When the announcement came that the MPAA had made an important change in the rating system, I must confess that my immediate self-centered, glass-half-empty response was, “Oh great. My book is out of date before it’s even officially published.” But upon closer examination, it appears that the change isn’t really much of a change […]
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My two-year-old bounded down the stairs in his crocodile pajamas the day after Thanksgiving and yelled, “Mom! It’s Christmas! It’s Christmas!” Unaware of this turn of events, I was a little surprised at the news. I looked down at his little stuffed crocodile head and then at his shining eyes. “It’s Christmas?” I asked. “It’s
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A Father and Daughter Memory 1964 MaryAnn Faubion Kohl (1947 -) Daughter of John Ross Faubion (1915-1969) and Betty Fritzlen Faubion (1924-1981) I vividly remember the most special gift my dad ever gave to me me as a young woman and not just a little girl any longer. We walked into our local small town jewelry store to browse the jewelry cases,
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January is the time of the year we all set goals. It’s now the first of February. Have you set your goals? Are you keeping your commitments? If not, maybe it’s time to take stock and establish some different priorities. Are your goals really what you want them to be or have you just kept
Many of us find it difficult to open a conversation with strangers or people we only know only slightly; but when we do, it can often have enormous benefits. Let me give you three specific examples of benefits I recently received. When I was at a business conference this last weekend, I was in the room
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What Is Trauma? Trauma is difficult to define because professionals and authorities view it differently. I have collected a few of the definitions that I found helpful in understanding trauma, and hopefully, they will help you, too. In the book Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience, coauthors Dr. Peter
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Author Mary Potter Kenyon published her NaNoWriMo project Coupon Crazy with Familius in 2013. Using her success, she’s helping fellow authors learn the next steps after completing NaNoWriMo. 1. How long did it take you to edit/ revise your manuscript? “Coupon Crazy” was a big project that required a lot of research, and interviewing couponers
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It’s time again for those lists of resolutions. “But one resolution may be missing and is worth adding to our list,” says Doro Bush Koch, “Reading to our young children every night and encouraging older children to read.” And as the daughter of President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush and the honorary co-chairman of
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