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Family Life

Love’s Day is Every Day

by Stephen on February 14, 2010

There’s a great deal of advice floating around our there – “ten tips for lovers;” “what to buy so you don’t look like you’re buying her off;” “create a dreamy evening just for him” – all good, all doable. But we had to ask (it’s our job) this: “what does Valentine’s Day really have to [...]

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We’re heading down the holiday home stretch. Some of us are anxious, some not so much. Some of us believe that the ‘happiness equation’ – that measure we unconsciously apply to the quality of our own holiday experience – depends on the number of parties we attend, the size of gifts we buy or the [...]

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Holiday Stress

by Stephen on December 5, 2009

Here are five solid tips for transforming Holiday Stress into Holiday Happiness

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Help Yourself and Your Marriage During Holiday Stress
How does a person take what’s given to them and transform it into something that makes them proud of their living skills?
Here’s what I mean by this overly wordy question: The holidays bring with them once a year demands on time and money that are unusual and [...]

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I’m a rich man. Of course I’m broke.
“You’ll have to learn to be better with your money,” my brother Wes told me when I was a boy.
I spent everything I earned – paper boy, bottle collector, lip balm salesman, 8, 9, 10, 11… then I left.
On the farm at 13 years old I earned fifteen [...]

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Parenting is way of life. It demands consistent consciousness and attentiveness. There’s safety, health, learning, relationships, play – all needing our guidance and focus. We want a lot for these little people who are on the way to taking their place in the world’s scheme of things.
Our own ‘tween’ delights, confounds, amazes and enchants daily. [...]

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