Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, Business, career, celebrity, charitable organizations, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, confidence, culture, Dreams, Education, emotions, encouragement, failure, Faith, Fame, family, finances, friendship, Frustration, Fun, future, giving, goals, help, hopes, Impact, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, learning, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, mentoring, Models, MONEY, observations, of connections, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, parenting, personal development, poverty, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, school, service, special needs, success, support, talent, teens, Uncategorized, values on May 3rd, 2009
It has been becoming difficult for me to quietly sit back and not scream my frustration with people in a position of power who are not standing up for youth at risk of failure. Whether you are a parent, a teacher, a mentor, a friend, social worker, counselor, tutor, a member of clergy, member of [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, attitude, comfort, commitment, compassion, death, elderly, emotions, encouragement, family, Fear, future, giving, grief, health, Heart, help, home, hospital, illness, life, loneliness, loss, medical, ministry, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, Passing Away, relationships, respect, sadness, service, sickness, special needs, spiritual, support, trauma on Apr 27th, 2009
Over the years I have had a fleeting glimpse into the help that Hospice (end of life care) has to offer. Patients who have been diagnosed with an illness or disease that is an advanced chronic disease or illness; the focus is on comfort (physically, spiritually, and emotionally). Hospice care does not have a cure [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, charity, commitment, compassion, disease, Education, emotions, health, help, hospital, illness, life, medical, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, science, service, sickness, special needs, support on Apr 23rd, 2009
Stephen Hawking’s, physicist, has made the news recently, because he has been hospitalized in ill health. Stephen Hawkings was diagnosed with ALS or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis over 40 years ago; and, he has still managed to live a productive life. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It is never good news when someone [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, adoption, Advocating for special needs, Blogging, children, encouragement, mental and physical health, organizations for special needs, parenting, special needs on Jan 2nd, 2009
If you are the parent of a special needs child then you know that growing up special in today’s world is not easy. Finding ways to help your child be successful and to be as independent as they can be is often a challenge. Too often those children, or young adults, are shuffled off [...]
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Posted in abuse, Advocating for special needs, anger, Business, celebrity, charitable organizations, children, culture, Dreams, emotions, entertainment, family, finances, Frustration, humor, Impact, life, making money, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, opinion, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, power, respect, sadness, special needs, support, talent on Aug 12th, 2008
Ben Stiller, the talented and funny actor has a new movie coming out; it is called Tropic Thunder. It is a movie he was instrumental in producing, by doing the writing and directing, among other things. There is a boycott brewing by special needs advocacy groups because of a movie within the movie. The movie [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, Business, charitable organizations, charity, children, Education, emotions, family, finances, giving, health, Heart, help, hopes, Impact, kids, life, medical, mental and physical health, organizations for special needs, parenting, physician, special needs, support, surgery, well-being on Jun 21st, 2008
For those of you who have never heard of Operation Smile it is a great not-for-profit organization that organizes volunteers who team up to medically improve the lives of children who were born with facial deformities. The non profit was begun by Dr. William P. Magee, Jr. who is a plastic surgeon and his [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, baby, children, comfort, communication, disaster, Education, emergency, family, health, help, home, Impact, life, loss, medical, mental and physical health, physician, power, safety, special needs, stress, weather, well-being on Jun 2nd, 2008
Ok, it is June 1st, and you know what that means…it is the start of Hurricane Season; get ready. Each season is filled with predictions of how many storms and how many hurricanes are expected…but, truthfully, there is no way to know for sure how many hurricanes there will be; or, where they will hit. [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, bride, cancer, Celebration, charity, commitment, courage, Education, emotions, family, finances, giving, health, help, home, Impact, inspiration, legal, life, love, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, school, special needs, support, wedding on May 31st, 2008
Support is a simple enough word; but, more importantly it is a powerful tool. My dictionary says this about support: To hold or bear weight, to tolerate, to give assistance, approval or aid. Quite often we hear the word in association with divorce as in spousal or child support. This is usually in [...]
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Posted in adoption, Advocating for special needs, children, communication, Education, elderly, Faith, family, foster parenting, health, help, kids, mental and physical health, parenting, religion, special needs, stress, well-being on May 19th, 2008
Here is a story i could sink my teeth into since i am the parent of several special needs children. A young boy, by the name of Adam Race, has been banned from the church that he has attended since 1996. He has been banned because he is autistic, and is very large. He has [...]
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Posted in adoption, authors, book launch, book Recommendations, books, celebrity, communication, Fame, Good Morning America, library, life, making money, news, politics, power, publishing, special needs, television on May 7th, 2008
Well, i have to admit…i will be reading Barbara Walters’ book that was recently published. She has done much over the years to further women in the media. She has been at the forefront of many standout interviews, of the movers and shakers, in our country’s history; not to mention other countries who’s actions [...]
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