Posted in Descriptive Words, Faith, Fame, Fear, Frustration, Hate Crimes, Impact, Passion, Threats, abuse, accountability, addictions, anger, attitude, authorities, bullying, celebrity, children, church, controversy, crime, custody fight, custody fight, danger, divorce, domestic violence, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, family, fathers, help, husband, kids, law enforcement, legacy, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, marriage, medical, medicine, mental and physical health, mother, news, observations, opinion, parenting, personal development, pregnancy, rape, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, sadness, safety, sex, spiritual, spiritual, suicidal, suicidal, trauma, trust, unhappiness, unhappiness, values, violence, wife on Jul 11th, 2010
Until recent years, Mel Gibson has enjoyed a favorable legacy; as recent developments are revealed we are left with conflicting impressions of who Mel Gibson is in public and in private.
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Posted in Frustration, Holiday, Impact, Patriotism, attitude, authorities, awareness, children, communication, crime, culture, disappointments, divorce, domestic violence, emotions, expectations, family, finances, foster parenting, fourth of july, government, help, hero, history, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loss, news, pain and misery, parenting, personal development, persuasion, relationships, respect, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, service, teens, values, work on Jul 8th, 2010
Freedom is valuable to human beings but it is often not discussed in our personal relationships in a way that helps define what our expectations and responsibilities are in those relationships.
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Posted in Education, Faith, Impact, Teen Pregnancy, Uncategorized, abortion, anger, anti-abortion, authorities, awareness, baby, birth, children, church, crime, emotions, family, fathers, foster parenting, future, government, health, kids, learning, legal, life, medical, mother, observations, parenting, physician, pregnancy, relationships, religion, religious freedom, respect, responsibility, school, schools, sex, spiritual, teens, values, wedding on Jun 29th, 2010
A Massachutes school creates a policy to hand out condoms to school kids; without parental consent. This alienates parental authority & creates conflict in value systems.
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Posted in Blogging, Business, Fear, Impact, Threats, Threats, accountability, advertising, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, communication, control, crime, culture, danger, emotions, family, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, news, observations, opinion, parenting, persuasion, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, safety, schools, teens, values, violence on Apr 24th, 2010
Technology & social media are allowing large groups of youth to come together in public; forming mobs of people. Some times these are positive experiences and occasionally they promote negative or illegal behaviors.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Education, Faith, Fame, Impact, Remembering, Threats, Twitter, abortion, adoption, anti-abortion, authorities, baby, birth, children, communication, controversy, crime, danger, death, emotions, expectations, family, fathers, kids, legal, life, media, medicine, mental and physical health, micro media (social networking), micro media (social networking), news, observations, opinion, persuasion, pregnancy, publicity, relationships, respect, sex, special needs, spiritual, support, values on Mar 1st, 2010
Social media opens the door to conversations about what is acceptable to share online and what limitations should be applied. Do people expect support or controversial reactions?
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Posted in Dreams, Education, Fame, Heart, Impact, Opportunities, Threats, Twitter, abuse, authors, awareness, cancer, celebrity, children, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, contest, domestic violence, emotions, encouragement, family, foster parenting, health, help, kids, leadership, learning, legacy, life, media, mental and physical health, micro media (social networking), micro media (social networking), news, observations, of connections, poverty, power, press release, press release, protect, publicity, purpose, relationships, service, support, teens, values, violence on Feb 16th, 2010
Jessica Angelique is the creator of Definitive Voices;she is in the running for a grant of $250,000 from Pepsi Refresh Project. She plans to help showcase non profits who help those in need.
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Posted in Business, Faith, Heart, Honor, Impact, Uncategorized, accountability, addiction, addictions, attitude, awareness, children, comfort, compassion, culture, depression, depression, disappointments, elderly, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, finances, health, illness, job, life, loss, love, medicine, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, personal development, purpose, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, stress, unhappiness, values, well-being, work on Sep 28th, 2009
We all make decisions in life that affect others. Personal and professional integrity is both given and received. Do we present our integrity in equal measure to the level of integrity that we expect to receive?
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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 Blogging, Business, Creating, Faith, Fame, Uncategorized, accountability, art, attitude, awareness, career, celebrity, commitment, communication, controversy, culture, emotions, entertainment, environment, expectations, family, leadership, legal, life, love, observations, relationships, religion, religious freedom, spiritual, television, values on Sep 8th, 2009
Actress Patricia Mauceri believes that she lost her job on television because of standing up for her religious beliefs. Do religious convictions in the work place affect job performance?
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Posted in Business, Descriptive Words, MONEY, Opportunities, advertising, attitude, authorities, awareness, communication, competition, economy, expectations, failure, goals, ideas, internetmarketing, loyalty, making money, making money at home, marketing, observations, of connections, service, success, values on Aug 13th, 2009
What’s the difference between branding or labeling your business? In advertising a business today, it can mean the difference between success or failure.
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