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What implications does your family's past have on you? I started thinking about the significance of our family history recently after seeing parts of NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?”  The show delves into the family tree of individuals, revealing unknown stories linked to crucial events.  Needless to say, the results easily range from...

Yesterday was "Quit Facebook Day." People pledged to quit Facebook due to concerns about their privacy. In recent weeks there have been many concerns raised regarding Facebook's privacy policies, but one group of people who benefit from the openness of peoples' online information is divorce lawyers, as reported by CNN: "Facebook is a great source...

Bethany Hamilton looks like any fun-loving young American teenager – bright eyed, smiling, excited about what she enjoys doing. She’s athletic, attractive, trim, tanned and blonde – qualities that in this culture can open many doors. But Bethany faces a special challenge that many her age do not. She is missing her left arm just...

People are generally encouraged, and expected, to be strong. Driven to succeed by cultural pressure (and even family pressure) the means to become a success is understood to become strong. And being strong sometimes leaves little room for needing help. According to stats from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, women cry approximately 5.3 per month,...

It might surprise you to learn that the tradition of fasting has very little to do with food.  In many religions including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism fasting is a spiritual discipline.   Abstaining from all food, or certain foods, is more about spiritual focus than diet. In his article, “Fasting: Is it Healthy?” Darren...

Recently, NHL hockey star Ilya Kovalchuk turned down a contract offer of $101,000,000 (that's a hundred and one million dollars) over 12 years.  His team, the Atlanta Thrashers, had no other option: they traded him. (Source: MSNBC) If he had accepted the contract, it would have made him the highest paid player in the NHL, generally considered...

Of all the articles I’ve written over the past 10 years, it’s my article on how to write a love letter that gets all the attention. I’ve been interviewed about it three times – twice on the radio and once for a newspaper in Dallas.  Love letters capture our hearts and our imaginations and with good reason. There is something powerful...