1. What would you change, if anything, about our experience growing up?
2. What do you admire most about Mom and/or Dad?
3. In what ways did Mom or Dad let you down?
4. What’s something you wish you could have told me when we were kids? Why didn’t you tell me then?
5. How could I have been a better sibling to you when we were growing up?
6. What’s your favorite childhood memory of us?
7.
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When parents spoil…
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By adulthood, the average person has between 10 and 40 moles on their body. These small growths on the skin — which are usually round or oval in shape and pink, tan, brown or black in color — are very common and generally harmless.
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It’s easy for married couples to become two ships passing in the night, each so preoccupied by their own personal to-do lists, worries, and distractions that they rarely have a moment of true connection. But when you fail to take each other’s “emotional pulse on a…
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For example, you might…
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Decluttering your space can feel like a Herculean task that you’d much rather put off than tackle. But one simple and comically named rule of thumb may help you make some headway. It’s called the “poop rule.”
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