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Friendship can provide a great deal of comfort, but friendships must be maintained. Tips on remaining close include doing thoughtful things for friends and planning activities. Renewing old friendships and other topics are discussed.

Parents can tell their children that they love them with notes in their lunchboxes, coupons good for one messy day and birthday wall hangings. Other ideas are choosing a theme song for each child and displaying the child's art work.

Shoddy toys set a bad example for children. They minimize the importance of doing a task well to produce a high-quality product. Instead of learning to care for one's belongings, children exposed to cheap, breakable toys learn that they live in a disposable society.

The article focuses on the life changing experiences of several people. It offers the story of Carin and Scott Turk, a couple who opted for surrogacy in the character of egg donor Alison Dolbeer. It relates the life story of restaurant chef Edwin Harmon who was inspired to pursue his passion in cooking by his mother Sylvia Verbena Harmon. Moreover, it presents the story of Cheryl Rainford who found her high school friend Doug Cutchins was a match as her kidney donor.

The article features several women who found ways to reduce waste, recycle and save the earth including Alison Smith and Debbie Zinman, Tonya Ensign and Nancy Sarno de los Rios. De los Rios created a place wherein people can drop off items for donation to be distributed in different charity agencies. Ensign started her effort by buying reusable water bottles and using cloth shopping bags. Meanwhile, Smith and Zinman developed an initiative that helps charities while celebrating birthday parties.

The article discusses the gifts given by the military wives to their children for Christmas season. It tackles how Kristi Loving and her husband Barton, who faces financial problems, able to give their daughters Christmas presents through the Camp Pendleton YMCA Secret Santa program. It also discusses how Lisa Howard was granted with the Decorated Family program sponsored by Christmas Decor. It also highlights Desiray Wilder's surprise to her daughters, wherein she wrapped her husband as a gift.

The article discusses some tips on how to get hired even in these troubled economic times. Finding a new job or switching careers can seem discouraging but it is accomplishable. If one wants to open a small business, one should have a clear concept of supply and demand to help reduce business risks. It is stated that taking risks can pay off and that networking can help one find new job. One should remember that it is helpful to expand one's skill set.

Suggests 15 ways that parents can say `I love you' to their children. Include lunchbox letters; `Make a mess' coupons; Making love last; Inventing own silent language; Singing off-key; Others.

Comments that children pay the ultimate price for the poor quality of today's toys. Fliminess of toys as one way to introduce kids to the impermanence of life; Sense of permanence and familiarity from toys which last a long time; Lesson of nothing is worth lasting for the new generation; Author's efforts in teaching her children the joy that comes from owning toys for a lifetime.