What we know (and don't know) about a rare virus infecting kids across the US

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="m-entry__top-hero m-entry__top-hero__default" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; position: relative;"> <div class="m-entry__photo" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 0px 0px 15px; position: relative;"> <figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-dim="1278x1278" data-imgkey="38216984:standard:17" data-original="http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/38333320/2806690.0.0_standard_1280.0.jpg" data-overlay="c-black" src="http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/38333320/2806690.0.0_standard_1280.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; image-rendering: optimizequality; width: 639px;" /><figcaption class="p-caption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(217, 214, 215); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; padding: 1em 5px 0.75em; width: 639px;"><span class="p-caption__credit" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; padding: 0px 2em; text-align: right; width: 629px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mario Villafuerte/Getty Images News</span></span></figcaption></figure><div class="m-entry-admin-pane" data-remote-admin-entry-id="5886512" data-remote-admin-entry-type="pane" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="m-follow-bar" id="follow-bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 1em 0px 2em; padding: 5px 5px 0px; position: relative;"> <span class="m-follow-bar__highlighted" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">FOLLOW VOX!</span><div class="m-follow-bar__buttons" id="follow-bar-buttons" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 2px 2em -2px 10px; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="facebook" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FVox&send=false&layout=button_count&width=200&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=21" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 49px;"></iframe> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-follow-button twitter-follow-button" data-twttr-rendered="true" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.1410542722.html#_=1410793639734&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&screen_name=voxdotcom&show_count=true&show_screen_name=false&size=m" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 20px; width: 160px;" title="Twitter Follow Button"></iframe></span></div> </div> <div class="m-entry__body" id="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 25px 0px; position: relative;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A rare virus — enterovirus D68, also known as EV-D68 — is infecting children across the country and sending them to hospitals with severe respiratory infections and breathing problems. Though the virus doesn't appear to be deadly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are warning doctors and parents to be on the lookout. <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b>"This is a very unusual situation," said Dr. Greg Storch, director of infectious diseases at St. Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri. "We don't fully know what to expect."</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here's what we know and what we don't know<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b>so far.<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></div> <div class="m-ad m-ad__article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 1.5em -2em; text-align: center;"> <div class="open_x_ad" data-cb-ad-id="Mobile article body" data-cb-dfp-id="unit=563448" id="open_x_ad_unit_563448" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1080px;"> </div> </div> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; margin: 1.5em 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What we know</span></span></h3> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Missouri and Illinois appear to be the first states affected</b> by </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">enterovirus D68<span class="superscript" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></b>.</b>According to the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm63e0908a1.htm?s_cid=mm63e0908a1_e" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-transition: all 100ms ease; background-image: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; image-rendering: optimizequality; text-decoration: none; transition: all 100ms ease;">CDC</a>, hospital officials at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri and University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital in Illinois notified the CDC in August about an increase in enterovirus cases that they were seeing. The CDC did further testing of specimens that were sent their way from the two hospitals and found that 19 of 22 from Kansas City and 11 of 14 from Chicago tested positive for EV-D68<span class="superscript" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— In total, more than 100 children in seven states have</b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> tested positive for EV-D68</b> <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">as of September 12, 2014.</b> These include New York, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky and Missouri.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— This infection shows no sign of slowing down. </b>According to CDC, up to a dozen states may have potential cases and investigations are underway.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— All the cases involve young kids of both sexes, many of whom had a history of asthma or wheezing.</b> Of the 19 confirmed cases from Kansas City, 10 were male, and their ages ranged from 6 weeks to 16 years, with a median of 4 years. Nearly 70 percent of patients had a previous history of asthma or wheezing. Of the Chicago group, nine of the 11 patients were female, and ages ranged from 20 months to 15 years with a median of 5 years. Nearly three-quarters had a history of asthma or wheezing.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— The</b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> kids stricken with </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">EV-D68</b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> had difficulty breathing and a good number of them experienced wheezing. They also had low blood-oxygen levels. Fevers were less common.</b><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In Kansas City, about five children (or a quarter) had fevers, while in Chicago, only two (or 18 percent) had fevers.</span></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— According to the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/non-polio-enterovirus/about/EV-D68.html" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-transition: all 100ms ease; background-image: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; text-decoration: none; transition: all 100ms ease;">CDC</a>, mild symptoms of EV-D68 can include fever, runny nose, sneezing, cough, and muscle aches.</b> But again, the kids who got sick in Missouri and Illinois had symptoms that included difficulty breathing and wheezing.<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b>These patients were treated in pediatric intensive care units at the hospitals. Some needed help breathing with ventilation machines.<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"></b></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— No one has died from the virus this year</b>, though the CDC says they can't be sure if the virus has ever been deadly since it's not a disease they usually track.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— There's not much you can do to treat it. </b>There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments for EV-D68. The main kind of care is just supportive, so paying attention to symptoms and making sure people get proper fluids and help breathing, if necessary. Again, it doesn't appear to be deadly and the CDC's <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/leaders/schuchat.htm" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-transition: all 100ms ease; background-image: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; image-rendering: optimizequality; text-decoration: none; transition: all 100ms ease;">Dr. Anne Schuchat</a> said she believes it typically runs its course in a week.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Dr. Pritish Tosh, an infectious diseases physician-researcher at the Mayo Clinic, added: "When dealing with respiratory illnesses in young people, they can be severe and result in hospitalizations and the requirement of intensive care. And it looks as through this strain of the virus is causing infections in children severe enough to get them admitted to the hospital."</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Enteroviruses generally are very common. They usually turn up as "summer colds."</b>There are more than 100 different strains, and they affect between 10 and 15 million people in the US per year. They can cause everything from encephalitis to viral meningitis.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Enteroviruses are typically spread through the fecal-oral pathway. </b>That means pathogens in one person's feces infect another person by getting into their mouth, usually by touching the face and mouth with dirty hands.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">This particular strain (EV-D68) spreads like the common cold </b>through respiratory secretions, such as coughing, sneezing, or touching an infected surface. It was first identified in California in 1962. Compared to other strains of the enterovirus, it has been rare in the US. The CDC said that during 2009-2013, they got 79 reports of EV-D68 and it has been the cause of small clusters of sickness but never a widespread outbreak like the one that seems to have taken hold in the Midwest.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's usually associated with respiratory illness — like a really intense cold — though the full spectrum of sickness that this strain can bring on is unclear. "We don't know as much about it as we do about some of the common respiratory viruses," said the CDC's  <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/leaders/schuchat.htm" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-transition: all 100ms ease; background-image: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; image-rendering: optimizequality; text-decoration: none; transition: all 100ms ease;">Dr. Schuchat</a>.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">EV-D68 is detected using molecular techniques at several labs across the US and it's not monitored nationally.</b> According to the CDC, enterovirus infections including EV-D68, are not required to be reported. "But laboratory detections of enterovirus and parechovirus types are reported voluntarily to the National Enterovirus Surveillance System, which is managed by CDC. Participating laboratories are encouraged to report monthly summaries of virus type, specimen type, and collection date."</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— The CDC says health care providers should be on the lookout for </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">EV-D68 </b>as a possible cause of serious and unexplained severe respiratory illness.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Parents should only worry if their kids are having difficulty breathing. </b><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">If your child is having trouble breathing, see a doctor.</span></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— You can prevent spread through good hygiene. </b>Wash your hands and make sure you have good cough etiquette.</span></div> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; margin: 1.5em 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What we don't know.</span></span></h3> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— We don't know why this strain has turned up in these geographic locations. </b>Again, EV-D68 is thought to be rare so why it's turning up now in clusters across the Midwest, West, and South, and landing kids in hospitals, is unclear.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Whether it has ever killed people. </b>Since it's not a reportable disease, the CDC said it "does not know how many infections and deaths from EV-D68 occur each year in the United States."</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Public health officials are not sure about all the symptoms this strain of the virus can cause</b>, since it's uncommon. That means EV-D68 may cause other types of illness beyond just respiratory complications, but we just don't know yet.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Exactly who is most at risk. </b>The CDC said, "In general, infants, children, and teenagers are most likely to get infected with enteroviruses and become ill. That's because they do not yet have immunity (protection) from previous exposures to these viruses. We believe this is also true for EV-D68." Kids with asthma seem to be more affected.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— The total case count. </b>The CDC says it's investigating potential cases but could not confirm that total number affected.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

What we know (and don't know) about a rare virus infecting kids across the US

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It doesn’t matter if you have a nice body cause we become accustomed to your body and want to experience something different – different lips, different body types.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Whether it’s evolution, biology or simple novelty, infidelity researchers agree that men do seek different sex partners.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe he married too young,”  “or he just feels as if he hasn’t seen everything.”</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">When some time has passed, they get bored and long for new excitement from another.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">They also get tired of their woman's nagging.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">So when their partner is tired from wrangling kids all day and unwilling to try new things, even the most loyal hubbies get bored and go looking for nookie.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">More sexually permissive men who don’t have equally adventurous partners are also more apt to wander.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s hard to resist temptation, especially when it’s at our fingertips.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to the Internet, it’s easier for men to cheat anytime, anywhere… while they’re watching TV or on the laptop in bed next to their sleeping wives.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Women:</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><em></em></span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><em style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Now when a woman feels dissatisfied in her relationship, she doesn’t just complain to her friends. She gets a private email account, posts a profile at one of the many dating sites and starts looking for hookups herself.</span></em><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><em></em>Accurate stats on women’s infidelity are understandably hard to come by since ladies aren’t always keen on ’fessing up to their extracurricular activities.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">“Women tend to keep these things to themselves, but there are signs that they’re catching up with the guys.”</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">The easy answer is that women today have the same opportunities to cheat as guys always did</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Not only do working women have the chance to mix and mingle with would-be lovers (both in the office and on business trips), but the Internet is filled with chat rooms and Web sites that blatantly court married men and women looking for a little something on the side.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">When a woman feels like little more than a household drudge, attention from someone else becomes extremely seductive.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">If there’s a failure to communicate – which is so reinforcing to women in terms of intimacy, emotional satisfaction and relationship satisfaction – then women look outside the relationship for that kind of connection,</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">When you’re unhappy or dissatisfied in your relationship, you’re more likely to be tempted to look elsewhere.”</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">When you start doing things separately, your odds of connecting with others who share your interests increase,</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Woman seek the thrill of the chase and like the attention a new man will give her.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Women who have false illusions tend to end up cheating because they never really knew the guy to begin with... or hoped he would change,”</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">You can be in a relationship with a perfectly wonderful, loving man and still need extra affirmation that you’ve got it goin’ on.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Sleeping with someone else is an easy way to remind yourself that you’re desirable.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">“Even if your partner is reassuring, for whatever reason, it’s not enough,” “and so you look elsewhere, so you can feel like you’re lovable.”</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">And when a woman catches her man with his hand in someone else’s cookie jar, she figures she’s got a right to a little indulgence of her own.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">If a woman finds out her significant other has been cheating, she may heal those hurt feelings by having sex with another man,”</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">It's estimated that up to 55% of women and 60% of men cheat at some point during their marriages.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Note:</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">“Cheating is defined as anything that breaches a relationship contract.”</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">“That includes “sexy communication and flirting that’s kept secret from your partner.”</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">These things happen everyday throughout the world and the only way to stay clear of it all is to find someone who puts God first in their lives and is determined to stay on the right path. Also, by having God in your lives and together serving him, all the nagging and boredom won't be as big of an issue, cause God is your strength.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember, the devil likes cheaters and wants to see your downfalls, don't let him win.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A little tip.....Remember why you fell in love and always be thankful for everything you have.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> </div> <div class="_5clc" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 0px 12px 12px;"> <form action="https://www.facebook.com/ajax/ufi/modify.php" class="live_1837630839996_316526391751760 commentable_item autoexpand_mode" data-ft="{"tn":"]"}" data-live="{"seq":"1837630839996_10201464120604401"}" id="u_0_1" method="post" rel="async" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="_5pcp _5vsi" style="color: #999999; margin-top: 10px;"> <span data-reactid=".0"></span></div> </form> </div> </div>

Cheating: Confirmed Past Time of Several Men and Women and is a Shame!

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Boy With No Ears Gets Pair Made From His Ribs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <section class="story__content" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px auto 80px; max-width: 100%; min-height: 18.75rem; orphans: auto; position: relative; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto;"><div class="story__intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextMedium, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">A </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">boy who was teased at school for having no ears is able to hear for the first time after a six-hour operation in London.</span></div> <header class="story__header" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="last-updated" style="bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 40px; max-width: 40%; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right;"> <div class="last-updated__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"> <span class="last-updated__time" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">21:29, UK,</span></span><span class="last-updated__day" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> </div> </header><div class="story__content-outer-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; padding: 0px 332px 0px 0px; width: 992px;"> <br /> <section class="story__media" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="module module--primary" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; width: 660px;"> <div class="image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--16x9" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 371px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="144x81 362x204 762x428 942x530 1600x900" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328735/default/v1/kid-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328735/default/v1/kid-1-1600x900.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 371px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 660px;" /></div> </div> </div> </section></div> <div class="story__intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kieran pictured shortly after his operation at Great Ormond Street</span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextMedium, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> nine-year-old boy born without ears has been given a new pair - made from his ribs.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Kieran Sorkin was teased at school after being born deaf and with small lobes where his ears should be.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> But he has now gained some hearing after a six-hour operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Surgeons used cartilage from his ribs to create a pair of ears and grafted them to his head.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> He is still around 90% deaf, but when using hearing aids he can "hear the wind blow and the birds tweet", his father David, from Bushey, Hertfordshire, said.</div> <div class="image image--inline" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328732/default/v1/before-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328732/default/v1/before-1-480x360.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> <div class="image__caption" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; min-height: 40px; padding: 10px 8px;"> Before and after: Kieran was born deaf and with small lobes</div> </div> <div class="image image--inline" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328733/default/v0/ears-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328733/default/v0/ears-1-480x360.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> </div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> He said the operation will boost the youngster's confidence "no end".</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> "We're absolutely on cloud nine," he said. "We could not have wished for a better result.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> "They look like normal ears. He had nothing, but has got proper sized ears now and they cover the gap where ears should have been.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> "They look normal bar a couple of sewing marks which will go away in time.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> "His reaction was just a 'wow', he is very happy."</div> <div class="image image--inline" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> <div class="image__wrapper image__wrapper--4x3" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 405px; position: relative;"> <img alt="" class="image__item js-responsive" data-breakpoint="" data-sizes="91x68 300x225 480x360" data-sizes-wide="" data-template="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328734/default/v1/family-1-{width}x{height}.jpg" src="http://media.skynews.com/media/images/generated/2014/8/11/328734/default/v1/family-1-480x360.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 405px; max-width: 100%; page-break-inside: avoid; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; width: 540px;" /></div> <div class="image__caption" style="background-color: #f4f4f4; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; min-height: 40px; padding: 10px 8px;"> Kieran's family are delighted with the surgery</div> </div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> The 44-year-old IT manager added: "He had problems at school in that he didn't gel very well in the groups because he looked different to other kids and he only had one or two friends at his previous school.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> "He has now moved to a different school now and they have a deaf unit in every year so they are a little bit more receptive to deafness and to a child looking different.</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> "But this will boost his confidence no end."</div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: SkyTextRegular, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.625rem; margin: 0px auto 1em; max-width: 540px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Kieran was born with bilateral microtia - which affects one in 100,000 babies - a congenital deformity where the external ear is underdeveloped.</div> </section></div>

Boy With No Ears Gets Pair Made From His Ribs

A  boy who was teased at school for having no ears is able to hear for the first time after a six-hour operation in London. 21:29, UK,...

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7 Wise Pieces of Advice from Grandparents

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <img alt="Wise Pieces of Advice from Grandparents" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1711" height="360" src="http://womanitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Wise-Pieces-of-Advice-from-Grandparents.jpg?62d6e5" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="500" /><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nowadays many young people resent the pieces of advice given by their grandparents. If you open your eyes and think broader, you’ll understand that these words are real pearls of wisdom. I’m sure that Google or other search engines won’t give you all valuable and frank information, but your grandparents are mega experienced people in your life who really want to help you become happy and avoid fatal mistakes. These two precious human beings are always ready to give you everything for you to reach your goals and make your cherished dreams come true. It is necessary to pay attention to their wise words.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Unfortunately, my dear grandparents are gone, but they are always alive in my heart. When I visit their tombs, my heart fills with sentimentalism and I recollect their pearls of wisdom with a tear in my eyes. Now their sacred words have become the main principles of my life. I wish I understood these truths earlier. Check out a few wise pieces of advice from grandparents.</span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1. Don’t burn bridges</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This huge world is actually small and interconnected. Don’t burn bridges, no matter how tempted you might be, because you never know how many times you’ll have to cross the same river. My grandparents explained to me that I should always try to stay in good relations with people I know, because once I’ll have to cooperate with them again. Now I realize that this wonderful advice is the key to building a good reputation in society. Furthermore, it often happens that people you dislike or hate due to some failures from the past can help you more than those who seem to be your best friends.</span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2. The fire of burned bridges may light your way to success</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My grandfather was a businessman and he had a bit different view on life. He believed that bad bridges need to be burned in order to get rid of negativity and enemies who keep you away from you happiness. I do agree that there’s no point in continuing a negative relationship once you’re out the door. If the person has already shown the true face, you should be sure that nothing will change for better. I can burn bridges when I feel that I’m ill-used or humbled by somebody, because I prefer to stick to my life moto, “I never sacrifice three things: my family, my heart and my dignity.” I truly believe that burned bridges will light my way to growth and happiness.</span></div> <br /> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3. Keep money for rainy days</span></span></h2> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Life is an unpredictable thing and you never know when the sun will come out again to cover you with the sunshine. When I was young I couldn’t manage my money properly. Consequently, I had quarrels with my mum. My grandparents were the only people who gave a helping hand if necessary. Moreover, they taught me to keep some money for the rainy days in spite of stable incomes. Today, I realize that it’s impossible to disregard this old truth, especially if you have a family.</span></h2> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4. Laugh as much as possible</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nowadays smiles and laughter are the best medicine from stress and pain. I find humor unique because it’s absolutely free and you cannot buy a frank and funny laughter. You can easily improve your mood and help others to smile in return. It’s surprising, but laughter is infectious, because many people cannot resist the sound of a roaring laughter. Smiles often bind people together and bring their minds and bodies into a balance. Plus, humor lightens your burdens and increases intimacy and happiness. My grandpa always taught me to use laughter and smiles as the best diplomatic trick to handle difficult situations. I want to admit that it really works.</span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">5. Love and enjoy your kids</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Children are the most beautiful flowers of your life. My granny always told that I should spend more time with my kids since time flies really fast. That’s why it’s better to slow down, because your kids will never be as little as they are right this moment. Moreover, children are the reflection of their parents, so you should do your best to make your child an all-rounded and happy person. Try to treat these words seriously, because in the blink of an eye, your kids will have babies of their own. Enjoy the moment, life and your wonderful kids.</span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">6. Crying</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My dear grandma advised me to cry when I was disappointed about something. Once I’ve tried and now I realize that crying is an essential part of my mental well-being. Crying is not the sign of your weakness, but the ability to feel and experience different emotions. It releases stress hormones and toxins from your body. Furthermore, it gives relief to your heart and soul.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <br /> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">7. Do your favorite things</span></span></h2> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My grandparents always taught me to be brave enough to follow my dreams. I support the idea that the love to do things you adore cannot be forced. It’s desirable to find things you are passionate about and develop in this direction. My grandpa wanted to be a driver, but his parents forbade and forced him to continue their business. Consequently, he was one of the most successful businessmen in the state, but once he confessed that he would have been happier to work as a driver.</span></h2> <br /> <div class="ssba" style="background-image: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; margin: 1.5em 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> I hope these pearls of wisdom given by my (and maybe your) grandparents will help you somehow. Surely, every family has its own secrets and recipes on how to find happiness in this harsh world. Respect your family traditions and don’t forget about your grandparents who love you so much. What pearls of wisdom have you learned from your grandparents?</div> </div>

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