The Lewis family had been a part of the western movement from the very start‚ and was considered by Thomas Jefferson as "one of the distinguished families" of Virginia from the beginning. The Lewis family’s history goes back many years. One of the earliest Lewis men was an uncle of Meriwether Lewis’ father‚ who was a part of the king’s council. Another Lewis married a sister of George Washington. The very first Lewis to keep journals as they traveled and explored was a Thomas Lewis‚ who accompanied
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I was raised‚ since eight years of age in Canton‚ a northern community in Georgia. My upbringing was in a suburban setting‚ relatively quiet and with a lot of friendships developed right from my neighborhood. Except for vacations to Florida‚ most of my friends never left Canton and went to the same elementary‚ middle and high school. Our parents drove us to school‚ enrolled me in Lacrosse‚ baseball and football. I grew with‚ what I consider‚ a very normal American childhood. During the summer
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“You can’t eat that‚ it has sugar in it.” “Does that hurt?” “Is that the good or bad type of diabetes?” Listening to ignorant people talk about diabetes has to be the worst part about the disease‚ besides getting strange looks from people as you pull out your insulin and pretend its heroine. From hearing stories about someone’s great grandpa losing a foot due to diabetes and miraculously they’re an expert on the subject‚ or if one blood sugar isn’t in range‚ you’ll lose your liver. You can’t blame
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I would like to share a story about my maids. I used to rely on maid services because I have two children‚ aged one and three respectively. When my eldest son was born‚ I initially sent him to a babysitter who lived nearby my area. However‚ the babysitter was only able to take care of my son until he was six months old due to her own pregnancy. So‚ because of the unavailability of my babysitter‚ I really needed to find a maid to look after my kids when I was away at work. My first maid was from Indonesia
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Today‚ for the family history project I am writing an essay about my mother. I interviewed my mother and asked her many questions. First I asked her about her birth‚ then about her childhood‚ teenage‚ education‚ marriage and her work. She told me a lot about herself and I learned a lot of things that I didn’t know before. My mother’s name is Shah Gula. She was born to parents Shireen Zada Khan and Adalat Bibi on March 12‚ 1974 in Jalalabad‚ the capital of Nangarhar‚ a province in Afghanistan
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Blended Families Did you know that one third of all children in the United States (US) are expected to live in a stepfamily before they reach the age of 18[helpguide.org 2008]? While some people consider blended families abnormal‚ they can be just as good as a “regular” family. With blended families becoming more common‚ there are more studies being done to show both the similarities and differences between “regular” and blended families. Although blended families will probably never be considered
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Buckman Family Subsystem Genogram Gil‚ Karen‚ Kevin‚ Taylor and Justin Buckman analysis The family chose is Gil‚ Karen‚ and their children Kevin‚ Taylor‚ and Justin they are a pretty normal down to earth family‚ with minor issues. The main issue is Gil and his neuroticism; he seems to have obsessive compulsive disorder‚ because what is happening is that it is affecting their oldest child Kevin the most‚ the other two are affected but not to the extent that Kevin
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The Values of an American family The values of the American Family and have changed throughout the centuries; a family has become a very broad description from divorce to the single parent‚ as well as what made up the family. In earlier times the traditional family consisted of a mother‚ father‚ and one or two children‚ with one parent who stayed at home raise the children the other parent out in the work place to provide for the family. The families of today are very different from pre-modern
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the challenge of producing a digital family history project. The digital device could be anyone they choose. Any point-of-view was acceptable‚ as long as it was relevant to their family. The rationale of this assessment was to allow my students to explore their family history and develop and expand their use of digital technology in the educational process. The project was based on their family history. The viewpoints that they opted to relate to their family history was creatively theirs. The
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The Impact of Suicide on the Family Julie Cerel1‚ John R. Jordan2‚ and Paul R. Duberstein3 1 College of Social Work‚ University of Kentucky‚ Lexington‚ KY‚ USA‚ 2 The Family Loss Project‚ Pantucket‚ RI‚ USA‚ 3 University of Rochester Medical Center‚ Rochester‚ NY‚ USA Abstract. Little research has examined the consequences of a suicide for social or family networks. Because suicide occurs within families‚ the focus on the aftermath of suicide within families is an important next step to determine
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