Posted in accomplishments, adoption, Advocating for special needs, Amazing, awareness, baby, birth, Business, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, Creating, encouragement, family, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, foster parenting, Frustration, grandchildren, grandparents, health, Heart, help, hospital, hospitals, Impact, leadership, learning, life, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, parenting, Passion, patience, pregnancy, relationships, special needs, support, Twitter, well-being, words, writing for children on Jul 31st, 2009
Louise Sattler has created a DVD for young children and babies to communicate with others through sign language. It is bi-lingual and benefits people with or without disabilities.
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Posted in abuse, adoption, Advocating for special needs, aunt, baby, children, compassion, crime, death, Education, emotions, family, fathers, Frustration, giving, grandchildren, grandparents, grief, help, home, kids, law enforcement, life, loss, media, missing and exploited children, mom, mother, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, Passing Away, publicity, relationships, respect, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, safety, schools, trauma, Twitter, uncles, well-being on May 20th, 2009
If you have not heard about me…let me tell you something; this is not how it was supposed to be. I am a young man, somewhere between the ages of 3 and 5; I weighed about 38 lbs. Something happened to me; I died. People just don’t know how or why I died yet. I was [...]
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Posted in abortion, abuse, adoption, anger, attitude, baby, Celebration, children, comfort, commitment, emotions, failure, family, giving, grandchildren, grief, Heart, Honor, kids, life, loss, love, mom, mother, observations, Opportunities, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, Remembering, respect, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, safety, values on May 10th, 2009
Mother’s Day is truly one of those days that has the ability to both bless and curse a person. For those who have been blessed, to have been born to a mother that considers it an honor and a blessing to have children; or, for those women who have children themselves for which they are happy and grateful to [...]
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Posted in abortion, adoption, Advocating for special needs, Amazing, anti-abortion, baby, Beauty, birth, children, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, death, denial, emotions, encouragement, family, Fear, finances, grief, health, Heart, help, Impact, kids, leadership, legal, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, miracles, mom, mother, Mother's Day, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, power, pregnancy, protect, respect, sex, support, Uncategorized on May 8th, 2009
Here is a picture of the hand of a fetus that some believe has saved many lives. http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,7197,00.html#1_0 This rare picture is one that was taken over 9 years ago. The photo is of a child named Samuel Armas taken during surgery, inside of his mother’s womb, to repair damage to his body from spina bifida which is [...]
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Posted in adoption, animals, celebrity, death, emotions, environment, health, life, loss, medical, MONEY, observations, pain and misery, sadness, seasons, spring on Mar 22nd, 2009
It is spring time now, and that means that it is also time to beware of the parvo-virus for dogs. It was brought to my memory this week because Oprah has lost one of her newly adopted puppies to the virus; and, another of her puppies has also been very ill from it. Parvo is deadly [...]
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Posted in adoption, baby, birth, celebrity, children, divorce, entertainment, Faith, Fame, family, kids, life, marriage, music, news, observations, opinion, parenting, pregnancy, relationships on Feb 23rd, 2009
Today it was announced on Joel Madden’s bands website that he and Nicole are adding to their family. Their daughter Harlow is going to have a younger sibling. Having children who are close in age is good for the children; but, can be a little rough on the parents. However, Joel says that finding out [...]
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Posted in abortion, adoption, Advocating for special needs, anger, anti-abortion, baby, birth, children, crime, death, emotions, family, fathers, grandchildren, grief, health, Heart, help, kids, Labor, law enforcement, legal, life, loss, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, Mother's Day, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, sadness, sex, teens, trauma, well-being on Feb 7th, 2009
Grrrr…I am a bit torn on this news item; whether to feel more anger or sadness. It seems that a young 18 year old woman found out that she was pregnant. She went to a clinic to have an abortion and was given medicine to dialate her cervix to prepare for an abortion procedure. [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, adoption, Advocating for special needs, Blogging, children, encouragement, mental and physical health, organizations for special needs, parenting, special needs on Jan 2nd, 2009
If you are the parent of a special needs child then you know that growing up special in today’s world is not easy. Finding ways to help your child be successful and to be as independent as they can be is often a challenge. Too often those children, or young adults, are shuffled off [...]
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Posted in abuse, adoption, children, crime, death, Descriptive Words, emotions, grandchildren, grandparents, grief, Heart, law enforcement, legal, life, loss, love, media, mental and physical health, missing, mother, murder, news, pain and misery, Remembering, sadness on Dec 20th, 2008
Every since young two year old Caylee became “missing”…her picture has impacted millions of people who found themselves caring for Caylee. Thousands of volunteers looked for her. News agencies kept her story in the news…every week. Each time that there was new information on the case, the media brought it to the public. [...]
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Posted in abuse, adoption, baby, children, emotions, Fear, giving, kids, life, loss, love, pregnancy on Dec 18th, 2008
Got a call for a prayer request today for a young woman, recently married, who is 5 weeks pregnant and having severe pains. Of course that is never good when you are expecting. In the last several months, we have known several women who are expecting who were in the same situation. Their pregnancies [...]
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