Earning the designation of Eagle Scout is no easy task. Really, they don’t just give those things away. I know because as soon as I earned my Life Scout rank I set my eyes on that goal. I had heard that you could earn the rank in as little as six months, but my scout [...]

For most of my childhood, I watched as addiction ruined my dad’s life.  He drank and he used drugs; it was obvious to me even as a small child. My mom did her best to hold the family together, trying to appear as the typical family next door.  However, when it started to turn violent, [...]

Wild college parties are a thing of the past but the memories of those parties still linger on well past the time when we could keep up with our former selves. Staying up late used to mean watching the sun come up but now it means that one of our children is sick and requiring [...]

When my husband and I were planning our wedding, I realized I had no idea of when we should send out our wedding invitations.  Now my sister is planning her wedding, and I realize that I was not alone — a lot of people don’t know when you are supposed to send out invitations.
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Applying tanning lotion can be a difficult task for most people. While most lotions make applying a tan pretty easy, there are still some things that people need to take into consideration when they are applying the lotion. The goal is to have a natural looking, streak free tan and here is how you can [...]