Relationships

Coping When Someone You Love is Deployed -- Having someone you love deployed, whether child, partner, relative or close friend, is extremely stressful. An article I wrote Called "Separation Protest Reactions" helped mothers whose sons were being deployed in Georgia. The newsletter editor wrote me, "It helps us understand why we're acting like we are." I'll repeat some of the information here.

Change Lives! Be a Mentor --  Half of the U.S. youth population (17.6 million kids to be exact) is considered to be "at-risk" of getting into trouble with the law, or "high-risk" and already in trouble. This isn't a problem only in the United States. Street gangs, drug addiction, child prostitution, abuse and neglect are major concerns around the world.

Doing genealogical research? What you should know about birth certificates. -- Recently, millions of people all over the world are becoming more involved in doing ancestral research and with the development of the internet and vast genealogical databases, finding your ancestors is getting easier and more convenient.

13 Steps to Preserve Your Family History -- Although the phrase, "everybody has a story to tell" may sound like a cliche, it's true. And after working as a newspaper reporter for nine years, I know that everyone does, indeed, have a story to tell, including your family members.

You Like Me, You Really Like Me! -- Remember that line from Sally Field? I believe it was from the Academy Awards when she won the Best Actress Award for Norma Rae. (This is going back a few years.)

10 Easy Steps to Writing a Memorable Love Letter --  Perhaps the most romantic and memorable thing you can do in your relationship with your lover is to write a love letter to him/her.

A Very Gentle Art --  E-mails are sent by the millions every single day of the year. They are informative and friendly, and sometimes very exasperating. You get them from people you know, would like to know, or wish you didn't know. There is one very big flaw with the current e-mail system - it is very impersonal.

Care for Aging Parent Often Falls to Women --  Seventy three percent of caregivers for aging parents are women, according to the non-profit organization Children of Aging Parents. They estimate that 22,411,000 households in the U.S. are involved in care giving with the average age of the caregiver being 46 years of age; when employees are often at the peak of their careers.

Keep Your Home Happier --   It turns out your mother was right after all -- Happiness really does begin at home, with the things and the people you are surrounded by.

Stop the Bullying: Kick Start Your Mentor Program --  Whining about bullying and how rotten the bullies were and the poor students that they bullied used to be one of my regular activities.

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