Posted in Fear, Patriotism, Threats, abuse, armed forces, culture, danger, death, disaster, emotions, family, grief, health, leadership, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, murder, murder, news, observations, pain and misery, prayer, service, stress, trauma, trust, violence on Nov 6th, 2009
Today’s shooting at Fort Hood in Kileen, Texas is one of a violent betrayal of our soldier from some of their own troops. It’s psychological terrorism & an abuse of trust & training.
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Posted in Blogging, Fear, Hate Crimes, Impact, Patriotism, Remembering, anger, attitude, awareness, comfort, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, danger, death, disaster, emotions, future, grief, history, horror, life, loss, mental and physical health, military, murder, news, observations, pain and misery, power, relationships, religion, respect, sadness, safety, sensitivity, service, sickness, trauma, values, violence on Sep 11th, 2009
In life we all have moments that are frozen in time in our memories; 911 is one of those moments. This post is written about observing how we process it & heal.
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Posted in Beauty, Fame, baby, cancer, celebrity, crime, death, domestic violence, emotions, family, fathers, history, kids, legal, life, loss, murder, pregnancy on May 9th, 2009
Today is one of those news days where you are on an emotional roller coaster. It was sad news that things are not looking very positive, health-wise for the very beautiful and beloved Farrah Fawcett according to her long time love Ryan O’Neal. Ryan made statements that alluded to the fact that Farrah has allegedly [...]
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Posted in Education, Fear, Suicide prevention, Toxic, abuse, anger, children, control, crime, death, depression, domestic violence, emergency, emotions, failure, family, fathers, government, grief, help, horror, illness, kids, law enforcement, life, loss, love, marriage, media, medical, mental and physical health, mother, murder, news, observations, pain and misery, parenting, personal development, power, protect, relationships, respect, responsibility, sadness, safety, sickness, suicidal, suicide, support, teens, trauma, trust, violence on May 5th, 2009
Once again a news story breaks my heart because of unnecessary violence. A man by the name of Troy Ryan Bellar who lived in Florida shot and killed most of his immediate family. The family lived in Florida and evidently was in the middle of a domestic dispute. The reason for the violence has not been [...]
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Posted in Fear, Frustration, Uncategorized, abuse, anger, children, crime, culture, death, domestic violence, elderly, emergency, emotions, family, finances, grief, health, kids, law enforcement, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, murder, news, observations, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, protect, sadness, safety, television, trauma, violence on Mar 31st, 2009
When are people going to wake up to the fact that we need to stop allowing instances of evil and violence to be glorified on television, movies, books and in our music? Isn’t it obvious that the world has been turning this garbage into “entertainment” and that it is having a terrible influence on [...]
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Posted in Faith, Impact, abortion, attitude, baby, death, emotions, family, future, government, life, medical, murder, news, opinion, politics, pregnancy, religion, respect on Mar 10th, 2009
Today, President Obama has reversed a ban on the funds for stem cell research on embryos. This ban had been in place for the last eight and a half years…President Bush put that ban in place to stop research on embryos because of his moral belief that destroying embryos to do the research violates the [...]
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Posted in Business, Education, Fear, Honor, Impact, MONEY, abuse, anger, attitude, commitment, communication, compassion, crime, culture, death, divorce, domestic violence, emotions, family, friendship, husband, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loss, love, marriage, media, mom, 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 Australia, Faith, Fear, crime, death, disaster, ecology, emergency, emotions, environment, family, 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 Advocating for special needs, Heart, Labor, Mother's Day, abortion, adoption, anger, anti-abortion, baby, birth, children, crime, death, emotions, family, fathers, grandchildren, grief, health, help, kids, law enforcement, legal, life, loss, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, sadness, sex, teens, trauma, well-being on Feb 7th, 2009
Grrrr…I am a bit torn on this news item; whether to feel more anger or sadness. It seems that a young 18 year old woman found out that she was pregnant. She went to a clinic to have an abortion and was given medicine to dialate her cervix to prepare for an abortion procedure. [...]
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Posted in Frustration, Heart, Passion, Uncategorized, children, death, divorce, emotions, family, fathers, future, grandchildren, help, home, kids, law enforcement, life, loss, love, marriage, media, mental and physical health, mother, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, power, protect, relationships, safety, teens, trust, 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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