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Genealogy: family history research

19. June 2010

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Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards, as progress. Just like any hobby, doing family history can easily become all consuming. I have friends that won’t even start because it seems overwhelming to them! I have to tell you with the right information anything is doable!  If you schedule say 2-4 hours a week (it’s [...]

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Genealogy – discover your heritage, treasure your family history

18. June 2010

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When I was a little girl, probably 3rd grade, while staying at my great grandparents, I found an entire attic room full of treasures: a chest containing old pictures and papers, a sewing machine, victrola. and clothes. I focused on the clothes and sweet talked my mom into letting me take some to play “dress [...]

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Wanta Borrow a Jack? By J.P. McEvoy

5. February 2010

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One day I went to a lawyer friend for advice.  “I’m in real trouble,” I said. “my neighbors across the road are going on vacation for a month and instead of boarding their two dogs they are going to keep them locked up and a woman is coming to feed them –if she doesn’t forget—and [...]

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Stop the Cycle of Abuse

28. January 2010

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Instead of repeating the same mistakes your parents made, you can learn from them. Instead of wounding your kids, you can learn and grow from your experiences. This is what my mother did. She was a child wait, it goes back a generation. Mom’s grandma was abused by her grandpa. This was back in 1910. [...]

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Domestic Violence Facts

18. January 2010

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US statistics on domestic violence are terrifying. A woman is battered every 15 seconds. One in four women will be physically assaulted by her partner. One in three teens will be abused by her boyfriend. While both men and women have been known to carry out acts of violence, 95 percent of hospitalized victims of [...]

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CAN YOU SEE MY LIGHT???

19. December 2009

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A commercial pilot received a distress call from a novice pilot of a small Cessna airplane during a night flight. He apparently received this information from either the Air Traffic Controller or from the small plane’s pilot. The commercial Pilot was anxious to help and felt inspired to do so. He obtained the coordinates of [...]

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Marriage

26. October 2009

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A truly happy and enduring relationship requires selflessness and kind, loving regard on the part of both spouses. However to initiate the building of a better relationship, it takes only one who is willing to forgive past hurts, to look for good in another, to find things, no matter how small or mundane, for which [...]

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