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 ...
Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss How to deal with grief and move on: 3 of 23

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 esc...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face How parents make an only child over-protected or a brat: 5 of 32

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 m...
Food & Drink > Cooking Fruits & Vegetables How to cook vegetables: 1 of 5

In the beginning of creation, vegetables, fruits and herbs were all the foods eaten by man for a long, long time. People can still be very healthy by eating a diet of vegetables, herbs, and grains, but thankfully, we have fire to cook and enjoy meat products as well, if we choice to do so. Taking a trip to a good farmers' ma...
Food & Drink > Meat How to pick the best cut of meat: 3 of 12

When planning a meal the menu is usually planned around the meat to be served. It takes some knowledge of meat to be wise in selecting a good cut of meat fit for preparing the meat to taste good and to be tender and pleasant to eat. When picking a cut of beef, the better cuts are more expensive than the ones of lesser qualit...
Celebrations & Holidays > Valentine's Day What to do with flowers after Valentine's Day: 5 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...