Month: February 2018

How to decrease school shootings: image of my 3rd grade class and our teacher.
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16 Out-of-the-Box Ideas to Decrease School Shootings (Because doing something, anything, is better than nothing.)

Valentine’s Day is for lovers, not shooters. And these school shootings, they just keep happening.  The shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018 was one of seven (not 18) intentional shootings that occurred during normal school hours in America this year. That’s one school shooting a week so far in 2018. This is not okay.

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February 23, 2018 No Comments
Cheerleading for your marriage image: Image of a guy and girl cheerleader
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Cheerleading: One of the Best Things You Can Do for Your Marriage

“Why do you think you and Dad are still together?”  Sandwich Child asked me that question last year. For her marriage and family psychology course at Wagner College, she was required to interview both parents. After I told her my theory about love and respect, which I blogged about here, I explained how important it

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February 16, 2018 No Comments
Prince of a Guy image: the cocktail napkin I wrote my name and number on when Tony and I met.
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A Prince of a Guy: A Love Story

Some gal wrote a book claiming every girl longs to be swept off her feet, rescued, a bride. Not me. There’s a picture of me when I was small, at a toy ironing board, in a dress-up wedding gown. Mom must’ve made me do it, probably tickled me at the last minute to get me to

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February 9, 2018 No Comments
AgingParents103: Image of Mom and me out to eat
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Aging Parents 103: 26 Tips for Navigating the Dementia Days

“Something’s wrong—changed—with your dad,” Tony Bear said. “He’s not as social as he used to be. Not as talkative. And when you ask him a question, he does this thing where he turns it around and asks you the question.” I’m embarrassed to say, it was my husband—not me, not my mother—who first recognized my father’s cognitive

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February 2, 2018 No Comments
Diane Tarantini
Author of The Brave Knight
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