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Using a wedding theme to reduce wedding costs

There’s nothing like a well-thought-out theme to make your wedding celebration completely unique and memorable for a fraction of the cost. A wedding theme should tell your guests something about the two of you as a couple and as individuals because that is what makes it unique. If you share a love of sports, perhaps […]

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Blended Families – The "Yo" The family and its lessons

To encourage healthy interactions between stepfamilies, I share experiences from my practice. As always in professional writing, the identifying details have been altered. The following stories combine the challenges of stepfamilies into story-based lessons. I start with the story from the meeting of a couple to a moment of radical change in their lives. Lucille, […]

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maple memories

Silver cubes hang from dozens of trees as far as the eye can see. My brother and I shoveled the snow away from the barn and then headed down an icy driveway. A smell of butter guided us like a siren to a large cabin. The door opens with a strong push. In front of […]

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XHTML- Kicking and screaming into the future

XHTML, the standard, was first released in the year 2000. About five years later, we started to see major websites overhauled to use this standard. Even the favorite scapegoat for standards compliance punishment, Microsoft, renders its main home pages, msn.com and microsoft.com in XHTML. Standards compliant XHTML sites are still in the minority. The reason […]