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I Know A Secret!!!

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Don’t you just hate when someone taunts you with that phrase. I do! While I am the kind of person who loves surprises, if I know that one is coming, I will go to all kind of lengths to find out what the surprise is all about. While there are good and fun secrets, such as those that are necessary for planning for anniversary or birthday surprises or unanticipated friend visits, there are secrets that can be painful or hurtful if not kept private. The Mirriam-Webster official definition of a … [Continue reading...]

Love At The Time of WWII

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I have posted several blogs about a vacation we recently took to France and Spain. In one of the posts, I mentioned a romantic story that I would tell later. Now is later so here is the story: My mother-in-law, Carol was born in 1916 to a middle-class family who had property and a small farm in Minnesota. Her family valued education and encouraged her to attend college after high school. She graduated from the University of Minnesota, with a degree in education in the late 1930s. Think … [Continue reading...]

Did you know that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month?

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I have been writing about vacations and fun, but want to address a far more serious and important topic, domestic violence. According to Women Helping Women of Hamilton County*, domestic violence is the use of physical, sexual, threatening or emotional force to frighten, intimidate and control an intimate partner. Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior that occurs over time. This abuse often escalates and may become worse with time. Abusive partners use combinations of behavior to … [Continue reading...]

Travels in France and Spain and Teen Travel Tips for Everyone!

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This is segment 3 of the, my husband and I traveled for 18 days through France and Spain, story. Specifically, we flew into Frankfurt, rented a car at the airport and drove to Saint-Avold, France to visit the American Cemetery. There is a very romantic WWII story associated with that stop, which I will go into in another post. After an overnight there, we drove onto Normandy for the weekend. In fact, we were in Normandy on 9/11, which other than NYC, seemed like a great place to be on that … [Continue reading...]