Posted in Blogging, children, communication, crime, death, disaster, disease, Education, emergency, emotions, family, Fear, Fun, grandchildren, health, home, illness, kids, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, mom, mother, news, observations, online traffic, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, protect, relationships, responsibility, safety, school, service, teens, trauma, Uncategorized, violence, well-being on May 23rd, 2009
Well, it is the end of the school year; that means kids and young adults are ready for summer vaction. They are seeking sun and fun. Parents it is a good time to remind them and ourselves to also be aware of safety. Safety can involve many aspects around our summer activities. First and foremost, summer means heat. After [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, attitude, coaching, communication, denial, disaster, Dreams, emotions, encouragement, failure, Faith, family, Fear, finances, friendship, Frustration, future, goals, help, hopes, inspiration, life, loss, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, relationships, self doubt, spiritual, success, support, trauma, values on Feb 25th, 2009
I have been observing alot of situations in the news and in the events that happen around me…I’ve come to the conclusion that the secret in overcoming any challenges or events in life has to be in deciding not to let any circumstances or event define the rest of your life. I think a [...]
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Posted in anger, Business, communication, confidence, culture, disaster, economy, emotions, failure, Fear, finances, Frustration, future, goals, government, home, Impact, Labor, leadership, life, loss, making money, MONEY, news, observations, opinion, politics, power on Feb 11th, 2009
Ok, I dont understand this whole financial mess…I admit that. I am no financial genius. However, I do know that if you keep spending money that you dont have…you go deeper in debt. How in the heck is the government going to get money from people who dont have it to give? From taxpayers….correction…from [...]
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Posted in Australia, crime, death, disaster, ecology, emergency, emotions, environment, Faith, family, Fear, help, home, horror, hospital, hospitals, life, loss, murder on Feb 9th, 2009
Breaking news of a horrific nature…Australia has been experiencing some terrible fires, overnight, that has caused major damage to some towns and at least 84 deaths. Although that number may continue to climb as they gain control of the brush fires. There are many who were hospitalized with burns and some of them may yet lose [...]
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Posted in Business, disaster, economy, emotions, family, finances, future, government, history, home, Impact, life, loss, MONEY, news on Sep 28th, 2008
Titanic, the US economy & rescue boats; what do they have in common? Much! Do you remember seeing the pictures of the Titanic ship as she prepared for her maiden voyage? It was large, it was the ultimate in luxury and it was celebrated as “unsinkable”. The US economy has sort of lived in [...]
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Posted in anger, culture, denial, disaster, economy, emotions, failure, family, Fear, finances, future, government, Impact, life, loss, MONEY, news, opinion, pain and misery, power, stress, support on Sep 26th, 2008
What a stinking mess we are living with. Fear smells up a place…we have a huge financial crisis, a huge political crisis; and, it could be a privotal moment of rescue or a plunge into the abyss and truthfully, the whole thing could go either way! Huge meetings are taking place in Washington…panic is like a throbbing headache…it is [...]
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Posted in Business, culture, disaster, economy, emergency, emotions, failure, family, Fear, finances, Great Depression, history, Impact, life, loss, MONEY, news, pain and misery, Patriotism, politics, television, trauma on Sep 24th, 2008
With all of the economic shake ups taking place in the United States…i was just wondering…is anyone else feeling a rising, fearful sense of dread and panic? It has building for the last year and a half with the mortgage crisis, rising costs of food, gasoline, home heating fuels, foreclosures, and job downsizings. Now on [...]
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Posted in children, death, disaster, emotions, family, Fear, Impact, life, mental and physical health, news, safety on Sep 20th, 2008
A very sad news story this past week has brought to mind how important it is to have integrity in all that you do. Thousands have been made sick in China due to the greediness of milk producers who added the chemical melamine to the raw milk used to produce milk, yogurt, and baby [...]
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Posted in communication, death, disaster, emergency, family, Fear, help, life, loss, mental and physical health, news, pain and misery, power, Remembering, safety, storms, weather on Aug 31st, 2008
It is time to get out of the way, now! Don’t wait…find a way to get to safety. Don’t try to stay to protect your possessions…nothing that can be replaced is worth dying for. There is a new hurricane threat to the coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane named Gustav, is [...]
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Posted in adoption, celebrity, charitable organizations, children, communication, culture, death, depression, disaster, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, Faith, family, fathers, Fear, grief, Heart, inspiration, kids, legal, life, loss, love, media, mental and physical health, ministry, mother, music, news, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, religion, Remembering, RobinRoberts, sadness, safety, stress on Aug 5th, 2008
I am looking forward to tomorrow on Good Morning America. Robin Roberts is going to interview the Steven Curtis Chapman family about the loss of their young 5 year old daughter, Maria, in a tragic car accident involving their teenaged son. Their daughter was adopted from China. With the Olympics in China in the media, [...]
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