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Invest in Your Relationships

How are your relationships with your family, your friends? As a culture we do not have strong relationships the way that we used to.  In the past there were very strong communities.  Generations stayed in the same area and spoke into each others’ lives.  It takes years to build the type of friendship where you can speak the truth and have it... >Full Story

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What do you hope for in 2010?

It was almost 15 years ago that the Spice Girls implored us, “Tell me what you want, what you really, really want.” (Sorry for the earworm.)   The mystery of what they were actually singing has long been solved, (“really really really wanna zigazig ha” still makes no sense) but many of us are still trying to answer that... >Read More



New Year’s Resolutions?

One thing many people will do to ring in 2010 is make a new year’s resolution. Here, according to ABC News, are what will be the most popular new year’s resolutions this year: 1) Spend more time with family 2) Lose weight 3) Quit smoking or stop drinking 4) Do more fun stuff 5) Getting your finances in order Other popular choices probably include getting... >Read More



Chris Henry & Tiger Woods: Private Disputes Steal Headlines

The news is full of crumbling relationships.   Disputes and betrayals result in divorce, devastation and in one tragic story this week, even death.    We can’t help but watch with a combination of disgust and intrigue.   The people who we’ve placed on the pedestal of success are letting us down.   In a sick way it makes them seem normal. Cincinnati Bengals... >Read More



Living Life to the Fullest

The desire for fulfillment is universal. From the moment we are born we recognize within ourselves an insatiable hunger for more of life. We try to grasp onto every experience, enjoy every relationship, and maximize every opportunity. Yet even as we strive to fill our lives to the brim with adventures, we are never fully satisfied. You don’t have to... >Read More



Far Away Family: 8 Ways to Connect for the Holidays

I have lived at least three days’ drive from my grandparents and most of my extended family my entire life. Though it didn’t surprise my mother, I know it was hard for her when I followed in her footsteps and moved across the continent from her and my dad. The independence that motivated her to moved from Virginia to... >Read More



Gifts: 4 Ways to Skip the Mall

You could say that I am the complete opposite of the Grinch. I LOVE Christmas! “The whole Christmas season”.   If it were up to me Christmas lights would go up in October, the baking would begin as soon as cooler weather hit and everything would get a coat of glitter.  There is only one thing I do not... >Read More



What is Advent?

One of my fondest childhood memories of the Christmas season is the Advent calendars my brother and I would receive every year. If you’re unfamiliar with this tradition, the particular version my family enjoyed consisted of a nearly flat decorated cardboard box, with tiny doors on it, numbered from 1 to 24 representing the days leading up to Christmas... >Read More


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