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01/17/2013
Taking a Difficult Situation and Making Lemonade I'm reflecting today on the many events that have impacted my life over the past year and wanted to share with you what an incredible man I have in my life. My husband has two siblings who have had "issues" with their father over the past few years. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-Parent, Attitude, Disrespect, Family/Relationships - Adult Child/Parent, Family/Relationships - Family, Father, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Relatives, Siblings
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01/17/2013
Barefoot and Pregnant I'm listening to a call that reminds me of many others I have heard. The recurring topic is women thinking they have to be successful in a career to be loved by a man. More >>

Tags: Career, Dating, Job, Marriage, Men's Point of View, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Pregnant, Relationships
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01/17/2013
Getting Along with Your In-Laws Generally speaking, the divorce rate is lower for people who have good relationships with their in-laws. However, the sad reality is that the majority of husbands and wives do not. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Behavior, Dating, Husband, In-Laws, Mother-in-law, Perspective, Relationships, Respect, Spouse, Wife
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01/16/2013
Choking on My Dinner My daughter has poor table manners. She slurps her food, talks when her mouth is full and overall has poor posture while eating. I am working with her to improve her 'manners'. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Child's humor, Humor, Manners, Parenting, Read On-Air, Values
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01/16/2013
Adoption Works As soon as my then 15-year-old daughter asked me what would make her period late, I knew she was pregnant. There was no boyfriend in sight. She had been sneaking out to see a boy she knew wasn't good enough to bring home. More >>

Tags: Adoption, Doing the Right Thing, Family/Relationships - Teens, Morals/Ethics/Values, Parenting, Stay-at-Home Mom, Teen pregnancy, Teens
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01/16/2013
A Cheating Spouse Getting over a spouse who has wandered is very difficult. I know from experience. I don't know how many times or with how many men my wife cheated, but I do know that with one man things went pretty far. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Children, Divorce, Marriage, Parenting, Respect, Values
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01/16/2013
Training Your Brain to Stress Less The vast majority of Americans today feel stressed out. I would say that it mostly stems from financial struggles... Women, in particular, get stressed out because they have too much on their plates. More >>

Tags: Career, Feminism, Job, Motherhood, Motherhood-Fatherhood, Obligations, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Responsibilities, Social Issues, Stress, Women's Point of View
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01/15/2013
Betrayal and Forgiveness In the 5 years since my divorce, I have struggled with the "need" to forgive my ex-spouse for her betrayal of our marriage vows in order to move on. Even she (through my kids) has relayed the message to "forgive and forget," but I have just not felt OK about doing so. More >>

Tags: Divorce, Forgiveness, Marriage vows, Read On-Air, Values
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01/15/2013
How to Treat the Previous Generation My husband and I have always tried to support each other in our interacting with our parents. His parents were 20 years older than mine and are now at home in Heaven. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Respect, Role model, Values
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01/15/2013
Make Room for True Friends Last New Year's, the friends, my hubby has warned me about for many years, knew a little about our struggles and when we declined to attend their New Year's celebration my so-called girlfriend texted showing disrespect to us and our situation. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Backbone, Character-Courage-Conscience, Depression, Disrespect, Friendships, Marriage, Mental Health, Values
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