Posted in children, crime, death, denial, emotions, family, fathers, friendship, grandchildren, grief, help, law enforcement, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, mother, murder, news, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, sadness, stress, suicidal, suicide, support, trauma, well-being on Jan 24th, 2009
Another chapter to the sad story of 2 year old Caylee Anthony’s death. Early this morning, Friday January 23, 2009, Caylee’s grandfather, George Anthony, was picked up at a Florida hotel after he disappeared and allegedly sent family members text messages saying that no longer wanted to live. George also left a five page suicide letter [...]
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Posted in abortion, Advocating for special needs, anti-abortion, Celebration, children, crime, culture, death, elderly, emotions, Faith, family, Honor, inspiration, law enforcement, life, meaning of life, mental and physical health, murder, news, pain and misery, protect, respect, suicidal on Jan 19th, 2009
Today is a life affirming day of recognition….it is the Sanctity of Life Sunday…a day when most churches and individuals choose to celebrate life and inspire individuals to cherish & protect it. Many churches concentrate on the issue of teaching that abortion violates the sanctity of life (I happen to agree)… however, there are many, equally [...]
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Posted in abandonment, addiction, attitude, authors, books, celebrity, depression, divorce, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, failure, Faith, Fame, family, Fear, finances, friendship, health, help, hopes, leadership, mental and physical health, news, pain and misery, stress, suicidal, suicide on Jan 9th, 2009
Actor Willie Ames is famous for his roles on Eight Is Enough (1970′s) and in the show Charles in Charge (1980′s), he has had a large fan following over the years. Willie also starred in video’s from 1995-2004 as a superhero named Bibleman; winning a whole new generation of young fans. He became a Christian and an [...]
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Posted in abandonment, anger, children, Christmas, crime, custody fight, death, depression, divorce, emotions, family, finances, friendship, help, Holiday, home, husband, life, loss, love, marriage, mental and physical health, mother, murder, news, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, parenting, Passion, relationships, sadness, suicidal, suicide, support, trauma, Uncategorized, violence on Jan 2nd, 2009
For those who have not heard the news story this past week; a man by the name of Bruce Pardo dressed up as Santa and went on a shooting rampage directed at his ex-wife and her family. He was aware that they held an annual Christmas party. He had been planning this for quite [...]
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Posted in anger, Business, career, celebrity, communication, competition, contest, culture, death, Dreams, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, Fear, Impact, law enforcement, legal, loss, mental and physical health, music, news, opinion, pain and misery, Passion, relationships, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, success, suicidal, suicide, talent, television, trauma, well-being on Dec 10th, 2008
Wow… I just watched a clip from The View today in which Barbara Walters talks about an interview she did with Paula Abdul on her radio show. http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6425460 In the chat fest in the beginning of the show Barbara refers to that interview when she says that Paula has dropped a few explosive [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Brendon Burchard, charitable organizations, charity, children, comfort, death, depression, Education, emotions, encouragement, Faith, family, friendship, future, giving, grief, Heart, hopes, Impact, kids, life, loneliness, love, meaning of life, mental and physical health, miracles, music, news, of connections, Opportunities, pain and misery, sadness, safety, school, suicidal, suicide, support on Sep 26th, 2008
My good friend, Ken McArthur is standing in a circus tent today asking 2,000 people to spread a message of hope to teenagers who don’t think that life is worth living. I think it’s a great message of hope for anyone and would love to see all of my readers think about spreading it today. [...]
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Posted in anger, communication, death, depression, divorce, elderly, emotions, Faith, family, Fear, finances, friendship, grief, health, Heart, Heart to heart, hopes, Impact, life, loneliness, loss, marriage, media, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, respect, sadness, safety, school, self doubt, sick and tired, stress, suicidal, suicide, support, teens on Aug 23rd, 2008
Suicide is not a pleasant subject. It is a word that makes most people cringe. People who have lost a loved one to suicide cringe too; they have more of a reason to be disturbed by the word. Most of us don’t stop to think about suicide death on a daily basis…but maybe we should. For [...]
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Posted in abuse, anger, communication, courage, depression, divorce, emotions, encouragement, failure, family, Fear, future, Heart, Impact, life, loneliness, loss, marriage, mental and physical health, of connections, pain and misery, relationships, sadness, self doubt, stress, suicidal, trauma on Aug 11th, 2008
Have you ever known someone who is in a totally disfunctional relationship and just seems destined to repeat patterns of negative and destructive behaviors? I was thinking on this last night with a young teenaged couple that i know. They spend all of their time together…fighting…hurting…crying…begging…breaking up…for-giving….manipulating…emotional arm wrestling…isolating…and starting all over again. They [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, baby boomers, charitable organizations, children, communication, death, depression, elderly, emotions, family, Fear, finances, Frustration, future, grandparents, health, Heart, help, home, Impact, life, loneliness, loss, love, medical, mental and physical health, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, suicidal on Jul 3rd, 2008
I heard a recent news story about a woman in Germany who chose to commit suicide over moving to a nursing home. Did she not have loved ones to live with; or some other option? She consulted with a knowledgable person about what drugs/chemicals to mix together to kill herself because she said she [...]
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Posted in baby, death, denial, depression, emotions, family, home, husband, legal, life, news, pregnancy, sex, suicidal, trauma, violence, What's Normal? on Jun 24th, 2008
Blaming the victim…will it work in the case of the husband originally from England who is accused of murdering his American wife Rachael Entwistle and his infant daughter Lillian? Neil Entwistle’s case has had world wide media coverage since he “discovered” his wife and daughter in bed with fatal gun shot wounds; and, instead [...]
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