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Amber @AmbiePam (88834) • United States 22 Jun 11

I know I'm different from my family. I may look like them, and I may share political and religious views with them, but I'm so different. And I'm very aware of it. My sister had been staying with my parents for an extended...

daughter

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jessicabcoughlin I so very much the odd one in my family. I grew up being the child my parents overlooked in conversations, the sister my brother refused to admit was his sister in school, and the family member that was left out of fmily events, i.e. weddings, family reunions,...

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jessicabcoughlin @jessicabcoughlin (19) • United States 9 Jun 11

I am a mother who chose to leave my profession to raise a family. My husband was encouraging even though it meant all the bills were on him. Unfortunately, my extended family has been irate about my descision. They are always...

stay at home mom

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rmnrmn @rmnrmn (688) • India 9 Jun 11

I help my friends a lot in case of their needs. Now when its come to my turn they turn their face. Now I am feeling guilty that I helped them :-( Do you have the same experience? Please share here.

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jessicabcoughlin Many times my helpful actions have been returned by dissatisfaction and their help has never been offered. But I see what I am doing as an act of kindness which never needs to be returned. I also never expect anyone to be helpful, I am grateful when i do get...

9 Jun 11

chifeo4y @chifeo4y (271) • Nigeria 28 May 11

when the news broke out that the world`s most wanted terrorist OSAMA BIN LADEN had been killed by US NAVY SEAL,Americans in particular rejoiced that their number one enemy is dead.To the OL-QEDA terrorist group,, bin laden is a...

evil

hell

osama bin laden

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jessicabcoughlin A martyr is created by the beliefs of a people. He is only a martyr if we make him one. Many praise his death, but that doesn't make him a martyr, nor all the people that cheered when 9/11 happened. Sadly there were a few of those. He also didn't die in the...

9 Jun 11

tink91879 @tink91879 (742) • United States 9 Jun 11

I was looking up a cple things online and came across an article some one wrote about the dollar store. Pretty much they bashed it. If the dollar store had feelings it would have felt like the scum of the earth. I personally enjoy...

life

saving money

shopping

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jessicabcoughlin I love the Dollar Store. I have been able to get cleaning supplies, toilettries and toys for my kids for only $1 each! Heck yeah I am going to support that store. I am a mother of three girls with only my husband working a roofing job. We need to save as much...

9 Jun 11

Frederick42 @Frederick42 (2024) • Canada 26 May 11

Hey, the world is going to end in 2012. Jesus is going to come. God will judge and will separate and place some in heaven and some in hell. This drama has been repeated for 2000 years. I wonder how people are not getting tired...

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jessicabcoughlin besides, faith has nothing to do with fear. It is an inate feeling do do right by oneself and to find our higher purpose in life. Anyone who uses fear to promote religion or any type of following is a tyrant, not a religeous leader. Faith is what is needed for...

6 Jun 11

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Frederick42 @Frederick42 (2024) • Canada 26 May 11

Hey, the world is going to end in 2012. Jesus is going to come. God will judge and will separate and place some in heaven and some in hell. This drama has been repeated for 2000 years. I wonder how people are not getting tired...

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jessicabcoughlin I have read some of your other posts and notice your are quick to judge religion without apparently knowing much about it. People who arent religeous fear 2012 as the end of the world. People of faith who read and learn what the bible teaches us about the...

6 Jun 11

sarahruthbeth22 @sarahruthbeth22 (43143) • United States 2 Jun 11

I saw that there was a whole show trying to find the Real face of Jesus. I must confess I am puzzled. why are they searching this out? Why is this so important. I am not Christian So I guess I can't totally understand. From...

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jessicabcoughlin I am a christian and i am pretty confused about it too. I believe that faith guides us. Unfortunately, many people want to see, have to see to believe. I guess that they think if they put a face on the man who has been so significant in religion today, they...

6 Jun 11

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jessicabcoughlin @jessicabcoughlin (19) • United States 6 Jun 11

I have 3 girls, all of whom are raised to treat life as a gift and not a right. We try and teach them never to expect anything and to appreciate everything. Unfortunately my 9 year old seem to have gotten things mixed up and...

daughter

tyrant

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jessicabcoughlin @jessicabcoughlin (19) • United States 2 Jun 11

I am currently a stay at home mom and i would like to know when lack of income means leaving my kids in overpriced daycare to earn a few extra dollars

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tammy27 @tammy27 (1241) • Philippines 2 Jun 11

just a simple question to bookish people out there.. :) i visited my favorite bookshop earlier, and i was there for about 1hr and 30mis. haha since it's not like the other bookstores where books are in order, the books there...

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jessicabcoughlin If my kids arent with me, I can spend hours in a bookstore. Mostly reading the book i just bought while drinking way overpriced coffee, lol. When my kids are with me, we tend to spend about a half hour there, maybe more if the kids are picking out books

2 Jun 11

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deepti_aggarwal @deepti_aggarwal (53) 2 Jun 11

heyy everyone. as my title symbolises that a small family is a happy family. so what u think guys is it only a saying or its the truth ...in what sense is it true to say this..i mean bigger families are not happy ones..how mAny of...

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jessicabcoughlin I have a large family and i have to disagree with your argument. We may have little money and a lot of stress, but when you love your family and are content with your life,happiness is a given

2 Jun 11

deepti_aggarwal @deepti_aggarwal (53) 2 Jun 11

heyy everyone. as my title symbolises that a small family is a happy family. so what u think guys is it only a saying or its the truth ...in what sense is it true to say this..i mean bigger families are not happy ones..how mAny of...

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jessicabcoughlin I have three girls with my partner, so i guess we fall under the large family catagory. I think that your idea that only a small family is a happy family is a bunch of bull hockey. We have less money to throw around, but we always have cheap activities for our...

2 Jun 11

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maxen07 @maxen07 (882) • Philippines 1 Jun 11

When I got myself pregnant, I went away to spend the rest of my pregnancy at a single mother's temporary home. Only my grandmother knew about it and she was the one who saw me out of the house that early morning. I returned home a...

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jessicabcoughlin When my marriage was starting to fall apart, I started doing inaapropriate things. My family found out about two years into my use and took my children from me. While I was getting clean, my children spent three years living with their grandparents. My biggest...

2 Jun 11

Babygirl1984000mx @Babygirl1984000mx (218) • Canada 17 May 11

I am trying to lose my stomach after my second child. My first all I had to do was breastfeed and my baby weight was lost. Well not this time around, I am not losing it at all and I have a little tummy. I just wanted to know if...

lost weight

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jessicabcoughlin I never stop walking. Everyday when i get a chance, i walk to the park to let my kids play. It takes about a half hour so i know i am burning some calories. Also, i cut down on carbohydrates. I have whole grain cerial with breakfast, but i have fruit and...

1 Jun 11

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mamiqlt02 @mamiqlt02 (1) • Philippines 27 May 11

My due date is on 23rd of June. Please feel free to post all your experience from labor to motherhood.

baby

new born

pregnancy

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jessicabcoughlin I have had three daughters. The first time the delivery date came close, I worried about the pain, whether or not to use an epidural, and who was allowed in my room. That only made the delivery more stressful, so I made a few changes for my other deliveries. I...

1 Jun 11

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