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Website Review: allinanchor.com

… Sponsored Post … Allinanchor.com is an internet marketing news blog. Allinanchor.com offers tips and suggestions for website owners, bloggers, and web developers on search engine optimization, brand management, traffic building, web design, and more. Content is updated often, and includes re

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Website Review: 4rehabilitation.com

… Sponsored Post ... 4rehabilitation.com 4rehabilitation.com is a non-profit drug rehabilitation referral service that provides those seeking help with addiction with a referral to a drug treatment facility. The website offers information for identification, treatment, and recovery of drug and

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The problem of a single “invisible” mother

Here we hear all kinds of controversy about day care for working Americans as another presidential election runs on and on through the mud puddles. What about those of us with invisible illnesses? Day care is great, affordable day care is even better, but what about the single mother? More to the

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Saying Good-bye

Ever since lung cancer forced Denise to become bed bound, Chili, my cocker spaniel, and I had been visiting on Friday afternoons. Chili jumped right up on the bed -- first sniffing for bits of food lost in the tangle of blankets and sheets and then curling up next to Denise for a nap. Over the mont

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Poetry: And the fife was silent…

A poem about cancer submitted by one of our members. Plastic bottles stood in disarray, A field of soldiers after battle. Some had lost their child-proof helmets, Their bodies overturned and empty; Others were simply abandoned For those with more potent content. None alone could deter the enemy, A

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Remembering Emma, in honor of Breast Cancer Month

Good friends are hard to find. Great friends come along once in a lifetime if you are lucky. I have had a group of friends since my college days and by some standards, we are an odd bunch of diverse women. Madalyn is a married mother and businesswoman, who as I write, is on a plane to re-locate wi

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Craft Corner: Let’s Make A Pretty Change-By-The-Season Centerpiece!

What could be prettier than a colorful candlelit decoration to grace your dining room table or coffee table! And what's even better is that you can easily change this one for every single holiday or season! You can make it as expensive or inexpensive as you wish depending on the materials chosen.

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Poetry: Autumn in Minnesota

Time has no place in a land of lakes The artificial markings do no justice To vast fields stretching out And immeasurable life growing from beneath my feet. My footsteps are but echoes Of ancient paths tread long before Inches become feet becomes acres To where the water meets the sky in an impreg

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Sick Humor: How to make a meal when you can’t stomach it

Sometimes you just gotta laugh... Let’s face it. When you have Lupus, Cancer, or any invisible illness you have days (or months) where eating is the last thing you want to do. Of course our families still insist on having a decent meal, so what do you do? :) Here is my plan of action for any day

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DOMINOES: It’s Not Just For Kids Anymore, It’s a Game For Us!

One evening a month ten women friends take time out of our complicated lives to gather together - not to discuss the latest Toni Morrison novel or to pick an eco-friendly company in which to invest or to discuss how to make our streets safer – but to play the game of our childhood, dominoes. Many

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