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It was the headline I’ve been fantasizing about for all of my adult life: “Study Finds Fruity Cocktails Count as Health Food.” I double-checked the URL, just to

 I've long been interested in the topic of how children resolve disputes, a fascination that dates back at least to an incident in third grade when Randy McMillan

Your baby wakes up screaming in the middle of the night with teething pain or a high fever. You look in the medicine cabinet for your acetaminophen (generic

Dear Miss Kitty,I am dating a guy that I like but I don’t think I could ever love.   He is very into me and wants to go out

The wife was looking for some ideas for this week’s article and like always I tossed out a few. After a moment's thought she said “sounds good, why

Life can sometimes definitely throw you a nasty curve ball. It happens all the time to perfectly nice people. A recent example is the ocean liner tragedy in

Dear Miss Kitty,I have been in a relationship for the past three years.  My other half is a widow and we met right after he lost his wife. 

For as long as I can remember, my girlfriends have been an important part of my life. We’ve graduated from Kool-Aid and cookies to brie and Cabernet and

My mom’s mom passed away when I was 12 years old. I remember my grandmother and the bun she wore in her hair secured on the top of her