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Live Your Life; Rest In Peace

Live Your Life © copyright 2007 Betsy L. Angert
I offer my thanks to the creator, Danny Smith, and to the Sandwichman at MaxSpeak for stimulating this sharing.

We wake to work, dress for the job, drive to the office, factory, educational institution, the fields, or perchance, a restaurant. Perhaps, we travel to the site, go underground, or seek scaffolding. Some soar above the clouds to complete their designated task, or is the word "required" a more accurate term for what we do daily.

Single and Married Parents Spend More Time With Children. Much is Lost. ©

Decades ago on October 16, I was born into a family that admittedly wanted no more children. My mother was not working; nevertheless, before and after my birth she was rarely home. My natural father did not wish to entertain the notion of a newborn. With my birth, he decided to focus on life far from the family house. During my youth it was thought, parents spent time with their progeny. However, mine did not.

On October 16, 2006, a report was released, “Married and Single Parents [are] Spending More Time With Children, Study Finds.” This too, is not as expected. New York Times Journalist, Robert Pears reveals, “Mothers are spending at least as much time with their children today as they did 40 years ago, and the amount of child care and housework performed by fathers has sharply increased.”