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My mortgage payment was $250.00 a month , my electric bill was $165.00,My gas bill averaged 150 a month year around and because I had a well andseptic tank , even getting them pumped out and serviced a couple times ayear, only cost me an average of $35.00 a month. My Insurance ran me only$50.00 a month, about $25.00 a month for maintenance, so the expenseswere $ 670.00 per month. My Income was $1330.00 a month on my first property net.

There I was back in the late 1950s making over $17,000 a year ,not working for anybody. It was very important to get a lot of information about your tenants such as next of kin, Mother and fathers name and address, social security #,Employers Name, Landlord history, last job ect. I alwayshad an application ready for them to full out. That way if they do any damage to your property you can chase them down.

What should professionalsjudges, lawyers, teachers, social workers, and Guardian ad Litem or CASA volunteers consider in pursuing the Best Interest of Children who have been abandoned, neglected or abused? How can Department of Children and Families improve their systems?

Best Interests of the Children explains that the ethical principles of Beneficence and Non-Maleficence exist in the medical world to maximize benefit and to avoid harm to patients. The duty is to assist persons in need, and its converse, the duty to refrain from causing harm. These same principles should apply to the Best Interest standard used in the children and families dependency welfare system, to protect defenseless children from parental abandonment, neglect and abuse.

When parents separate, which of them should have primary responsibility for the childs care? Who is the actual psychological parent? With compassion and actual case experiences, the authors, Miriam and Robert Fertig, help readers understand many of the key issues inherent in childcare decisions. They present a dozen Florida cases, as seen through the Eyes of Guardians. They conclude that timely and effective services and continuity of care for the family is essential for the physical, emotional and psychological well-being of children.

Case summaries from other states indicate that Americas Department of Children and Families (DCF) has serious systemic problems. The authors propose realistic solutions to improve this nationwide system. Best Interests of the Children will also enlighten the public and their legislators.

The despair that befalls a family when one of its own is forever changed by illness or tragedy is an experience we can only hope to escape. A serious accident, stroke, terminal illness, or more can cause stress and sorrow that are often unbearable. But we dont get to choose from a menu of life lessons. We simply wake up one day to them sitting on our plate. The question then becomes: What do you do?

Daybreak jogs, PTA meetings, church choir rehearsals, laughter, and family timethese were the basic ingredients of Robert and Theresa Lees life together. Then, at age forty-three, Theresa was diagnosed with ALS. With raw honesty and grace, Robert chronicles the inspiring story of his late wifes twelve-year dance with the disease, his role as her caregiver, and the highs and lows ALS took their marriage through. A touching memoir filled with moments of lightheartedness, wisdom and simple humanity, readers will be uplifted by this brave couples tale of unconditional love and their ultimate message: You are not alone.

Life is a never-ending teacher of lessons. The question is, Are we paying attention? In 2002, my life, which all along had been filled with many of these blessings-lessonsor blessons as I called thempresented the greatest challenge my family and I would have to face yet.

Robert Lee, author