Posted in abortion, abuse, accountability, addiction, Advocating for special needs, anger, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, custody fight, custody fight, diet, disappointments, divorce, emotions, expectations, Faith, family, Frustration, 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 abandonment, abuse, anger, attitude, awareness, cancer, comfort, communication, compassion, depression, disappointments, disaster, disease, divorce, emotions, encouragement, Fear, friendship, funeral, giving, grief, health, help, hopes, illness, Impact, inspiration, leadership, life, loneliness, loss, love, loyalty, ministry, observations, opinion, pain and misery, relationships, sensitivity, support, Toxic, trauma, Uncategorized, unhappiness, well-being on Oct 30th, 2009
Life can throw some difficult things at people…sometimes words are not enough. When that happens, an action needs to take place to offer encouragement & hope.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, animals, awareness, cancer, charitable organizations, children, comfort, commitment, compassion, disease, elderly, emotions, encouragement, finances, friendship, health, illness, Impact, inspiration, kids, life, loneliness, love, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, pets, relationships, responsibility, service, sickness, special needs, stress, support, well-being on Oct 27th, 2009
Pet ownership can improve the quality of life for the elderly, disabled, or those struggling with a chronic illness or disease. Pets can teach responsibility and improve a person’s health.
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Posted in armed forces, attitude, charitable organizations, Christmas, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, danger, emotions, encouragement, fathers, Fear, giving, leadership, life, loneliness, loss, loyalty, military, mom, mother, news, observations, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, Patriotism, power, prayer, prayer, sadness, service, support, trauma, Twitter, Twitter on Oct 27th, 2009
Military men & women serving overseas need cards of support & appreciation as the holidays near while they serve the United States away from friends and family.
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Posted in accountability, addiction, addictions, attitude, awareness, Business, children, comfort, compassion, culture, depression, depression, disappointments, elderly, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, Faith, finances, health, Heart, Honor, illness, Impact, job, life, loss, love, medicine, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, personal development, purpose, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, stress, Uncategorized, unhappiness, values, well-being, work on Sep 28th, 2009
We all make decisions in life that affect others. Personal and professional integrity is both given and received. Do we present our integrity in equal measure to the level of integrity that we expect to receive?
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Posted in animals, authorities, awareness, baby, children, comfort, communication, danger, disaster, disease, elderly, emergency, family, government, health, help, ideas, illness, Impact, law enforcement, medicine, mental and physical health, military, news, observations, organizations for special needs, parenting, pets, power, responsibility, safety, schools, service, special needs, stress, television, Threats, trauma, utility companies, violence, water shortage, weather, well-being on Sep 23rd, 2009
September is National Emergency Preparedness Month; there are things you can do to prepare for an emergency with your family’s survival in mind. Are you ready?
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Posted in anger, attitude, awareness, Blogging, comfort, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, danger, death, disaster, emotions, Fear, future, grief, Hate Crimes, history, horror, Impact, life, loss, mental and physical health, military, murder, news, observations, pain and misery, Patriotism, power, relationships, religion, Remembering, respect, sadness, safety, sensitivity, service, sickness, trauma, values, violence on Sep 11th, 2009
In life we all have moments that are frozen in time in our memories; 911 is one of those moments. This post is written about observing how we process it & heal.
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Posted in accomplishments, authors, Blogging, comfort, communication, creative writing, domain names, environment, expectations, news, observations, online traffic, opinion, relationships, writing on Jun 24th, 2009
You may have noticed that I haven’t posted here in a few days…I have moved; that is my big news. I sure would love it if you would come and see me at my new environment. It will look familiar to you, it will still feel comfortable and yet, because change is change…it will be a [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, American Idol, attitude, Business, career, celebrity, comfort, communication, competition, contest, culture, emotions, entertainment, expectations, Fame, future, goals, inspiration, life, media, music, news, observations, opinion, Opportunities, pain and misery, Passion, publicity, publisher, relationships, Relax, stress, success, support, talent, television, well-being on Jun 2nd, 2009
Susan Boyle is the woman from Blackburn, Scotland who made a media sensation with her performance in the talent show “Britain’s Got Talent”; the show that is Britains equivalent of American Idol. She was in the competition for the duration of the show…and made it to the semi-finals only to, in the end, honor [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Amazing, attitude, authors, Beauty, book Recommendations, books, children, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, control, creative writing, crime, Descriptive Words, emotions, family, Fear, help, husband, Impact, inspiration, kids, library, life, love, Market books, marriage, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, power, publisher, publishing, relationships, safety, self doubt, stress, support, talent, trust, violence, well-being, wife, words, writing on May 20th, 2009
Standing Still is a novel that has the edge of a psychological thriller. It is the story of Claire who is bound up in her struggle between the cliff of her irrational fears and the valley of her very real, emotionally dis-connected marriage. She doesn’t even have the support of her husband to help her deal [...]
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