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Read more: Does Buster really like me?I have been feeding my neighbor’s beautiful green, yellow and red parrot while she’s gone on a trip. At first, Buster looked at me suspiciously…
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Read more: Doing small things with loveMy neighbor Linda has a wonderful success story. She started mentoring a boy from a poor family when he was in elementary school, continued to…
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Read more: Keep trying and tryingPeople are now reading Kathryn Stockett’s novel The Help in 39 languages, and they will go to the theaters to see the movie in August.…
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Read more: With stops in Roswell, Jal and Big SpringAfter I took the rest of my family to the Albuquerque airport for a quick trip back to Dallas, I stayed in New Mexico to…
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Read more: Are you conscientious?If you are conscientious, congratulations! One study indicates that conscientiousness could be “the best personality predictor of long life.” Called the Terman Project, the study…
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Read more: Need a new reason to lose 10 pounds?Fayteen and I are now eating lots of fruits and vegetables for three reasons—two old reasons and one new reason. The first reason is that…
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Read more: We’re procrastinating againWe promised in an earlier blog post that we were going to stop writing about procrastinating and spend our time doing some of the things…
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Read more: From nurse to mother to writerWhat do you do when your son’s leaves home for his first day of kindergarten? Return to nursing or become a writer? Robin Oliviera had…
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Read more: Courage, confidence and characterIf you’re a Girl Scout or a Girl Scout leader, you know about courage, confidence and character. The mission of the Girl Scout movement today…
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Read more: Emma makes a good decisionI’m proud of my niece Emma, who is a six-feet-tall basketball star and valedictorian of her high school class. I’m especially proud of a tough…