Posted in Fame, adoption, awareness, celebrity, children, death, depression, depression, emotions, family, prayer, suicidal, unhappiness on Feb 28th, 2010
Marie Osmond’s lost a son to suicide & depression. Her family will need privacy and time to grieve and heal from their loss of Michael.
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Posted in Education, Fear, Threats, Threats, abuse, addiction, anger, attitude, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, commitment, communication, compassion, crime, culture, danger, depression, depression, elderly, emotions, family, grandchildren, health, help, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, media, mental and physical health, mentoring, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, protect, rape, relationships, religion, respect, safety, school, schools, stress, suicidal, suicidal, teens, trust, unhappiness, violence on Feb 2nd, 2010
Bullying doesn’t just happen on school grounds; kids are surrounded with bullying through technology. Parents,educators & advisors need to protect & educate about the danger.
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Posted in Fear, Impact, Toxic, Uncategorized, abandonment, abuse, anger, attitude, awareness, cancer, comfort, communication, compassion, depression, disappointments, disaster, disease, divorce, emotions, encouragement, friendship, funeral, giving, grief, health, help, hopes, illness, inspiration, leadership, life, loneliness, loss, love, loyalty, ministry, observations, opinion, pain and misery, relationships, sensitivity, support, trauma, 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 Business, Faith, Heart, Honor, Impact, Uncategorized, accountability, addiction, addictions, attitude, awareness, children, comfort, compassion, culture, depression, depression, disappointments, elderly, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, finances, health, illness, job, life, loss, love, medicine, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, personal development, purpose, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, stress, 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 Advocating for special needs, Education, Fear, Frustration, Impact, Remembering, Uncategorized, baby boomers, book Recommendations, books, commitment, communication, compassion, depression, disease, elderly, emotions, encouragement, expectations, family, fathers, grief, health, husband, illness, life, loss, medical, medicine, mental and physical health, mother, music, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, physician, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, safety, sensitivity, service, stress, support on Jun 17th, 2009
The tragedy of Alzheimer’s disease is that it is a thief…the condition steals so much from those who are struggling to live with it. Not only does it steal a person’s ability to remember day- to- day activities and responsibilities; it steals a person’s independence. As the disease progresses, it takes away the individuals [...]
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Posted in Fame, Impact, Suicide prevention, career, celebrity, compassion, death, depression, emotions, excitement, family, grief, happiness, leadership, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, publicity, sadness, suicidal, suicide, talent, trauma on Jun 5th, 2009
David Carradine was a very talented actor. He had a long career in television, on stage and in the movies. He made an impression on many by the types of roles that he took. There was always a little mystery surrounding him as a person. He came across as a person who kept much [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Creating, Education, Fear, Frustration, Fun, accomplishments, anger, attitude, children, communication, culture, depression, disappointments, disease, emotions, encouragement, enjoyment, excitement, goals, grandchildren, happiness, health, help, inspiration, joy, kids, learning, life, love, medical, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, personal development, relationships, sadness, success, support, surprise, teens, television, unhappiness, well-being, words, work on Jun 4th, 2009
Thomas the Tank Engine is a beloved children’s character; both in books and on television. It appears that Thomas is now going to be used in a very special way, to help children who are affected by Autism. Thomas and his other fictional friends from the children’s television show, are now going to be used [...]
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Posted in Education, Fear, Suicide prevention, Toxic, abuse, anger, children, control, crime, death, depression, domestic violence, emergency, emotions, failure, family, fathers, government, grief, help, horror, illness, kids, law enforcement, life, loss, love, marriage, media, medical, mental and physical health, mother, murder, news, observations, pain and misery, parenting, personal development, power, protect, relationships, respect, responsibility, sadness, safety, sickness, suicidal, suicide, support, teens, trauma, trust, violence on May 5th, 2009
Once again a news story breaks my heart because of unnecessary violence. A man by the name of Troy Ryan Bellar who lived in Florida shot and killed most of his immediate family. The family lived in Florida and evidently was in the middle of a domestic dispute. The reason for the violence has not been [...]
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Posted in Fear, Frustration, Heart, Impact, Opportunities, attitude, comfort, communication, compassion, depression, domestic violence, emotions, encouragement, family, friendship, help, hopes, inspiration, life, loneliness, loss, love, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, pain and misery, relationships on Mar 7th, 2009
Have you ever talked with someone, in person or on the phone, and FELT the pain that they were going through? Staying connected to those around us demands an attitude of awareness and compassion. Having a relationship with others, that goes beyond the surface, requires time, attention, and sensitivity. Are you able to feel someone [...]
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Posted in Frustration, Impact, Suicide prevention, abuse, anger, children, crime, death, depression, divorce, emotions, encouragement, family, fathers, finances, friendship, grief, health, help, husband, ideas, life, loss, love, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, protect, relationships, sadness, suicidal, suicide, support, trauma, violence on Jan 30th, 2009
Ok, I am going to rant a bit for a minute. Twice this week the news has hit us with two terrible stories about families that self-destructed through murder-suicide. Two families that were destroyed. One family in particular left a suicide note allegedly saying that the reason they were dead was because both the [...]
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