Family Life

live and how you think this may have affected your family’s thinking?

My own ancestors were French and Canadian heroes (no heroes on the Dutch, Swiss or Prussian lines). But my husband’s line is much more interesting to the study of American history.

First he descends from the Pilgrim John Howland. Howland’s claim to fame is that he was not only the 13th signer of the Mayflower Compact, but he was also the impatient pilgrim who didn’t have the common sense to stay below deck during a storm. He washed overboard and was saved by a stray rope and a couple of strong crewmembers who pulled him back on board. Impatience has not diminished in their DNA.

Then he has not one but three of the Salem witches. Also traits that haven’t diminished in his mother’s DNA. The daughter-in-law of two of them was a psycho who actually showed up nude to church one day to protest being taxed by the church. She ended up getting booted out of the colony.

Benjamin Franklin in his tree twice. But before you think Ben was a positive influence on the family line, it was at this point in the Revolution that the line became Loyalists to the British Empire and fought against the rest of the family. They ended up getting booted out of the US after the Revolution and exiled to Nova Scotia before moving west to Ontario. Longing for what they fought against, they ended up moving back into the US without telling everyone that they’d been traitors.

As a truly biased third party who had many a wonderful chuckle doing that tree, I can honestly say not much has changed. My mother-in-law is as much an impatient twit as John Howland. She’s also as bizarre and dramatic as the Wardwells. Sometimes it’s amazing to see how much a certain personality trait perpetuates in a family over many, many generations.

I’ve read a book(called madapple I think) that does something like that.
Example: chapter 1:Past
chapter 2:present
chapter 3:past
chapter 4:present

How do you write it so it wouldn’t confuse the reader too much?How to show when the story is in the past or in the present?

If you’re thinking of switching back and forth between time periods the best way to accomplish this is to do it when it fits the story. Whether or not that is chapter by chapter. You might go through 3 chapters of the present before you need to switch back to the past. Just go with what your story needs, don’t lock yourself into a specific formula.

To show that you have switched to the past, you could write the year at the beginning of the chapters. Font changes are not necessary in this case.

Good Luck and Happy Writing =)

How long after I and my soon to be ex-wife file the chapter 7 bankruptcy can i finalize my divorce from her? We both agree to the bankruptcy and the divorce, so can we get the Divorce done before the Bankruptcy is 100% finalized?

Yes, you can divorce before the bankruptcy is 100% finalized if you file for an uncontested divorce. All you need to do is list your divorce terms (who gets what) and file the paperwork. You can learn more and get the paperwork you need at the website below.

In a relationship where GF is still communicating with ex-BF.

its called keeping your options open. I still talk to my ex, partly because I know he wants me back. The guy I am seeing hates it, so I dont bring it up. But the truth is, even though I would never go back to him, I know that I have that option if it doesnt work out with this current guy. Not proud of it, but there it is

the theme scripture is Philippians 4: 13-14, but any others that I would be able to tie in easily, or songs i could sing besides Moving Forward?

God has given guidance to His people today.
Council that confirms His Word, illuminates our way.
Given to prepare a people for the Earth’s last hour,
Giving us the strength to stand, through the Spirit’s power.
They are both the same. The council to the Laodiceans
Is the third angels message in verity.

To the Laodiceans was wise council given,
To deliver us from sin, to prepare us for Heaven.
Faith and love and understanding, righteousness in Jesus,
Purchased without cost or money, given to redeem us.
They are both the same. The council to the Laodiceans
Is the third angels message in verity.

BRIDGE: Jesus is calling. How will we reply?

Worship not the Beast, his image we must not obey.
Trust the Lord with all our hearts, to Him only pray.
All the wisdom of the world will only bring us pain.
Jesus Christ will give true life when He comes again.
They are both the same. The council to the Laodiceans
Is the third angels message in verity.

Listen now my people, hear the mighty Midnight Cry.
Jesus Christ will soon be here. Can’t we even try
To warn the people of their state? Invite them to the Savior
Where alone they have the hope of life in Him forever.
They are both the same. The council to the Laodiceans
Is the third angels message in verity.

They are both the same. The council to the Laodiceans
Is the third angels message in verity.

© ROB SIMMONS. 22.12.2002.
Based on Revelation 3:18,19; & 14:11,12.