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10/28/2013
10-Second Recipes: Kettle Corn and Candied Nuts May Be Kind Treats for Your Health This Halloween Kettle corn should not only be a Halloween partier's friend, but a dieter's pal as well. The fiber-filled whole-grain popcorn specialty that's both salty and slightly sweet trumps both regular popcorn (in flavor) and candied popcorn (in nutritional prowess). More >>

Tags: Budget, Health, Holidays, Recipes, Simple Savings, Stay-at-Home Mom
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10/28/2013
Healthier Halloween Halloween is truly a kid's holiday. Good friends, creative costumes, event-filled parties all with a cool spooky theme - who could ask for more? Oh yes, and of course one more thing: the treats, lots of sugary candy treats! More >>

Tags: Budget, Health, Holidays, Parenting, Simple Savings, Stay-at-Home Mom
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10/25/2013
Difference Between Marriage and Shacking Up My husband and I just bought a new house recently with a nice attached garage, something our old house didn't have. We were both arguing over who was going to park in it... More >>

Tags: Choose Wisely-Treat Kindly, Marriage, Shacking Up, Stay-at-Home Mom, Values
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10/25/2013
Making the Best Choice for My Son I was listening to your program and heard a young lady call in who was 5 months pregnant asking about adoption. As I listened I was brought to tears. I felt her pain... More >>

Tags: Adoption, Character-Courage-Conscience, Choose Wisely-Treat Kindly, Marriage, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Response to a Call, Values
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10/25/2013
I Didn't Listen to My Priest I DID not choose wisely, and am now divorced after 30 years, but have 3 amazing kids. I married a boy who never became a man... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Choose Wisely-Treat Kindly, Divorce, Marriage, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Surviving a Shark Attack (on Land), Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives, Values
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10/25/2013
Quote of the Week I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but... More >>

Tags: Quote of the Week, Relationships
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10/24/2013
Messy Homes I heard your comments on a recent broadcast about your living room being a 'toy box' when Deryk was little. I remembered this poem... More >>

Tags: Humor, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Parenting, Values
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10/24/2013
I Started Acting Like I Liked Him My husband and I married at 21. We were immature, he was a Marine and was gone a lot, and we had two kids right away. After his four years with the Marines... More >>

Tags: Attitude, Behavior, Marriage, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Values
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10/24/2013
Growing Up Fast I believe my biggest 'character builder' as a kid, teenager, and as young adult was my mother, and somehow my brothers. My father passed away when I was 8 years old... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Parenting, Teens, Values
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10/23/2013
Pleasant Reminder of What a MAN My Husband Is In the past I had only dated weak, passive men and it was natural for me to 'worry' about coaching them in any type of confrontational situation. My husband rides his motorcycle to work every morning... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Choose Wisely-Treat Kindly, Marriage, Personal Responsibility, Women's Point of View
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