Posted in Advocating for special needs, Faith, Frustration, abortion, abuse, accountability, addiction, anger, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, custody fight, custody fight, diet, disappointments, divorce, emotions, expectations, family, health, pregnancy, spiritual on Mar 27th, 2010
This past week I’ve been made aware of a few instances of what I consider typical situations of alienating parental rights or authority. I began thinking of all of the different ways in which American society subtly and not so subtly allows this to happen and I realized that it is not isolated instances but rather [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Education, Faith, Fame, Impact, Remembering, Threats, Twitter, abortion, adoption, anti-abortion, authorities, baby, birth, children, communication, controversy, crime, danger, death, emotions, expectations, family, fathers, kids, legal, life, media, medicine, mental and physical health, micro media (social networking), micro media (social networking), news, observations, opinion, persuasion, pregnancy, publicity, relationships, respect, sex, special needs, spiritual, support, values on Mar 1st, 2010
Social media opens the door to conversations about what is acceptable to share online and what limitations should be applied. Do people expect support or controversial reactions?
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Education, Impact, Models, Threats, abuse, addictions, armed forces, authorities, awareness, cancer, charity, children, commitment, communication, compassion, courage, crime, danger, death, disease, domestic violence, elderly, encouragement, hero, history, human trafficking, illness, inspiration, kids, leadership, life, military, observations, pregnancy, protect, sharing, violence on Jan 12th, 2010
Heros come in many shapes and sizes; they do inspiring things such as protect,serve,educate,create an awareness & should be acknowledged so that they can be an example.
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Posted in Blogging, Dreams, Education, Fear, awareness, baby, birth, children, danger, death, emotions, family, giving, grief, health, pregnancy on Nov 17th, 2009
November 17th, 2009 is Fight For Preemies awareness campaign day; the March of Dimes is doing it’s part to help fight premature births and its devastating effects.
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Posted in Education, Faith, Impact, abortion, accomplishments, anti-abortion, anti-abortion, attitude, authorities, awareness, baby, birth, commitment, communication, controversy, emotions, fathers, health, life, media, mental and physical health, mom, mother, observations, opinion, parenting, persuasion, politics, power, pregnancy, pregnancy, spiritual on Nov 3rd, 2009
Critics of a particular issue who switch their opinion, stance, or point of view are the most powerfully effective in becoming a catalyst for change.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Blogging, Fear, Impact, Teen Pregnancy, Twitter, awareness, baby, birth, charitable organizations, charity, children, death, donate, family, fathers, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, giving, health, life, loss, love, mom, mother, news, organizations for special needs, parenting, pregnancy, pregnancy, protect, support, well-being on Nov 3rd, 2009
Parents expecting a baby can’t wait to meet their child; however, premature babies can suffer birth defect or die. March of Dimes is trying to help prevent premature births to help ensure a health delivery at birth.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Beauty, Celebration, Descriptive Words, Dreams, Faith, Fun, Heart, Impact, Passion, Twitter, accomplishments, attitude, awareness, baby, birth, children, commitment, communication, compassion, confidence, courage, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, family, fathers, giving, goals, happiness, help, hero, inspiration, joy, kids, leadership, life, love, loyalty, mental and physical health, mentoring, observations, of connections, opinion, parenting, patience, personal development, power, pregnancy, purpose, relationships, service, special needs, spiritual, sports, success, support on Aug 20th, 2009
This video powerfully shows the definition of the word love. It is about sacrifice, commitment, service, giving, relationships.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Business, Dreams, Education, Fear, Frustration, accomplishments, attitude, awareness, baby, birth, children, commitment, communication, compassion, disappointments, emotions, family, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, grief, health, help, hopes, hospital, hospitals, illness, kids, leadership, learning, life, love, medical, medicine, mental and physical health, observations, organizations for special needs, parenting, pregnancy, pregnancy, relationships, sadness, school, schools, sharing, success, words on Aug 18th, 2009
Parenting special needs children can be like taking a trip to Holland that you didn’t plan on. Louise Sattler shares her personal experience as a parent & educator.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Amazing, Business, Creating, Frustration, Heart, Impact, Opportunities, Passion, Twitter, accomplishments, adoption, awareness, baby, birth, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, encouragement, family, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, foster parenting, grandchildren, grandparents, health, help, hospital, hospitals, leadership, learning, life, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, parenting, patience, pregnancy, relationships, special needs, support, 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 Fear, Frustration, abuse, awareness, baby, children, danger, diet, domestic violence, emotions, fathers, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, future, health, illness, life, medicine, mental and physical health, miracles, mom, mother, news, observations, opinion, parenting, physician, power, prayer, prayer, pregnancy, pregnancy, safety, sickness, stress, violence on Jul 29th, 2009
When a woman becomes pregnant she is often confronted with multiple pregnancy fears. A woman is never more vulnerable then while pregnant; but she can take precautions.
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