Posted in adoption, advertising, awareness, Business, cancer, charitable organizations, charity, chemo, children, church, comfort, commitment, compassion, disease, emotions, encouragement, family, Fear, friendship, giving, health, Heart, help, hospital, hospitals, illness, kids, life, loneliness, love, medical, medicine, mental and physical health, news, observations, Opportunities, pain and misery, parenting, physician, publicity, publicity, purpose, relationships, sadness, sick and tired, sickness, stess reliever, support, teens, trauma, well-being on Feb 16th, 2011
Friends Like Us is a nonprofit organization looking for business sponsors who will help support their efforts to give chemo bears to children being treated for childhood cancers.
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Posted in cancer, charitable organizations, chemo, children, comfort, communication, compassion, courage, depression, donate, Education, emotions, environment, family, fathers, Fear, finances, grandchildren, grandparents, health, Heart, Heart to heart, help, hospital, hospitals, Impact, inspiration, kids, life, loneliness, loss, medical, MONEY, mother, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pharmacist, physician, relationships, responsibility, sadness, spiritual, support, teens, trauma, unhappiness on Jun 29th, 2010
Childhood cancer patients need comforting & this non-profit organization Friends Like Us are fundraising to help donate chemo bears to children affected by cancer.
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Posted in attitude, charitable organizations, chemo, children, comfort, compassion, donate, elderly, emergency, emotions, encouragement, environment, family, finances, health, Heart, Heart to heart, help, holidays, home, hospital, hospitals, hunger, Impact, inspiration, joy, kids, leadership, learning, legacy, library, life, love, meals, medical, mental and physical health, mentoring, ministry, observations, of connections, opinion, Opportunities, pain and misery, parenting, service, stress, support, surgery, talent, talents, Time, volunteering on Jun 10th, 2010
The Renucci Hospitality House in Grand Rapids Michigan provides temporary housing to families who have loved ones in the Spectrum Hospital. Volunteers are needed.
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Posted in Amazing, awareness, charitable organizations, charity, children, compassion, crime, death, denial, disaster, donate, elderly, emergency, emotions, excitement, family, food, giving, grief, Heart, Heart to heart, help, horror, hospital, human trafficking, hunger, Impact, kids, leadership, learning, life, loss, meals, medical, miracles, missing and exploited children on Jan 28th, 2010
Inside of all of the news reports concerning Haiti and it’s suffering after the earthquake come stories of sharing, compassion and a reminder of stone soup.
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, attitude, awareness, baby, birth, Business, children, commitment, communication, compassion, disappointments, Dreams, Education, emotions, family, Fear, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, Frustration, grief, health, help, hopes, hospital, hospitals, illness, kids, leadership, learning, life, love, medical, medicine, mental and physical health, observations, organizations for special needs, parenting, pregnancy, pregnancy, relationships, sadness, school, schools, sharing, success, words on Aug 18th, 2009
Parenting special needs children can be like taking a trip to Holland that you didn’t plan on. Louise Sattler shares her personal experience as a parent & educator.
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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 abuse, anger, attitude, baby, birth, children, compassion, crime, elderly, emotions, family, Fear, future, grandchildren, grandparents, grandparents, hospital, kids, life, love, loyalty, mom, news, observations, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, sadness, sensitivity, Threats 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 birth, career, celebrity, children, custody fight, death, denial, emergency, emotions, entertainment, Fame, family, future, grief, health, Heart, hospital, illness, kids, legacy, legal, life, loss, love, media, medical, mom, mother, music, news, Twitter on Jun 25th, 2009
News reports Michael Jackson is hospitalized with possible cardiac arrest…rumors of death.
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Posted in attitude, cancer, chemo, children, compassion, control, courage, disease, emotions, encouragement, family, fathers, Fear, Frustration, future, government, health, Heart, help, home, hospital, illness, kids, legal, life, love, loyalty, media, medical, mental and physical health, missing, mom, mother, news, observations, pain and misery, parenting, protect, relationships, sick and tired, sickness, support, teens, trauma, well-being on May 27th, 2009
Daniel Hauser is the 13 year old cancer patient who fled his home; instead of pursuing chemo treatments like his physician was urging him to do. He allegedly had tried some chemo but struggled with it and stopped treatment. His family believes in natural, holistic healing treatments that some Native Americans use; namely the practices are [...]
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Posted in cancer, chemo, children, disease, emotions, Faith, family, finances, Frustration, future, government, health, Honor, hospital, illness, Impact, kids, law enforcement, legal, life, medical, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, observations, opinion, physician, power, protect, relationships, religion, safety, sick and tired, teens, Uncategorized, well-being on May 16th, 2009
Today, a judge in Minnesota decided that a 13 year old cancer patient’s family does NOT have the right to reject chemotherapy, for their son who has Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The family of the young man had decided, along with their son, that they wished to honor their religious beliefs to choose natural healing and alternative [...]
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