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http://images.ncfr.org/webconvert/archive/Gemeinschaft_Gesellschaft_I_finally_got_the_Schaft_NCFR.pdf
Trying to remember my Sociology 101 terms, my mentor gave me a clever mnemonic device.

http://images.ncfr.org/webconvert/archive/The_fruit_pie_fiasco_why_people_do_the_things_they_do_NCFR.pdf
An incident that happened recently in my own life was the impetus for this blog. For a few minutes at the time, I looked as if I was behaving childishly about it and my reaction to it, overblown. But there's more to it.

http://images.ncfr.org/webconvert/archive/To_Fight_for_the_Right_without_Question_or_Pause.pdf
Many of us work in some capacity of endeavoring to understand or to serve families. At times, our progress regarding the difference we are trying to make seems like we're chasing an Impossible Dream.

http://images.ncfr.org/webconvert/archive/Family_Theory_and_the_Ceramic_Community_NCFR.pdf
A few days back, I completed an important home project. I set up my lighted ceramic village for the holidays. For those who don't know what these are, I've got a photo of my display... it's a planned community... I am very persnickety that each…

http://images.ncfr.org/webconvert/archive/Family_Resource_Management_A_Letter_from_Mom_NCFR.pdf
CFLE and NCFR staff member Nancy Gonzalez's humorous but poignantopen letterto her young adult son about values and family resource managment.

http://images.ncfr.org/webconvert/archive/Family_History_get_it_before_its_gone_NCFR.pdf
In this blog, I am documenting a piece of family history. My late mother was the Valedictorian of her high school class. I'm sorting through boxes of her things, and I found her valedictory address from 1944. A bit of history. And I was able to scan…

http://images.ncfr.org/webconvert/archive/A_fabulous_new_recipe_for_family_policy_and_sausage_a_book_review_NCFR.pdf
A book review of Evidence-based Policymaking by Karen Bogenschneider and Tom Corbett

http://images.ncfr.org/webconvert/archive/Extraordinarily_Popular_YouTube_Videos_and_the_Madness_of_Crowds_NCFR.pdf
By now, everyone who is not on life support knows the name Susan Boyle. Until she "gobsmacked" the world on Britains Got Talent just 10 days ago, this 47 year old Scottish woman was an undiscovered fabulous singer and unemployed church volunteer. By…

http://images.ncfr.org/webconvert/archive/Everything_I_wanted_to_know_about_true_love_I_learned_in_my_bathroom_NCFR.pdf
Last September, my husband and I celebrated our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. I thought that when we hit this milestone, I would reach some epiphany or acquire some sage insights as to why we made it but half of couples do not. The truth is I am…

http://images.ncfr.org/webconvert/archive/Ethics_the_problem_with_putting_people_on_pedestals_NCFR.pdf
I have this tendency to create heroes for myself and, occasionally, I end up with regret. A few of my people have fallen off their pedestals.
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