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Deciding to Be Content Even When Life Doesn’t Go the Way You Plan

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After all, I have many aunts and uncles who winter in Florida, so I would have family nearby and my mom could come to visit to escape the Michigan cold. And then, in March, my husband learned that his mentor was likely going to be moving to Florida. Besides, the drive is only about 17 hours, so we could drive home to visit fairly easily.

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How To Get The Holiday Gifts You Really Want

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ariel Knafo and other researchers from the psychology department at Hebrew University in Jerusalem designed and conducted an experiment that showed that certain people actually have DNA specific to giving. Knowing this, do you believe, as Rico states, that: “You do people a disservice by not giving them the gift of giving.”

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Fall Reading List

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

Morrison discusses the psychology of “othering” and uses examples from novels like Uncle Tom’s Cabin to show the disturbing romanticism of slavery in American literature. The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley (Aug).

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