Posted in abandonment, abortion, abuse, addictions, adoption, anger, anti-abortion, attitude, aunt, baby, behavior, birth, Celebration, children, compassion, culture, depression, disappointments, Education, emotions, encouragement, enjoyment, excitement, family, foster parenting, friendship, grandparents, happiness, Heart, help, illness, joy, kids, leadership, learning, life, loneliness, loss, love, Luck, Models, mom, mother, Mother's Day, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, Passing Away, pregnancy, pregnancy, protect, relationships, Remembering, respect, sadness, safety, self esteem, spiritual, unhappiness on May 8th, 2011
Not every mother is mother of the year…but a true mother has an enlarged heart to hold all the love she has in her heart for the people in her life. Celebrate love & celebrate Mother’s Day!
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Posted in attitude, authorities, awareness, children, communication, crime, culture, disappointments, divorce, domestic violence, emotions, expectations, family, finances, foster parenting, fourth of july, Frustration, government, help, hero, history, Holiday, Impact, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loss, news, pain and misery, parenting, Patriotism, personal development, persuasion, relationships, respect, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, service, teens, values, work on Jul 8th, 2010
Freedom is valuable to human beings but it is often not discussed in our personal relationships in a way that helps define what our expectations and responsibilities are in those relationships.
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Posted in abortion, anger, anti-abortion, authorities, awareness, baby, birth, children, church, crime, Education, emotions, Faith, family, fathers, foster parenting, future, government, health, Impact, kids, learning, legal, life, medical, mother, observations, parenting, physician, pregnancy, relationships, religion, religious freedom, respect, responsibility, school, schools, sex, spiritual, Teen Pregnancy, teens, Uncategorized, values, wedding on Jun 29th, 2010
A Massachutes school creates a policy to hand out condoms to school kids; without parental consent. This alienates parental authority & creates conflict in value systems.
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Posted in abuse, authors, awareness, cancer, celebrity, children, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, contest, domestic violence, Dreams, Education, emotions, encouragement, Fame, family, foster parenting, health, Heart, help, Impact, kids, leadership, learning, legacy, life, media, mental and physical health, micro media (social networking), micro media (social networking), news, observations, of connections, Opportunities, poverty, power, press release, press release, protect, publicity, purpose, relationships, service, support, teens, Threats, Twitter, values, violence on Feb 16th, 2010
Jessica Angelique is the creator of Definitive Voices;she is in the running for a grant of $250,000 from Pepsi Refresh Project. She plans to help showcase non profits who help those in need.
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Posted in abandonment, abuse, adoption, Advocating for special needs, attitude, authorities, awareness, children, compassion, confidence, control, Education, emotions, family, foster parenting, Frustration, help, home, kids, legal, life, loss, love, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, protect, relationships, safety, service, support, teens, trust, well-being on Sep 14th, 2009
Teens or older kids in foster care suffer for lack of a permanent place to belong. How can you help someone to find a healthy place to begin their life as an adult?
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Posted in accomplishments, adoption, Advocating for special needs, Amazing, awareness, baby, birth, Business, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, Creating, encouragement, family, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, foster parenting, Frustration, grandchildren, grandparents, health, Heart, help, hospital, hospitals, Impact, leadership, learning, life, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, parenting, Passion, patience, pregnancy, relationships, special needs, support, Twitter, well-being, words, writing for children on Jul 31st, 2009
Louise Sattler has created a DVD for young children and babies to communicate with others through sign language. It is bi-lingual and benefits people with or without disabilities.
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Posted in abandonment, abortion, adoption, anti-abortion, baby, children, culture, death, emotions, encouragement, failure, Faith, family, fathers, finances, foster parenting, future, giving, Heart, hopes, kids, law enforcement, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, mental and physical health, mom, MONEY, mother, news, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, sadness, success, Teen Pregnancy, teens, well-being, writing for children on Nov 15th, 2008
Baby don’t cry…it is not your fault. When you are old enough to know your story…know that it is not your fault. It has happened for generations…people abandon their children. It is wrong, but they do it for many reasons…all sad reasons, all heartbreaking…but, what it comes down to is a lacking. A [...]
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Posted in adoption, baby, children, commitment, culture, economy, Education, emergency, emotions, failure, Faith, family, fathers, Fear, finances, foster parenting, Frustration, future, government, grandchildren, health, Heart, help, hospitals, Impact, kids, law enforcement, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, media, mental and physical health, mom, MONEY, news, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, safety, stress, support, trauma on Sep 25th, 2008
Another family has made the news by dropping off their children, 9 of them from ages 1 to 17 at a hospital in Nebraska. It is in my mind, in cases of abandonment, almost as if the children are treated like a litter of unwanted puppies. In mid July, Nebraska made its own news headlines by instituting a “safe [...]
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Posted in baby, bride, children, crime, emotions, Faith, fathers, finances, foster parenting, Frustration, health, help, home, kids, law enforcement, legal, life, loss, mental and physical health, mom, mother, news, parenting, power, pregnancy, religion, sadness, safety, trauma on May 22nd, 2008
In Texas, an appeals court overruled the state’s decision to remove the children of the sect, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The appeals court has found that the CPS department had not proven evidence of immediate danger of physical health or safety of children who had not reached puberty. The [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, adoption, Advocating for special needs, authors, book launch, book Recommendations, books, Business, Celebration, charity, children, commitment, communication, disaster, Dreams, economy, Education, elderly, emotions, Faith, family, Family Time, Fear, foster parenting, friendship, giving, health, Heart, help, Impact, inspiration, Ken McArthur, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, miracles, mother, Opportunities, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, sadness, stress, support, the impact factor, well-being, What's Normal?, writing on May 20th, 2008
Raising children is one of the most important things a person can do. It not only impacts a family; it impacts communities, businesses, organizations and individuals. Raising children well; it is an art form. In our world today, there are many things pulling at a family unit trying to divide it and conquor it. [...]
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