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Hi there! my name is Susan Rempel. I received my Ph.D. in Sociology from U.S.C. (Go Trojans!). I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist who has worked with individuals, families, and children for over 20 years. The majority of those years were spent working with divorcing families as a therapist, mediator, and child custody evaluator. Hence, a number of the pages on my primary website (uncommoncourtesy.com)are...

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Hi there! my name is Susan Rempel. I received my Ph.D. in Sociology from U.S.C. (Go Trojans!). I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist who has worked with individuals, families, and children for over 20 years. The majority of those years were spent working with divorcing families as a therapist, mediator, and child custody evaluator. Hence, a number of the pages on my primary website (uncommoncourtesy.com)are devoted to co-parenting. After launching a private practice in 1992, I began to feel the need to balance a stressful practice with something positive. After the birth of my first child in 1996, I launched uncommoncourtesy.com and filled it motivational articles, quotation pages, and more.

My life then took several unpleasant twists and turns including a stressful pregnancy, the death of my brother, and separation from my husband of more than 12 years. For a number of reasons, it seemed that the time in my life for working with divorcing families had ended as well.

For many years I have strongly believed that someone or something was looking out for me. Maybe it's a guardian angel. Maybe it's one of my parents, my brother, or my sister- all of whom have passed away. Maybe it's just dumb luck. Everyone I know has a different opinion based upon his or her belief system. Who knows! All I can tell you is that at a time when my life seemed to be going into a tailspin, it suddenly improved dramatically. I resumed a close relationship with several members of my extended family. I was propped up by a number of supportive and loving friends. Eventually, I met and married a wonderful man who has filled my life with love, fun, and a sense of peace. Best of all- at 42- I had a third treasure come into my life. I now have three wonderful children, live close to my relatives, and spend wonderful evenings walking on the beach with my husband.

Just one thing was missing- what to do about transforming my career? Can you believe it? I was the room parent for my son's first grade class. The teacher asked me to find a Halloween bingo set to play at the class party. When I couldn't find a set that I liked, I decided to make it myself. The teacher took one look at the bingo set and said, "You ought to sell these!" I thought, "Why not!" As you can see from a number of bingo sets that are available on uncommoncourtesy.com that I am using my background in education to create a variety of bingo games can be used at parties, "family game night", or in the classroom. The diversity training sets and exercises stem from upon my background in Sociology and belief that tolerance stems from respect for others. Making the religious sets have strengthened my own religious beliefs and fulfilled my desire to develop a business that not only is a positive experience for me but does good something to promote values and good works for others as well. Of course, the holiday sets are just pure fun! I now have so many games that I have launched satellite sites focused on a variety of themes. You can visit them at: bingoforchristmas.com, bingoforparties.com, bingoforhalloween.com, bingoforlearning.com, bingofordiversity.com, bingoforchristians.com, and bingoforcatholics.com.

Like many others I'm concerned about the future of our great country. I am also concerned about how little most children know about American history, as well as why they seem to know more about the times in which America could do better rather than the amazing opportunities that our liberty and freedom accords us. So, I am a conservative mom on a mission to educate myself, other adults, and children who are the future patriots of our country. If you have information that you think should be passed along to others, please email me at susan@uncommoncourtesy.com.

If you have any ideas of where I should go from here, please feel free to email me at: susan@uncommoncourtesy.com

Warmest regards!

Susan