My teenage daughter has just begun her last year of living at home before she goes off to college. I plan on filling this year with all the things that I didn’t have time to do while raising my children alone with no family in the state. This includes teaching her to drive and helping […]
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I’ve been single for a few years now, and — I have to say — I love it. After having been unhappy for so many years in a relationship, there’s nothing quite like the exhilarating and light feeling of freedom when you’re finally on your own and can do whatever you want to do. Sure, […]
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I was recently channel surfing while one of us was sick and trapped at home, and I came across a movie entitled Enough, starring Jennifer Lopez. The storyline is that she is physically and emotionally abused by her husband, and he has so much power that he traps her financially as well as physically. She […]
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The truth about fathers is that anyone can technically be one if they are able to produce sperm. “Fathering” a child in the legal sense means, “Are you the biological father?” The term reveals nothing about what a good father is. I think that “fathering” a child should include raising that child, nurturing them with love, […]
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Today’s young adults will most likely never pay off their credit card debts. I don’t want my kids to be a part of that group, and I don’t want you to be a part of it either, dear Germ readers. So what is causing it and how can you avoid it? According to this article […]
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The 6th installment in Mrs.Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys. There have only been two people I couldn’t save in all of the encounters I’ve had with broken boys in my life: one of them I married, the other one I murdered. But no one really knows about that except for me. Well, everyone in town […]
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Marijuana is having its long-awaited legal day in the sun with the legalization of the drug in Colorado. Specialty shops have sprung up with eager entrepreneurs peddling their product inside of chocolate, baked goods, and other items. The packaging is slick and boutique-like in some stores, and where there is money to be made, there […]
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Since it is the Christmas season and gift giving is on most people’s minds, I’ve spent some time thinking about the best gift I can give to my children. One of the best gifts, I’ve learned, that you can give to yourself is loving yourself. This not only means loving your body. It means loving […]
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The 5th installment in Mrs.Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys. On my last day in North Carolina I could hardly sleep. I was about to see Jimmy the cinnamon boy again, the boy who gave me my first kiss ten years earlier — the boy who, in my mind, was so real and so filled […]
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