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 abuse, addictions, career, celebrity, children, custody fight, death, divorce, emotions, entertainment, family, Uncategorized on Jun 27th, 2009
By now, everyone knows that Michael Jackson the singer has passed away. The mystery of his death will be figured out in time with the results of the autopsies that are being conducted. Many suspect his death to be the results of a drug overdose or from mixing medications that were allegedly administered by his [...]
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Posted in books, celebrity, children, commitment, communication, compassion, custody fight, custody fight, disaster, divorce, emotions, entertainment, Fame, family, fathers, finances, future, home, Impact, kids, marriage, media, mom, MONEY, mother, news, observations, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, respect, television, unhappiness on Jun 24th, 2009
By now, most people have heard that the Gosselins, Jon and Kate the TLC network darlings who have a reality show called Jon & Kate Plus Eight, are getting a divorce. John and Kate is all about their marriage and their family of 8 children. While I have never sat and watch the show [...]
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Posted in addictions, attitude, Beauty, celebrity, crime, disappointments, divorce, Dreams, emotions, entertainment, expectations, Faith, Fame, family, fathers, Hate Crimes, hopes, life, loneliness, loss, love, media, medicine, mental and physical health, mom, mother, music, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, politics, relationships, religion, sex, spiritual, suicidal, suicide, support, television, unhappiness, well-being on Jun 13th, 2009
The life of a celebrity’s child is often not an easy one. Mix in the fact that both of your parents are well known celebrities in their own way; and throw in a step parent or two, who are also in the entertainment business and, you have a hard time staying out of the media’s [...]
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Posted in anger, Beauty, celebrity, commitment, divorce, emotions, entertainment, Fame, family, Fear, Frustration, Heart, life, love, marriage, media, mental and physical health, mom, mother, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, publicity, relationships, sadness, seasons, television on Mar 3rd, 2009
If ever there was a show to incite anger and frustration this particular season of the Bachelor is it. There were people who absolutely adored Jason Mesnick when this season started just because of the way he was treated when he was on the Bachelorette a few seasons back when he was rejected by [...]
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Posted in adoption, baby, birth, celebrity, children, divorce, entertainment, Faith, Fame, family, kids, life, marriage, music, news, observations, opinion, parenting, pregnancy, relationships on Feb 23rd, 2009
Today it was announced on Joel Madden’s bands website that he and Nicole are adding to their family. Their daughter Harlow is going to have a younger sibling. Having children who are close in age is good for the children; but, can be a little rough on the parents. However, Joel says that finding out [...]
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Posted in abuse, anger, attitude, Business, commitment, communication, compassion, crime, culture, death, divorce, domestic violence, Education, emotions, family, Fear, friendship, Honor, husband, Impact, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loss, love, marriage, media, mom, MONEY, mother, murder, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, protect, relationships, television, trauma, values, violence on Feb 19th, 2009
Honor killings are used as a way to control behaviors typically in male dominated societies, often in the middle east. Usually, we hear about a daughter, a neice, a sister, mother, or a wife who has been murdered for violating a traditional role in their interaction with other males outside of their family. Unfortunately, this [...]
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Posted in children, death, divorce, emotions, family, fathers, Frustration, future, grandchildren, Heart, help, home, kids, law enforcement, life, loss, love, marriage, media, mental and physical health, mother, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, Passion, power, protect, relationships, safety, teens, trust, Uncategorized, well-being, wife on Jan 31st, 2009
Christina Raines is the young woman who had recently moved in with her fiance, Drew Peterson. Drew Peterson, if you will remember, is the former police officer who has been a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife and also was under suspicion in the death of his third wife. Drew did an interview, [...]
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Posted in abuse, anger, children, crime, death, depression, divorce, emotions, encouragement, family, fathers, finances, friendship, Frustration, grief, health, help, husband, ideas, Impact, life, loss, love, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, protect, relationships, sadness, suicidal, suicide, Suicide prevention, 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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