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Grandparents Can Help Blended Families Create A Good Mix During the Holidays "You can't tell me what to do," Josh smugly announced. "You are not my real grandfather." Art, his step grandfather, was hurt and shocked and furious. But he kept his cool. He thought he and his wife got along well with his daughter-in-law's children from a previous marriage." But he didn't. He nearly bit his...

Hey ya'll! If you look at your calendar or your cell phone or the sign outside the bank as you travel around your environs today, you'll see that last Friday was Friday the 13th! To quote SCTV character, Count Floyd: "Very Scary, Kids! Ow-Ooooo!" Or is it really? I dunno.... As far as I'm concerned superstitions are really in the head of the beholder, or is that in the hold of the beheader?...

Kids and War Anxiety- What Can Parents Do? by: Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life CoachIn the midst of war situations around the world, many parents are wondering what can be done to protect their kids from additional stress and anxiety. Here are some helpful steps to make sure your son or daughter is not worried about world events or wars, so they can be...

Growing up in a very small town of about 800 people, your religion was part of your profile. Mine happened to be Catholic – and still is. However, a few years ago, I began to ask a lot of questions. Being a catechist since the age of sixteen, a liturgy committee member for five years, and so on; you would have thought that I knew what my ‘role’ was. Call it an early onset of a midlife...

When you walk the roads of the Internet, you will learn about different cultures. One day I learned about blessings, something I thought only a pope did. Or a priest perhaps. I realized I don’t know much about what drives religious people. The importance of prayers was not very known to me, but as people do find comfort in prayers, I want to know more. As a toddler, before my family...