Posted in abuse, accountability, anger, attitude, behavior, comfort, communication, conduct, control, controversy, counseling, disappointments, domestic violence, emotions, expectations, failure, Faith, Good Morning America, media, memories, mental and physical health, music, news, observations, personal development, relationships, Robin Roberts, sadness, talent, television on Mar 22nd, 2011
Chris Brown is interviewed by Robin Roberts on Good Morning America and is apparently ticked off by her questions and allegedly breaks a window in his dressing room.
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Posted in abandonment, accountability, art, attitude, authorities, Business, career, celebrity, children, comfort, conduct, control, disappointments, divorce, Dreams, emotions, entertainment, expectations, Faith, Fame, family, fathers, finances, Impact, kids, loss, love, loyalty, making money, media, music, news, observations, pain and misery, parenting, power, publicity, relationships, respect, sadness, television, values, well-being on Feb 15th, 2011
Billy Ray Cyrus rues that Hannah Montana came into his family’s life because of the downward shift in his family’s well-being. The show that brought them fame & wealth also destroyed them he believes.
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Posted in baby boomers, children, control, diet, Education, emotions, Fall, flowers, Gardens, Green, health, home, joy, kids, learning, meals, memories, mental and physical health, Mother's Day, nature, observations, opinion, parenting, Remembering, seasons, spring, stress, Toxic, winter gardening on Feb 8th, 2011
Gardening in cold environments is challenging but building & gardening in a cold frame can extend your growing season by weeks both in the Spring and the Fall.
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Posted in accountability, attitude, authorities, awareness, behavior, Business, children, commitment, control, culture, Education, emotions, environment, expectations, failure, Faith, family, Frustration, future, home, Impact, leadership, life, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, personal development, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, schools, success, Teamwork, Uncategorized, values, work on Jan 18th, 2011
Society appears to have lowered the standards of personal responsibility and conduct and it is negatively affecting our lives. We need to raise the standards.
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Posted in abandonment, accountability, addictions, authorities, celebrity, charity, children, commitment, communication, compassion, control, courage, denial, disappointments, Dreams, emotions, expectations, failure, Faith, Fame, family, fast money, future, giving, help, home, law enforcement, legal, life, loss, loyalty, media, mental and physical health, mentoring, mom, MONEY, news, observations, Opportunities, pain and misery, parenting, poverty, prayer, publicity, relationships, responsibility, talent on Jan 13th, 2011
When a person is down and out like Ted Williams was and living homeless on the streets it is easy to think money is the answer. However, money doesn’t fix everything.
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Posted in anger, communication, control, controversy, depression, Descriptive Words, disappointments, emotions, expectations, family, Frustration, giving, help, hero, Impact, inspiration, job, Labor, leadership, life, loneliness, loss, love, Luck, observations, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, responsibility, sadness, sensitivity on Jul 8th, 2010
Ever have a can’t do anything right kind of day? Miscommunications, delays, accidents, bad luck…upset people…how can you move past a day like that?
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Posted in awareness, control, emotions, life, mental and physical health, Opportunities, pain and misery, personal development, safety, Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2010
What happens when we try to avoid making a decision; what can be learned from the stress of avoidance? Personal growth & knowledge is valuable for making good choices over destructive decisions.
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Posted in church, comfort, control, courage, emotions, encouragement, expectations, failure, Faith, Fear, help, Impact, inspiration, life, loneliness, loss, love, mental and physical health, miracles, observations, pain and misery, prayer, relationships, religion, self doubt, sickness, spiritual, storms, stress, Uncategorized on May 12th, 2010
Life throws challenges our way, how do we find faith or encouragement to go on and trust God when we don’t like where we are or feel fearful?
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Posted in accountability, advertising, authorities, awareness, Blogging, bullying, Business, children, church, communication, control, crime, culture, danger, emotions, family, Fear, Impact, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, news, observations, opinion, parenting, persuasion, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, safety, schools, teens, Threats, Threats, values, violence on Apr 24th, 2010
Technology & social media are allowing large groups of youth to come together in public; forming mobs of people. Some times these are positive experiences and occasionally they promote negative or illegal behaviors.
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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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