Posted in addictions, communication, contest, controversy, crime, custody fight, danger, death, depression, disappointments, disease, divorce, Dreams, economy, emotions, expectations, failure, Fame, family, fast money, finances, Frustration, government, grief, hopes, legal, life, loss, Luck, making money, media, MONEY, news, observations, Opportunities, pain and misery, publicity, quick money, rapid cash, relationships, restlessness, expectations, callings, stress, success, taxes, trauma, trust, values, violence on Jan 4th, 2011
The Mega Million Lottery Jackpot Fever reaches a high pitch. Tempting though it is, I am not buying a ticket…I could win or something traumatic like that!
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Posted in adoption, animals, attitude, baby, birth, Celebration, children, Christmas, commitment, controversy, courage, culture, danger, divorce, emotions, excitement, expectations, Faith, family, fathers, Fear, future, history, Holiday, Honor, husband, Impact, joy, Labor, leadership, life, love, loyalty, marriage, mother, observations, parenting, prayer, pregnancy, pregnancy, protect, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, safety, self doubt, service, sex, spiritual, support, Teen Pregnancy, trust, values, wife, worship on Dec 20th, 2010
Anyone who has ever prepared for the birth of a baby knows a bit about welcoming the baby; but at Christmas time, it is about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, God’s son. How do you celebrate?
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Posted in art, awareness, Beauty, Blogging, Business, commitment, communication, controversy, culture, danger, depression, Descriptive Words, donate, economy, Education, emotions, encouragement, enjoyment, environment, expectations, Fear, finances, future, giving, goals, Good Morning America, Great Depression, Great Depression, Heart, help, history, Impact, Labor, leadership, legacy, life, love, media, memories, micro media (social networking), news, observations, of connections, Passion, press release, protect, publicity, publicity, Remembering, respect, responsibility, support, Twitter, Twitter, values, volunteering on Nov 9th, 2010
The historic Belding Clock Tower is in danger of being torn down by the Electrolux company. There is an effort to gain support to sustain the clock tower & part of the historic silk mill.
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Posted in abuse, accountability, addictions, anger, attitude, authorities, bullying, celebrity, children, church, controversy, crime, custody fight, custody fight, danger, Descriptive Words, divorce, domestic violence, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, Faith, Fame, family, fathers, Fear, Frustration, Hate Crimes, help, husband, Impact, kids, law enforcement, legacy, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, marriage, medical, medicine, mental and physical health, mother, news, observations, opinion, parenting, Passion, personal development, pregnancy, rape, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, sadness, safety, sex, spiritual, spiritual, suicidal, suicidal, Threats, 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 attitude, authorities, awareness, children, communication, crime, culture, disappointments, divorce, domestic violence, emotions, expectations, family, finances, foster parenting, fourth of july, Frustration, government, help, hero, history, Holiday, Impact, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loss, news, pain and misery, parenting, Patriotism, 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 abortion, anger, anti-abortion, authorities, awareness, baby, birth, children, church, crime, Education, emotions, Faith, family, fathers, foster parenting, future, government, health, Impact, kids, learning, legal, life, medical, mother, observations, parenting, physician, pregnancy, relationships, religion, religious freedom, respect, responsibility, school, schools, sex, spiritual, Teen Pregnancy, teens, Uncategorized, 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 accountability, advertising, authorities, awareness, Blogging, bullying, Business, children, church, communication, control, crime, culture, danger, emotions, family, Fear, Impact, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, news, observations, opinion, parenting, persuasion, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, safety, schools, teens, Threats, Threats, 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 abortion, adoption, Advocating for special needs, anti-abortion, authorities, baby, birth, children, communication, controversy, crime, danger, death, Education, emotions, expectations, Faith, Fame, family, fathers, Impact, kids, legal, life, media, medicine, mental and physical health, micro media (social networking), micro media (social networking), news, observations, opinion, persuasion, pregnancy, publicity, relationships, Remembering, respect, sex, special needs, spiritual, support, Threats, Twitter, 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 abuse, authors, awareness, cancer, celebrity, children, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, contest, domestic violence, Dreams, Education, emotions, encouragement, Fame, family, foster parenting, health, Heart, help, Impact, kids, leadership, learning, legacy, life, media, mental and physical health, micro media (social networking), micro media (social networking), news, observations, of connections, Opportunities, poverty, power, press release, press release, protect, publicity, purpose, relationships, service, support, teens, Threats, Twitter, 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 accountability, addiction, addictions, attitude, awareness, Business, children, comfort, compassion, culture, depression, depression, disappointments, elderly, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, Faith, finances, health, Heart, Honor, illness, Impact, job, life, loss, love, medicine, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, personal development, purpose, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, stress, Uncategorized, 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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