• Diet: avoid a diet high in additives, processed food and sugar. To help balance acid/alkaline levels, eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, preferably organically grown.
• Combat stress by every means possible: meditation, deep breathing; boost your self-esteem; and sort out any relationship problems.
• Get plenty of sleep to help your body recuperate.
• Exercise: go to a gym, fitness classes, or get an exercise video for home. Exercise will eliminate toxins through sweating, and it will help you to loose weight if that is a problem.
• Take a holiday, and try to time it so that you ovulate in last few days of holiday when you are most relaxed.

The best gardeners take care to keep their soil in top condition to give their seeds best chance of propagating, do same with your body!

The answer to that is -- everyone.

Developing good reading skills does not only mean that you can read a novel or a nonfiction book or a magazine or newspaper, it also means being able to read -- and understand-- a credit card contract or an insurance policy. Or directions for putting together that new shelving unit you just bought. Or instructions for how to install a new printer to use with your computer. Or qualifications you need to apply for a job or to take out a loan to buy a house. Or that article you found on Internet advising consumers about best, most economical car to buy.

Possessing good reading skills also means you can read and understand a product label. Or directions for taking medication. Or warnings printed on a bottle of household cleaner.

In addition, developing good reading skills means that you can think for yourself. That you can read about advantages and disadvantages of anything from breast feeding to homeschooling to taking a vacation to Ireland. And then you make up your own mind about what's best for you and your family.

If opportunity presents itself, I urge you to take time to read to a child. Or take time to let a child see you reading. Everyone will benefit. The child. You. Our society. The world as a whole.

And if you're looking for books to read that tell good true-life stories, that focus on old-fashioned family values, and that present some of history of rural America in narrative memoir form, visit http://ruralroute2.com to read sample chapters from my books, "Christmas in Dairyland (True Stories from a Wisconsin Farm)" and "Give Me a Home Where Dairy Cows Roam." (Also please note that there's free shipping (!) on books ordered from author.)