Sweden has the longest life expectancy in Europe, 80.5 years (I hope I will get to live that long or even longer =)
Swedish women have their first child in average at 30 years old , the oldest in Europe along with the Netherlands and Ireland. (I can relate to that one – had mine at 34!)
Sweden has the highest percentage of working mothers in the developed world, 76% of all mothers go back to work. (At least they get one heck of a maternity leave as opposed to my 6 weeks).
40% of the Swedish women and 32% of the Swedish men [ ... ]
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Dec 2008
Dec 2008
Sweden has the longest life expectancy in Europe, 80.5 years (I hope I will get to live that long or even longer =)
Swedish women have their first child in average at 30 years old , the oldest in Europe along with the Netherlands and Ireland. (I can relate to that one – had mine at 34!)
Sweden has the highest percentage of working mothers in the developed world, 76% of all mothers go back to work. (At least they get one heck of a maternity leave as opposed to my 6 weeks).
40% of the Swedish women and 32% of the Swedish men [ ... ]
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Dec 2008
Dec 2008
I had promised myself to try and not write about this issue but I just feel compelled to do so at this moment. This is an issue that I hold close to my heart for more than one reason. First, I have never seen such a faulty legal system as the one found in America when it comes to child custody, support, and visitation. Second, I have never seen a more unequal law system either. For example, 84% of mothers are awarded sole custody (being the only one; only: the sole living relative) in a custody dispute (US Census [ ... ]
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Nov 2008
Nov 2008
I give you this one thought to keep -
I am with you still - I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not think of me as gone -
I am with you still - in each new dawn – author unknown
Where, when, how does it end? This constant feeling of emptiness and sadness….although I seem normal, most of the [ ... ]
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