Ken Potts
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Check childhood baggage when dealing with familyMar 31, 2012 9:11 am - “How old am I anyway?” While talking to my sister, I found myself struggling with some of the same emotions I felt when I was a kid — misunderstood, left out, hurt and f...
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Marriage is hard enough without pre-wedding stressMar 26, 2012 6:00 am - Ministers see a lot of interesting things at weddings. There was the time a bee flew up the soloist's dress at an outdoor wedding (you should have heard the high notes)...
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Parents get their own strain of senioritisMar 17, 2012 9:17 am - If you’re a parent of a high school senior, you’re probably experiencing what a lot of other parents are: You find yourself staring at your 17- or 18-year old, amazed at...
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A job description for stepparentsMar 09, 2012 1:35 pm - “So just what is it that I am supposed to do? Like, can I get a job description here?” We’d just finished covering some of the common mistakes stepparents often make wi...
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OK, you just got married. Now what?Mar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - It’s been three or four months since the last guest left the reception. You’ve returned the tux, packed away the wedding dress and (hopefully) you’ve taken that long-awa...
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Don’t fight spring feverFeb 23, 2012 11:00 pm - The symptoms are all too familiar: A lack of energy, faraway look in the eyes, long lunch hours, frequent “sick” days, a telltale sunburn. The disease? Spring fever. Sp...
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There’s no excuse for spousal abuseFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - A man hits his wife. “It was the booze,” he claims. Or perhaps the pot, cocaine or crack. And the court agrees it was the drug, not the person, who was really to blame. ...
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Celebrate love — real love — this Valentines DayFeb 09, 2012 11:00 pm - Valentine’s Day was not originally intended to be a celebration of the exploits of Cupid or to add the profits of Hallmark. And contrary to local lore, it also does not ...
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Allow time for spontaneous funFeb 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Wild laughter, squeals of delight and shouts of mock terror emanated from the resort’s pool. A family — mom, dad and their four children — played a variation of the gam...
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Dads, young adult daughters can have special bondJan 28, 2012 5:00 am - It came up three times in three separate conversations with three separate dads. I think we’ve got a trend here. Over the holidays, I had the chance to talk to some fri...