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Rock Concerts During Pregnancy

If you live and breathe music, you don’t have to give up your love affair just because you’re pregnant. In most cases, enjoying the occasional rock concert while with child is perfectly safe. However, your condition does present an array of issues that you must consider to ensure that your concert-going experience is a pleasurable and safe one for you and your developing fetus.

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6 Month Anniversary Gifts for Men

It may not be quite as impressive as the golden anniversary, but the 6-month mark is something to be proud of. Whether you are celebrating 6 months with your fabulous boyfriend or the first 6 months of a blissful marriage, you may want to do something for your man to let him know how special he is. Picking out gifts for men can be tough, but the suggestions below can help.

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Too Much Stuff!

My husband and I moved into our current home not quite thirteen years ago. About two weeks afterwards, some faulty electrical wiring caused a fire that destroyed a good chunk of the house. Luckily, nobody was hurt, and we didnt lose anything that couldnt be replaced. Photos, videos and keepsakes were all spared.

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Apparently, I’m Embarrassing

The summer my daughter turned eight, we bought a book called Fun Things To Do In Los Angeles (or something like that). She didn’t go to day camp on Thursdays, so every Wednesday night we’d pore through the book, looking for a fun place that we could go to the next day for what we…

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Explaining HB2 to My Son With Autism

My son is thirteen, very intelligent, thoughtful, and asks a lot of questions about current affairs. So, after I mentioned that his aunt, who lives in North Carolina, was upset at the recent canceled concert by Bruce Springsteen, my son asked why. I don't know about most parents, but with my son, I fell he's…