Tag: family
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March 20, 2007 10:46 AM EDT --
My son, age 12, noticed it first. He pointed with his fork as I placed a plate of stirfry on the table in front of him.
"Mom. Your stomach is pooching out."
I glanced down at my midriff, at . . . more
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February 03, 2007 09:06 AM EST --
My youngest son, 9, turns 10 in a few days. He woke me an hour ago.
"I can't sleep."
He tossed his art supplies on the bed and crawled in after them. Graphite pencils, rubber eraser, . . . more
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September 02, 2006 12:27 AM EDT --
I rented the first season of Arrested Development this week. It took two or three episodes, but I am now officially hooked. The Bluth Family reminds me of my own, except my big sister is the character . . . more
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March 19, 2006 08:41 PM EST --
unlike last year's ice break , this year's was anticlimactic in a way. i took photos this morning; all day long, the open water started expanding, and the ice kept decreasing.
the ice . . . more
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March 13, 2006 12:30 PM EST --
The following is a true account, please read with caution:
I was accosted yesterday at Wal-Mart. I was out of razor blades and low on deodorant and some other things and since I was driving past a . . . more
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October 04, 2006 01:22 AM EDT --
Just look at the photo attached to this post and see for yourself. Mark Foley is a Republican (R-FL), not a Democrat (D-FL) although Fox News and the Republican Party wish that he were.
This really is . . . more
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July 19, 2006 03:20 AM EDT --
On Being a Lady in this Century
My granddaughter turns five years old today. It has been three years since we have seen her in person. She was so little that last time, that my concerns were not . . . more
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December 20, 2006 08:00 AM EST --
What a depressing subject title! Actually, I didn't intend it to be.
My wife and kids (they're teenagers, not really kids anymore!) will be going to my wife's parents for Christmas, . . . more
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September 02, 2006 09:13 PM EDT --
"Why are you frowning?" My wife asks.
"I just read this story about three Persian princes in the Shahnameh who are betrothed to three Yemeni princesses. But the father, Sarv, loves his . . . more
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October 02, 2006 11:26 AM EDT --
I admit I have a soft spot in my heart for farmers. Like the young man in this video my father was a farmer/rancher before he went off to college. And until he was well into his 40s he fought a kind of . . . more
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August 09, 2007 10:47 AM EDT --
We have a son we adopted when he was five. I intend to tell the whole story, from the beginning of our adoption journey to now, but I thought I'd share this quick snippet for now. My son simply walked . . . more
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November 12, 2006 03:23 PM EST --
I feel sad for my friend, she is addicted to diets, and obsessed with her weight. She recently told me that she weighs herself 4-5 times a day!
Now, I am all for being healthy and such. Heck, I am even . . . more
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May 03, 2006 12:44 AM EDT --
This unbelievable news - especially in the weeks before Memorial day when we honor the sacrifices of our Service Members - took me by complete surprise.
The American Civil Liberties Union has taken . . . more
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August 02, 2006 07:38 PM EDT --
I'm not a Believer, at least not the kind that attends church and casts silver hopes to the heavens. I ran away from home the day after I turned sweet sixteen. I tossed my rosary beads out a bus window . . . more
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September 29, 2006 11:29 PM EDT --
I dislike stories like this a great deal, but it's going to be big, big news. And when you are the self-proclaimed party of moral clarity and family values, and when your Congressional leadership covers . . . more
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July 19, 2007 07:24 AM EDT --
I used to write the column "Nature and Nurture" for Gather's Health Essential. Now that Gather has begun a Family Essential, I have moved and renamed my column to "Unfinished Nest," . . . more
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August 08, 2007 06:41 PM EDT --
Gardeners, I need your help and advice! . We aren't supposed to water our gardens and I feel so badly so my dying plants. Is it evil to sneak out at night and give a bucket of water . . . more
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October 01, 2006 01:57 PM EDT --
October 1, 2006
Chairman Doc Hastings
Ranking Member Howard L. Berman
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairman Hastings and Ranking . . . more
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January 29, 2007 12:41 PM EST --
As many of you know, our oldest is severely autistic. One of my Gather friends/contacts (probably one of you reading this -- I apologie for not remembering) sent out an article saying that the January . . . more
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March 01, 2006 01:32 PM EST --
Historically lots of questions come in through email and in groups asking about instruction, whether I am currently teaching and about what to look for in an art or craft education program.
Although . . . more
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