A growing culture is part of the Physical Abilities culture category. This video, “Living with My Autistic Son”, gives moving and personal insight into the living situation that shapes this culture. As you watch the video and formulate thoughts about those with autism, be sure you take the time to notice the love that connects child and parents.

Did you know that as you get older the difference between the calendar and how you feel starts widening? According to a Pew Research Center poll adults 23 and younger claim to feel older than they really are. However the feeling of 25 year olds is that they feel younger than their age.

By the age of 82 people will feel 11 years younger than they are in actual years.

I wonder if people lived to a 150 if they would actual feel like they are in their twenties again

It has been long thought the mother is the one that sets the mood of the entire household. This may be a myth according to a study issued today by Health Day.

Perhaps this is the way it really works, using study results:

Now that US troops have turned over control of Iraqi cities the time has come for Iraqis to develop a new culture. It is not a new scenario. Throughout history as countries gained independence, change their government style, or escaped the bonds of an oppressive government they have had the opportunity to develop a unique culture.

The new culture will have several important components:

The west African country of Ghana has developed an interesting culture in the half century of its independence from Great Britain. Gone is the “Gold Coast” name but not the British form of government and law. Now the country’s culture blends the British years, post-British years and enduring elements of the pre-British era.

Other examples abound throughout the world. Canada and the United States have traits of colonial days, foreign rule, and post-independence in their cultures. Germany blends century old traditions with thinking styles influenced by years of being a split nation mingled with elements of the survival-generated customs and thought processes of Germans following reunification.

It will be interesting to watch the new culture develop. Although older generations will try to hold on to the historical elements of the pre-Saddam culture, younger generations will undoubtedly try to plot a new path.

One important subculture is height. Seldom do we discuss the stature cultures but anybody that has had to ask for help getting something off the top shelf at a grocery store or did not have enough leg room on an airplane understands that people of different statures handle things differently.

Surprisingly we have learned height has an apparent impact on pay.

Employees standing six feet tall earn $5,525 more than employees measuring 5’ 5” according to a poll by Greg Mankiw.

It is unclear why the difference occurs but could be the same reason men, who are generally taller than women, also earn more than their gender culture counterpart.

It is common for a case of fragile items to contain a picture warning the need for extra care. However when a group of warehouse workers from the African port of Stevadores received a shipment of delicate glassware they tossed the boxes to each other to get them off the truck.

Aaron Hart of Austin, Texas, has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for performing sexual acts on his 6-year-old neighbor.

For those familiar with the mentally challenged culture this is a travesty.

In an interview with The Dallas News Aaron’s father understandably expressed serious disappointment in the sentence. We agree.

Aaron is really a 6-year-old trapped in an 18-year-old body. Imagine any 6-year-old in an adult prison. Especially on rape charges! How does the typical prison population treat an 18-year-old boy? Now imagine them treating a 6-year-olr this way. How cruel is this punishment?

This is in way condoning what Aaron did and the life-long impact the acts will have on the little girl. Yet humanity must look at the unusual circumstances of Aaron’s first crime.

Medications are available to control Aaron’s drive. Facilities exist to help him deal with his hormones until the medication can take effect. Yet according to the Dallas News the jury was never given the option of recommending a facility other than prison.

Justice systems are set up by age. Juvenile systems and adult systems reside side-by-side in many courthouses. Often the juvenile system will pass a defendant up to the adult court because of the severity of or planning required committing the crime. Regardless, the court where justice is ultimately handed out is based on appropriateness for physical ages.

Perhaps the time has come to rethink physical-age based justice and consider mental capacity aged justice where appropriate.

By Guest, Linda Angér, President of The Write Concept

When 52-year-old Mary Owen unlatched the dusty trunk in her deceased mother's garage, she had no idea that she was about to find an historical treasure.

Owen is the youngest daughter of actress Donna Reed, who played Mary Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life, won an Oscar for her performance in From Here to Eternity, and died of pancreatic cancer in 1986.

A shoebox inside the trunk contained 341 letters written to Ms. Reed by American soldiers on the battlefields of World War II. While not one of the most lauded "pin-up girls," Ms. Reed represented "the girl next door" to many enlisted men, and personally answered many of the letters.

The letters were highlighted in a Memorial Day 2009New York Times article that stated, "the correspondence offers a candid glimpse of a vanished era, a time when six hard-bitten Marine sergeants could write that 'we think you’re swell' and mean it in something other than an ironic sense."

Reading the letters included with the article, I recalled the stack of letters my own mother has carefully preserved for 64 years, messages from my father recovering in a WWII Navy hospital.They are a vital tie to their relationship history. An ink smudge bears a partial fingerprint; an unusually loopy "g" reveals a complex personality.

You don't get that in a 240-character Tweet.

So I wonder: 65 years from now, will your sons, daughters, or grandchildren discover family and historical treasures tucked away in your dusty iPod or Smart Phone? I doubt it.

But they'll wish they had something real of you, something they could touch and feel. As antiquated as it may seem to you in this thumb-typing Tweetie age, write "real" letter now and then. Write them with paper, pen, and ink. Write them from your heart, in the hopes that some day, and with great joy, yellowed paper will tell your golden tales.