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This member has many years experience of administration roles and currently works for the NHS in the UK. In the past her work has involved employment in a funeral directors, a betting office, local government, a hospital, a bank and more. One passion is animal

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Snow: 1 of 184

White and fluffy, soft yet hard, it lays thick and cold in your own backyard. More flakes flutter down to add to what's there, by morning the covering will be everywhere. It's solid and frozen, cold just like ice, you'll be rolling and tumbling much like a dice. Next day it may melt and won't be much better all slushy and di...
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Coming of age: 1 of 35

As the years pass by, how time does fly, I became a man when I was at twenty-one. I was full of hope, I was full of joy, a bright tomorrow now I'm not a boy. But things did change, as they often do. I was sent to war before twenty-four, I was full of fear I was full of hate. I was an old man before I was twenty eight. I came...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Personal experiences with the healing power of dogs: 3 of 100

I recently attended a function, organised by my local veterinary practice, where there were various speakers but the subject was almost entirely DOGS. One speaker talked about training dogs in general, there was a display of dogs from a local dog training group and an informative talk by a representative of Guide Dogs for th...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Adoption Assessing child abuse risk factors: 2 of 65

Assessing child abuse risk factors . I often wonder if child abuse is as bad in all countries of the world . I fear it probably exists everywhere but to what degree is debatable .In countries such as the UK and the USA we often forget the damage done on a daily basis to children by the very people who should be caring for th...
Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues Ways to save water at home: 1 of 32

There are lots of ways that you can save water around the home. Many ways only appear to save minimal amounts of water but you would be surprised at just how much water you can save with very little effort. Here are just a few ways that you can save water in the home. Hopefully these may inspire you ...
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: The power of love: 2 of 63

A LASTING LOVE You are with me all the way You fill my each and every day with these thoughts of love. My feelings keep on growing with this love you are still showing, you haunt my each and every day. This love so strong and true you can never make me blue , just keeps me always loving you. Keeps me loving you, till we both...
Celebrations & Holidays > Wedding Budget How to plan an affordable wedding: 1 of 29

I know I will sound as if I came out of the ark, and that I am so old, but I got married at Christmas time 1972. My Dad had died three years earlier and my Mum had been seriously ill all year. The wedding that we had started to plan before she took ill was no longer possible. The original one planned was not going to cost a ...
Relationships & Family > Friendship Issues & Advice Characteristics of a good person: 3 of 83

Defining what makes a good person is not easy. After all the first thing that you need to decide is what you mean by good. Do you mean good as in purity, in spirit or perhaps you mean good hearted. Any of these may apply and there are no hard and fast rules. Below is what I feel are the main characteristics of a good person ...
Personal Finance > Managing Debt Get out of debt: A step-by-step guide: 1 of 25

Getting into debt is much easier than getting out of it. Debt so often snowballs out of control. In doing so the need for more debt increases and an ever decreasing circle can soon pull you under. The sensible option is to avoid debt in the first place. However that is not always easy or possible. In order to begin to addres...
Entertainment > Characters & Performances Who is your favorite character in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and why?: 1 of 24

There are so many great characters in J R Tolkien's fantasy trilogy, the Lord of the Rings, that it is hard to pick one single character as a favourite. What with Frodo Baggins who is a Hobbit, Gimli the dwarf, Aragorn a hero from the Fellowship of the Rings and many, many more. However I think I can pick just one, but first...