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It's true that we do have the opportunity to learn something new every day. Kitchens and cooking are not one of my areas of expertise, so it's not common for me to be passing-on advice about food. I never realized until I did a Google search this morning that sweet potatoes and yams are not the same vegetable. What I read in the article appearing below must be true, because you can only...

When I was about 12, my brother, Mitch, gave me a bloody nose. There are those in the family who may say I deserved it, but I know better. I came out the back door of our house one warm, beautiful afternoon and he was lying in wait – his fist came out of nowhere and struck my fragile skin. There are those who may say that I had tormented him for weeks, and that his anger had built up, but that...

I never had a weight problem growing up as a young woman but after having my children I found myself in the plus sizes. Either the clothes look cheap and unattractive or the styles was for larger professional women that didn't enhances the woman curves. When you wear clothes in layers you actually look bigger. You have to remember that the industry makes clothes smaller so when you shop and see...

"Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it." ~ Ernest Holmes At the beginning of this month, a family moved in upstairs. Up until then, the unit had been empty. The building I live in is an old building, and the units have been renovated quite nicely. One thing that wasn't renovated were the ceilings. Suddenly the quiet I had been enjoying...