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12/20/2011
Second-Hand Piano My fondest memory of a Christmas past is a conversation I overheard between my parents. I was around five years old at the time. They knew I really wanted to learn how to play the piano but the purchase of a piano would be above and beyond what they could afford in those days. More >>

Tags: Budget, Christmas, Finances, Holidays, Santa Claus
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12/20/2011
Betrayed by Someone We Trusted This is how your book, "Surviving a Shark Attack (on Land) helped me. I saw you promoting your new book on one of the morning shows. As you were talking about it, I was amazed at how perfect the timing was. More >>

Tags: Education, Values
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12/19/2011
A New Way of Thinking ...A couple months ago I wrote you that I read, and put into practice, "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands." My marriage wasn't headed in a good direction, and your advice has changed my marriage dramatically in a positive direction. More >>

Tags: Attitude, Marriage, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
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12/19/2011
What I Want to be When I Grow Up When I was growing up, to earn my weekly allowance, my dad used to have me write an essay. One week, he assigned me to write about what I wanted to be when I grew up. More >>

Tags: Feminism, Morals, Ethics, Values, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Social Issues, Values
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12/16/2011
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. ...Fueled by your advice to raise one's own children, and prompted by gratitude that, as a cancer survivor, I was given the opportunity to make an impact on my kids' lives, we made the decision to raise our own children... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Gratitude, Parenting, Regarding Dr. Laura, Respect, Values
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12/16/2011
I So Admire My Husband Do I have a MAN for a Husband? Yes I do. We'll be married 31 years in February.... His father and maternal grandmother did not approve of me as a prospective wife and did everything in their power to discredit and humiliate me. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Family/Relationships - Family, Gratitude, Marriage, Relationships, Relatives, Respect
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12/15/2011
Preparing To Be A Wife And Mother I read the email from the single mom who learned it was okay to be a wife and mother. It brought back some memories of when I was dating. More >>

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12/15/2011
Lessons for Raising Kids In the early 1990's, (my then) shack-up honey and I started listening to you. We were raising (my now) husband's, 10 year old daughter. I immediately loved your program and listened everyday. Both of us were so confused in raising a 10 year old. From you we learned: More >>

Tags: Morals, Ethics, Values, Raising kids, Regarding Dr. Laura, Response to a Comment, Values
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12/14/2011
11 Years Later I was 23 and stupid but smart enough to know I had to find a job to make some money before I stared graduate school. At that job, the radio was set to your show. Thank God for that. I heard you say "you have to kiss a lot of toads before you find your prince". More >>

Tags: Dating, Marriage, Response to a Comment
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12/13/2011
Focusing on my Boy I remember having to do a report in school about what we wanted to be when we grew up. I always knew I wanted to be a wife and mom. But I never thought it was the 'right' answer. So I would make up something. More >>

Tags: Dating, Family/Relationships - Children, Parenting, Relationships, Response to a Comment
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