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The Divorce And My Son.

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DIVORCE AND YOU This is a female friends story: It's been over 1 year since the divorce was finalized and 2 years since he left. Once in a while my 8-year-old son will ask me something about what happened. Out of the blue.   Like that night. At his bedtime, we were reading a verse of scripture about keeping vows. Son says "Mommy, you know this is for you, right? You divorced and you didn't keep your vows". Sigh.  There's only so much I can explain to my 8-year-old. Times like this are hard. I have learnt to give my son over to God to heal and restore him. He is the only one who can. I'm also watchful and try to be sensitive. I have to give him time and space to grieve.  Why do I share these things? Because I want you to know the truth. Divorce is very costly. Don't believe today's culture that flaunts divorce as the quick fix to all your marital problems. "Just get out and enjoy your life again".  Not true. Divorce has deep ramifi

The 25 Best Inventions of 2017

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To determine TIME’s annual unranked list, we consider hundreds of inventions from around the world. In the past, we’ve featured everything from  the floating lightbulb  to  the desktop DNA lab . Here, the 25 inventions that made this year’s cut. 1. A Robot You Can Relate To Jibo, Inc.; Photo Illustration by Allison Schaller Jibo /  $899 Personal  robots , such as  Amazon Echo  and  Google  Home, have come a long way in recent years. But fundamentally, they’re still stationary speakers whose defining expression is a light that turns on when you speak. Jibo  is different. It’s not just that he—and I use the term he here, because that’s how Jibo refers to himself—looks like something straight out of a Pixar movie, with a big, round head and a face that uses animated icons to convey emotion. It’s not just that his body swivels and swerves while he speaks, as if he’s talking with his nonexistent hands. It’s not just that he can giggle and dance and turn to face you