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Currently I live in the DC area, as an IT tech.

My hobbies entails reading, driving, baking, and photography. I also enjoy watching tv, and one of favorite programs are Korean drama series. For some reason, it seems that their characters as well as their

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Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights Developing your own belief system as you mature: 4 of 12

What I have realized throughout my life is that nothing stays the same. With all the religions in the world, who is to say which one is the right one? Is there even such a thing as the right religion? Spirituality in a sense speaks to your inner being, and it can sway between religious aspects. Who we are individually and cu...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Self esteem: 16 of 44

My hands are very dirty and I can't get them clean. I'm scrubbing and scrubbing, but my nails are still unclean. The soap is full of blood, and the stains are beginning to set. How in the hell, did I get myself into this mess! My mind is racing fast, and I'm asking myself when did this begin? When was I not able to see how t...
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues Should America pay restitution to the descendants of slaves?: 38 of 91

America should not pay restitution to slave descendants. Instead, the money that would be given should be used to support inner city schools, rebuild dilapidated housing, and fund programs that are needed to help rehabilitate individuals from drugs and alcohol. Researching and affirming descendents of slaves would take too m...
Relationships & Family > Relationships & Family (Other) Are modern day relationships giving men excuses to escape from responsibilities?: 6 of 13

It is not the modern day relationships creating these "Peter Pan" personalities, but they are probably offspring's of hippy parents that were too self involved. How is it possible to think that a relationship started later on in life, can interrupt an individual's upbringing? Prime example is my soon to be ex-husband, who is...
Politics, News & Issues > Conservation Japan's whaling war: Using "research" to kill endangered humpback whales: 2 of 4

Often times, we rely on television networks to provide us with plausible information if they are protecting people, species or the truth. Most of the time, we take what they say as validity without conducting our own research, to ensure their claim. After all, isn't that their purpose? Report to us what's in our local, natio...
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Identifying Self: 5 of 8

Not knowing your identity is the first step in understanding your self awareness. The roles in life we play, is what we use to identify with. For instance, being a mother, student, entertainer, or professional. By stripping away those roles, what is left behind? <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:o...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Helping Kids Cope How to help a child cope after one parent walks out: 2 of 2

The most gut wrenching feeling is seeing the pain of a child missing a parent. At the tender ages of two and five, both of my children have had to experience the absence of each parent. In the midst of an awful divorce, I was forced away from my home and children. The only way that I could see them was at t...