Did you miss some issues in 2013? Here are the articles that were published on www.familytodayforum.com in 2013. Family Today Forum is an e-magazine that launched in October 2011. Family Today Forum is an e-magazine directed toward today's traditional family, the step family, the single parent family, the dual-income family, and contains articles on how to cope with everyday situations. Family Today Forum contains hot topics and fun for any family. Statistics show there are many single parent families, blended families, and teenagers dealing with everyday situations. The editorial content of...

As Jack is fishing in one of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, he questions things and then his mind wonders with each fish he catches. The Walleye eats twice a day-morning and at sunset. He never really thought of that before, although he usually doesn't go fishing by himself, but his buddies all had other things to do today. Eating in the morning-breakfast...yes, one should eat breakfast. Funny thing, when one does, like those rare Sundays, when he goes to breakfast with the family after going to early church service, he feels satisfied and then doesn't eat until early evening, and then it is...

As Tina is ironing, she questions things and then her mind wonders with each item she irons. What ever happened to perma-press? Tina asks herself as she is ironing a linen pair of capris, and is having difficulty getting the wrinkles out. She goes through the history of fabrics, from perma press, to wrinkle free, to natural fibers, to those that today need ironing, just when life should be simpler. As Tina is ironing her husband's dress shirt, she questions why her husband is steadfast on wearing a business suit with a dress shirt and tie in his stock broker business. She also reflects on...

Middle-age woman, who likes to entertain had recently lost her spouse and thought that her life was worthless and she was useless. She had been putting mementos and photos in a scrapbox and album and reminiscing, when she had the idea to throw a party asking each guest to bring something old and nostalgic-a hankie, piece of jewelry, small tool, souvenir, button, playbill, or other small item. The idea was that each guest would have to tell the story behind the item. Little did woman know that some guests would have surprising secrets to which their memento was tied. A prior life, a lost...

As George is sitting in his tree stand, he questions things and then his mind wonders with each movement he sees he relates it to people and situations in his own life. His wife, his children, his marriage, his friends, his job, are all included in this reflection. What ever happened to my life? George asks himself as he is sitting there. It obviously isn't where it should be; he isn't where he should be. And here he is--sitting in a tree stand waiting for that perfect deer, when he should be....

Katelyn, who is very health-conscious, enrolls in a health club in a small town that she had recently moved to. While working out at the club, she observes the various clients of the club who come and go and work out there as well. Some of them come with a partner. Some look like they are trying to get in shape after a relationship breakup; others for health reasons. She looks at these people, each one of them representing a part of her past life; the life she thought she was running away from by moving out of a metropolitan area to a small town. Katelyn reflects and decides her life wasn't...

Richard is going through mid-life crisis, having an affair, and plans to leave his wife and children suddenly has a revelation while on the golf course, as he watches other golf buddies, and then listens to them complain about their lives at the 19th hole.
He decides that he is better off with his wife, and makes a pact with himself to get his body in shape, as his wife had been nagging him about. Perhaps they could work out together. And perhaps he would take the vacation that his wife wanted them to go on together-to rekindle their love.
Richard had suddenly realized that his...