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• New Years Resolutions When it Comes to Friendship

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  As the holidays are upon us, most of us make plans with our friends,as well as with family members. In fact, friends are often intentionally invited to family events to mitigate tension and be a sort of buffer zone. Its an old trick, and one that has long been effective. Some women swear that their best friends are ...
  3 days ago

• life without a mirror

  
  Mothering Nature — Authority: 116
  Photo by h.koppdelaney Also posted on Widows Voice I had a dream that I found Jeff. I was so totally overjoyed and so excited that I attempted to jump into his arms. The shock and confusion, even hostility, that he looked at me with was horrifying. He didnt recognize me. He didnt know me anymore. He ...
  1 week ago

• An Angel In The Outfield

  
  A Baby Boomer Woman's Life After 50 — Authority: 103
  According to George A. Bonanno, the author of a new book called The Other Side Of Sadness , "Well over 50 percent of those who are grieving show resilience." George says that "People are deeply pained, but from the beginning they can function. They oscillate between turning inward, to face the fact that their loved ...
  1 week ago

• a place for you, my love

  
  Mothering Nature — Authority: 116
  Also posted on Widows Voice Ive struggled this past year and a half to find the right words to mark Jeffs life and his person on a commemorative bench on the West Coast of this island, in a the small fishing village where we met, fell in love and started our life together. I needed to find something that ...
  2 weeks ago

• IRAs – The Basics: If You Inherit One

  
  The Thin Pink Line — Authority: 121
  The idea of estate planning is taking on more importance because multiple generations are more openly discussing money issues and realizing/acknowledging that since money flows up and down generations,  how  it  flows between generations should always be a consideration (and is the reason I so strongly suggest ...
  2 weeks ago

• First Southern Woman Elected to Senate Dies

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 464
  Paula Hawkins, the feisty, self-described "housewife from Maitland" who in 1980 became the first woman elected to a full Senate term without a family political connection, died Friday. She was 82. Hawkins had been in poor health recently, having suffered a stroke and a fall, said U.S. Rep. John Mica, a close friend. ...
  3 weeks ago

• plumbing prowess and other miracles

  
  Mothering Nature — Authority: 116
  Also posted on Widows Voice Tonight, as I attempted to turn off the water to the tub, I was hit with a major plumbing emergency. Initially, as I was unable to shut off the water to the already very full bath, I thought, "Oh, *^%$#. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!!" Turning the knob to the left did nothing. Turning ...
  3 weeks ago

• Widowed facing higher mortality risk in US

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): There has been a significant increase in mortality rate among widowed people in the US, according to a new study.Hui Liu, study author and assistant professor of sociology at Michigan State University, analysed the data of more than a half-million people in the federal government’s National ...
  3 weeks ago

• Widowed people have higher mortality

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) Married people are living longer these days, but the widowed are experiencing a higher mortality rate, according to new research.“With the improvements in medical technology, it seems all population groups should be healthier and living longer,” Hui Liu said of the growing mortality rate ...
  3 weeks ago

• Nontoxic Friends on a Book Tour

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Naturally, when youve written a book on toxic friendships among women, theres a bit of trepidation about which friends will take it the wrong way. During the writing process for this book, as I listened to the voices of hundreds of women describing their successful and unsuccessful female bonds, I thought of my own ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pets Offer Therapeutic Benefit

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 582
  Pet ownership in America is a common affair — 39 percent of U.S. households own at least one dog and nearly 34 percent own at least one cat. While anecdotal benefits of pet companionship can be traced to biblical times, emerging research documents the value of the human-animal bond in child development, elderly ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bond with pet works like therapy during stressful times

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Washington, December 1 (ANI): The often underestimated significance of a pet in the life of a human has been brought forward in a growing body of research that suggests that a household animal can provide a range of relational benefits.Dr. Froma Walsh poured the research in two articles, entitled “Human-Animal Bonds ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pets can help humans tide over adversities, mental illness

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) Anyone who keeps a pet knows the immense joy and comfort that it can provide, especially in troubled times. A growing body of research now documents the value of the human-animal bond in child development, elderly care, mental illness, physical impairment, dementia, abuse and trauma ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Other Side of Sadness

  
  anniegirl1138 — Authority: 120
  I just finished reading The Other Side of Sadness by George Bonnano, an associate professor at Columbia. It basically sets the record straight on all the ridiculous notions that surround grieving.For example, “grief work”, the idea that grieving requires a thoughtful and painful laundry lists of activities that a ...
  4 weeks ago

• musical memories

  
  Mothering Nature — Authority: 116
  Photo by Misspiepie Also posted on Widows Voice Today, as I scanned through my CD collection in search of something mellow yet fun to listen to while doing housework, I found that every. single. bloody. CD had some memory intertwined in its melody. I found myself sobbing due to the fact that I am the one ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Fenns – Chapter Six

  
  anniegirl1138 — Authority: 120
  From Coffee Cans to Green Dresses“I can’t believe we have to report back to school this week,” Karen lamented. She had talked Julie into coming with her while she ran back to school errands.Julie hadn’t wanted to. She’d done her own back to school shopping at the beginning of the month. Unlike most teachers, ...
  4 weeks ago

• 8

  
  Rainbows! Puppies! Leukemia — Authority: 103
  Today marks 8 months, and tomorrow is Thanksgiving. My favorite holiday, and the one with the most tradition in my family. For decades, my great aunt held Thanksgiving dinner in her house. Their sprawling quasi-basement/bar area easily held 30 or more people, year after year, and we (my dad and I) only missed it ...
  4 weeks ago

• Slutty Wife No. 2 — Angry Son

  
  The Checkout Line — Authority: 123
  Dear Judy, I am NOT greedy and I’m not interested in any other woman. I’m starting off this way because otherwise you might have suspicions. My father married twice.  Divorced my mother, remarried, then died. Wife No. 2 got pretty much everything, and spends it like crazy. She bought a house at the beach here ...
  4 weeks ago

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