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When Painful Things Happen To Great People  E-mail
Written by James C. Tanner   
Sarah Jane was a typical 9 year old girl with a very untypical question. Having just lost her closest friend to cancer, in the midst of her tearful, half hidden face, Sarah Jane sobbed out the question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?"

Like Sarah Jane, each of us experiences situations where we feel the pains of life's circumstances. For Sarah Jane it was losing a close friend to cancer, but...
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Mental Exhaustion in College  E-mail
Written by Greg Jost   
Headaches, stress, and college study @ Modern Family Living . comCall mental exhaustion what you will: dead head, study head, sleepy head, brain drain. It's the numb feeling that swells deep inside the cavity your brain. I know the feeling firsthand. As a Radio-TV-Film major attending college, I get it nearly every waking moment on the day before a due date. One of my rituals is writing screenplays, and I really can't stress to say how often "brain drain" happens. It sneaks up and jabs you square in the skull; and in next to no time you're about ready to collapse in the throes of Dreamland. It's as if you were blackballed down a blind alley.

 
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