Posted in abandonment, abuse, addiction, addictions, anger, armed forces, attitude, aunt, awareness, behavior, children, compassion, conduct, counseling, culture, custody fight, danger, death, depression, disappointments, disaster, domestic violence, Education, elderly, emergency, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, Faith, family, fathers, finances, friendship, Frustration, future, grief, health, Heart to heart, help, hopes, husband, Impact, joy, kids, law enforcement, leadership, learning, legal, life, loneliness, loss, media, medical, mental and physical health, military, mom, mother, news, observations, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, physician, prayer, relationships, religion, Remembering, respect, responsibility, sadness, school, sensitivity, sickness, spiritual, spiritual, stress, success, suicidal, suicidal, suicide, Suicide prevention, support, trauma, violence on Apr 14th, 2011
Suicide happens everyday and we need to be aware of it and look for ways to prevent those we care about from being a victim of suicide; it’s permanent solution to a passing circumstance.
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Posted in abuse, accountability, anger, armed forces, authorities, awareness, behavior, bullying, church, communication, compassion, conduct, controversy, culture, emotions, Faith, Fear, funeral, government, grief, Heart, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loss, love, military, ministry, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, Passing Away, Patriotism, power, prayer, protect, publicity, publicity, relationships, religion, religious freedom, Remembering, respect, responsibility, sadness, safety, sensitivity, Uncategorized on Mar 3rd, 2011
Westboro Baptist Church Rights To protest are protected…what responsibility towards others do they have at these protests.
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Posted in abandonment, abuse, anger, attitude, awareness, behavior, bullying, children, communication, conduct, counseling, culture, depression, depression, disappointments, domestic violence, Education, emotions, encouragement, enjoyment, expectations, friendship, happiness, health, help, kids, leadership, life, observations, of connections, Opportunities, pain and misery, parenting, personal development, relationships, respect, responsibility, schools, self doubt, self esteem, sensitivity, support on Feb 9th, 2011
It is important to teach young people to have a healthy self esteem & to encourage behaviors that allow them to experience healthy relationships later in life too.
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Posted in accountability, addiction, authors, Blogging, breast cancer, cancer, communication, compassion, Descriptive Words, Education, emotions, entertainment, family, friendship, Heart, life, news, observations, of connections, opinion, relationships, school, sensitivity, service, writing on Sep 7th, 2010
Bloggers blog for many reasons, social issues, news items, family or maybe even for business; what happens when writer’s block hits. Why do you write?
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Posted in anger, communication, control, controversy, depression, Descriptive Words, disappointments, emotions, expectations, family, Frustration, giving, help, hero, Impact, inspiration, job, Labor, leadership, life, loneliness, loss, love, Luck, observations, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, responsibility, sadness, sensitivity on Jul 8th, 2010
Ever have a can’t do anything right kind of day? Miscommunications, delays, accidents, bad luck…upset people…how can you move past a day like that?
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Posted in compassion, emotions, encouragement, Faith, family, Fear, friendship, Heart, help, Impact, leadership, life, loneliness, loss, love, observations, pain and misery, prayer, prayer, relationships, sadness, sensitivity, support, Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2010
In times of difficulty or tragedy, people are desperate for compassionate emotional support. How can you shine a light in the midst of a dark storm?
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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 accountability, anger, art, attitude, authorities, awareness, career, celebrity, children, controversy, emotions, entertainment, Faith, family, job, Labor, law enforcement, leadership, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, Passion, relationships, respect, sensitivity, sex, support, trust, Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2009
There David Letterman supporters who are standing by him during his sex scandal. There are others who are not. Here are the top 10 reasons he should stop making jokes about his behavior.
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Posted in anger, attitude, awareness, Blogging, comfort, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, danger, death, disaster, emotions, Fear, future, grief, Hate Crimes, history, horror, Impact, life, loss, mental and physical health, military, murder, news, observations, pain and misery, Patriotism, power, relationships, religion, Remembering, 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 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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