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Baby boomers turn to technology to pass down family memories
Debbie Corrigan will turn 55 this year. A baby boomer with children and grandchildren, she loves researching her family history. Last year, Corrigan, of Winchester, Va., wanted to create something permanent out of her research — a tangible representation of her family tree that could hang on a living room ...
Author Gil Robertson explores black relationships in new book
Is black love in crisis mode? Not necessarily, says Atlanta author Gil L. Robertson IV, but it has hit a rough patch. “We’re not connecting in the same way we’ve seen in previous generations,” said the author of “Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community.” ...
Pair's 70-year marriage the state's longest
Gary and Lisa Morris are always on the lookout for married couples who set examples for others to emulate. A few months ago, the two local representatives of Worldwide Marriage Encounter found one couple that offered a great deal of inspiration by being married for 70 years. The Morrises immediately ...
Just say yes to viewing flash-mob proposals
For me, they are like potato chips. Can’t have just one. I’m talking about flash-mob wedding proposals.What is it about these elaborate, group-assisted gestures that hook me? The romance? The surprise? The huge effort some man has put into impressing his girlfriend? Yes, yes and yes.I’ve shared how my own ...
Didn’t put a ring on it? Maybe it’s time for a new strategy
Valentine’s Day has passed and Cupid didn’t put a ring on it?Maybe, says Atlanta relationship expert Dr. Janet Page, it’s time to revise your strategy.Page, the author of “Getting Married This Year: 365 Days to ‘I Do,” is challenging singles in metro Atlanta to walk down the aisle before 2014.“You ...
How to host an Oscar viewing party
How will you know if you like Naomi Watts’ dress at the Academy Awards unless your friends tell you that you do? That’s just one reason to gather people at your home, to all sit and dish as you watch the entire evening of the Oscars. This year’s televised event ...
Couple celebrates 65 years of marriage on Valentine’s Day
Skip and Ann Costa got married on Valentine’s Day in 1948. Sixty-five years later their love is going strong. Skip turned 90 in December. Ann will be 88 in April. They met at the University of Georgia. “I was instantly attracted to him,” Ann Costa said. “I thought he was ...
‘I am accepting applications for the following positions …’
Once again, my fellow Americans opted not to elect me president of these United States.Sadly, I won’t be the shiny disco ball in the center of this year’s inaugural ball.This truth could not possibly be my fault.I blame my staff or, in this case, my lack of staff.I simply don’t ...
Veterans in war and love
Orval and his stepmother didn’t get along. She showed no interest in moving out, so that left him with the hard choice. In 1942, with the world about to erupt in flames, he lied about his age and joined the U.S. Army. Pvt. Orval Kitsmiller of Wichita, Kan., was 15.Half ...
Cobb couple celebrate 70 years of a match made in heaven
Was it fate or divine intervention that brought Harry and Myrtle Mushegan together 70 years ago? The Mableton couple say it was both, aided in large part by powerful prayers.On Dec. 31, the Mushegans and their large extended family will mark that milestone wedding anniversary. Of all the memories the ...
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