I like to think that I had a positive influence in the life choices my son made. I was careful to never lie to him, meaning never say something just because he might want to hear it but have that be less than candid, convince him that the right thing to do was the best thing to do. He was exposed to some extremely negative and stressful circumstances as a child but I tried very hard to have him see the difference between having bad things happen to one and being the person who did bad things. Thankfully, he made good choices as a teen and adult. What a wonderful thing to have a son who has saved many lives, positively influenced many people, and is an all-round great “kid” who’s in public safety and another human-services career. N.Kateus www.digitaldad.net
NoniKateus's Life List
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1. Develop a better personal schedule to balance necessary activities
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2. Fill my life with positive experiences and influence others to do the same thing.
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3. construct a family emergency kit and put it where I'll find it when I need it
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4. Revisit Canada and Spend More Time There
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5. Learn to play the piano
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6. build an excellent piece of furniture out of wood
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7. learn german
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8. finish writing a book for my kids
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9. Grow My Hair Out Till It's As Long As I Want It
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10. organize my photos
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11. Learn to use the Chinese artist tools and techniques
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12. Plan A Flower Garden
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13. learn the art of Chinese brush painting
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14. get a massage
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15. grow my hair long
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16. learn photoshop
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I am about halfway there already -it only took 3 years- because the traditional photos are in two boxes; the digital are in ‘folders’ on my system by categories such as: Gone to the Dogs, Coloring Pictures, Larry’s Landscape Life, Canadian, From Pop, etc. My real photo treasures are the small metric size ones of relatives from the mid- to later 1800s, taken in Denmark (Germany?) Holstein just before and after Germany annexed the southern Danish territory. They reside in their own special Victorian reproduction album, as their metric size fits that precisely. What fun!
But have never finished the project to date; it was for my first grandchild when she was a toddler. This year I want to re-do it in a professional format and publish it with one of the online entities such as lulu.com. Then I’ll launch a free online advertising campaign for it and my two already published (not by per lulu) novels. I love the ability to use the internet for submitting and advertising writing; it makes so much sense.
n.kateus www.ipowerdirect.net
