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 Advocating for special needs, Amazing, Business, Creating, Frustration, Heart, Impact, Opportunities, Passion, Twitter, accomplishments, adoption, awareness, baby, birth, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, encouragement, family, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, foster parenting, grandchildren, grandparents, health, help, hospital, hospitals, leadership, learning, life, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, parenting, patience, pregnancy, relationships, special needs, support, 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 Celebration, Passing Away, Remembering, abuse, baby, birth, birthday, children, crime, death, emotions, family, friendship, grandchildren, grandparents, grandparents, grief, illness, life, loss, love, mental and physical health, mom, mother, murder, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, pregnancy, relationships, sadness, well-being on Jul 13th, 2009
A baby born on the same day his mother dies due to the actions of another; must be encouraged to live a healthy life full of love. Sorting memories to share with him will be important to his well being.
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Posted in Fear, Threats, abuse, anger, attitude, baby, birth, children, compassion, crime, elderly, emotions, family, future, grandchildren, grandparents, grandparents, hospital, kids, life, love, loyalty, mom, news, observations, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, sadness, sensitivity on Jul 8th, 2009
Having a loving relationship between grandparent and granchild is joyful. A recent news story sheds light on the cruel, abusive treatment of an elderly grandparent.
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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 Blogging, Education, Fear, Fun, Uncategorized, children, communication, crime, death, disaster, disease, emergency, emotions, family, 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, 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 a [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Education, Frustration, Passing Away, Twitter, abuse, adoption, aunt, baby, children, compassion, crime, death, emotions, family, fathers, giving, grandchildren, grandparents, grief, help, home, kids, law enforcement, life, loss, media, missing and exploited children, mom, mother, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, publicity, relationships, respect, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, safety, schools, trauma, uncles, well-being on May 20th, 2009
If you have not heard about me…let me tell you something; this is not how it was supposed to be. I am a young man, somewhere between the ages of 3 and 5; I weighed about 38 lbs. Something happened to me; I died. People just don’t know how or why I died yet. I was [...]
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Posted in Celebration, Heart, Honor, Opportunities, Remembering, abortion, abuse, adoption, anger, attitude, baby, children, comfort, commitment, emotions, failure, family, giving, grandchildren, grief, kids, life, loss, love, mom, mother, observations, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, respect, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, safety, values on May 10th, 2009
Mother’s Day is truly one of those days that has the ability to both bless and curse a person. For those who have been blessed, to have been born to a mother that considers it an honor and a blessing to have children; or, for those women who have children themselves for which they are happy and grateful to [...]
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Posted in Education, Faith, Fame, Good Morning America, Impact, MONEY, Passion, Uncategorized, abortion, anti-abortion, baby, birth, celebrity, children, communication, culture, emotions, family, fathers, finances, future, goals, grandchildren, health, help, history, home, kids, leadership, life, love, media, medical, mental and physical health, mentoring, mom, mother, news, observations, of connections, parenting, politics, pregnancy, relationships, sex, stress, support on May 7th, 2009
This morning on Good Morning America it was announced that the Candies Foundation will have a town hall meeting today at 1pm to create an awareness for their Event To Prevent (and discuss preventing teen pregnancies). Their new teen ambassador is none other than Bristol Palin. Bristol is of course the daughter of Sarah Palin, [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Impact, charitable organizations, charity, children, commitment, compassion, culture, diet, economy, emergency, encouragement, family, finances, giving, grandchildren, help, home, ideas, kids, leadership, life, media, news, pain and misery, parenting, poverty, publicity, responsibility, support on May 5th, 2009
Ok, those of you with mailboxes (those without can go to their local post office to donate) …here is something you can do to help stamp out hunger in your own back yard. The United States Postal Services is orchestrating one of the largest food pantry drives ever created to help get donations for [...]
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