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Healthy People
Larry Crabb (“Understanding People”) “…Healthy people experience a marred joy. For them, life is lived in the minor key, but with an eager anticipation of the day when the Master Musician will strike up the eternal anthem in the major key. Healthy people are sad because they know things are not now as they should […]
I’m A Senior Citizen
I’m the life of the party …even when it lasts until 8:00 p.m. I’m very good at opening childproof caps with a hammer. I’m usually interested in going home before I get to where I’m going. I’m good on a trip for at least an hour without my aspirin, beano, antacid . I’m the first […]
Blended Families
A few years ago I wrote an article on Blended Families for several of my parishioners/clients, and HarperCollins published it as a chapter in a little book I wrote… http://jmm.org.au/articles/5289.htm It’s probably a bit dated here and there, and also a little more conservative than I am now, but if you or anyone here has […]
Teen pregnancies tied to tastes for sexy TV shows
By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner, Ap Medical Writer – Mon Nov 3, 2008 CHICAGO – Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior than among those who have tamer viewing tastes. “Sex and the City,” anyone? That was […]
A Must Read for all whether you have kids or not…
After tossing her books on the lounge, she decided to grab a snack and get on-line. She logged on under her screen name ByAngel213. She checked her Buddy List and saw GoTo123 was on. She sent him an instant message: ByAngel213: Hi.. I’m glad you are on! I thought someone was following me home today. […]
Man shortage
Men and Women and Conversation Listen here, Sonny Jim, and we might get somewhere The man shortage is a vastly overrated problem. From where I sit there seems to be an excess of men. In parliaments, in businesses, in universities, in my own home. I can’t get away from them. There are plenty of men […]
Single’s request
A friend sent this on; it’s a true (as against, fabricated) exchange that took place on Sept 3 on Craigslist, a New York community message-board. I hear you say… only in NY! (http://sleepyscout.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/the-american-way-of-romance /) I’m tired of beating around the bush. I’m a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25-year-old girl. I’m articulate and classy. I’m not from […]
Piecing Life Together after Childhood Sexual Abuse
Fragments of Home: by Monique Lisbon (Braidwood Press: Melbourne, 2008) http://www.monomusic.com.au BOOK/CD LAUNCH SPEECH This is a book, but it could have been a thesis. I remember a couple of conversations where the book was re-birthed out of a thesis. This is quite properly because… In a very real sense this is Monique’s story, but […]
Marriage Enrichment: How Much Do You Think You Know About Your Partner?
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR PARTNER? HOW MANY PAID JOBS DID HE/SHE HAVE BEFORE YOU MET? WHERE WAS HE/SHE BORN? HOW MANY HOMES DID HE/SHE LIVE IN BEFORE YOU MET? WHAT IS HIS/HER FAVOURITE COLOUR? HOW ABOUT HIS/HER MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT AS A KID/TEENAGER? WHAT WAS HIS/HER MOST SERIOUS ILLNESS/ACCIDENT AS […]
Marriage: discussion-starters
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