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This may not sound scientific but it is a good question. Do you wake up to the loud peeping of an annoying alarm clock, or your favoriet music, or your dog licking your hand? How you rest may be tied to it. If you know that as soon as you relax and fall asleep you are going to be awoken by something that is going to annoy you then you will not let your body relax enough to get the sleep you...

I can think of 1 million reasons to hire a stand-in mom: cleaning, cooking dinner, doing the laundry, gift-wrapping birthday gifts, writing thank you cards, etc., etc. But I suppose on most days I can just suck it up and get all those tasks done, along with working on my paying job and the unpaid bliss that is motherhood and wifedom. However, I think I would have given up whatever meager savings...

Have you ever heard the statement: There is a fine line between Depression and Dementia? I heard it years ago and didn't believe it, but being an Alzheimer's Caregiver for fourteen years, I’ve changed my mind. I became the one forgetful. I became the one confused and disoriented. Was I to have Alzheimer's also? “No, just depression,” the doctor said. “You need to take care of...

IT IS WITH PLEASURE I INTRODUCE MISHA FINEDOG HUNTER Eight years ago I went into one of those terrible puppy mill places with my daughter "just to look". I was doing great until I saw a little grey ball of fur barely moving. Instinctively I knew this puppy was in trouble. Kristina and I circled around him several times before I forced myself out the door. We had found out...