Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, attitude, charity, commitment, compassion, culture, emotions, encouragement, finances, giving, Heart, help, home, Impact, inspiration, leadership, life, love, mentoring, MONEY, observations, of connections, opinion, Opportunities, pain and misery, relationships, responsibility, service, spiritual, success, support, talents, teens, values on Mar 27th, 2009
I know people who are struggling, people who have cut back in every conceivable way to save money just to stay afloat. I also know people who are living very comfortably in nice homes, with fancy vehicles, going out to eat regularily and have no worries when it comes to bills or their health. [...]
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Posted in attitude, comfort, communication, compassion, depression, domestic violence, emotions, encouragement, family, Fear, friendship, Frustration, Heart, help, hopes, Impact, inspiration, life, loneliness, loss, love, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, Opportunities, pain and misery, relationships on Mar 7th, 2009
Have you ever talked with someone, in person or on the phone, and FELT the pain that they were going through? Staying connected to those around us demands an attitude of awareness and compassion. Having a relationship with others, that goes beyond the surface, requires time, attention, and sensitivity. Are you able to feel someone [...]
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Posted in abuse, alternative energy sources, anger, comfort, commitment, death, elderly, environment, finances, goals, government, Green, High Energy, home, inspiration, leadership, life, MONEY, news, observations, opinion, politics, power, responsibility on Feb 5th, 2009
As a person living in the midwest, in one of the coldest, snowiest winters in the last 25 years…i have to say i was irritated when i read that since President Obama moved into the White House the thermostat has allegedly gone up. For a man who made it part of his campaign to [...]
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Posted in Beauty, children, comfort, crime, death, emotions, family, friendship, grandchildren, home, horror, law enforcement, mental and physical health, murder, news, opinion, pain and misery, sadness on Jan 22nd, 2009
Each time that new information is announced regarding the Caylee Anthony case; it is more heartbreaking than the last released information. Caylee Anthony, for those who don’t know, or don’t remember, is the young 2 year old child who was missing for months ; before her mother, Casey Anthony, was jailed for lying to the [...]
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Depending on your view of a snow day, that probably tells me about your age, unless, you are an excitable kid at heart. Many adults find it hard to remember the extreme joy of a snow day. Adults get bogged down in the difficulty of driving in it, the danger of slipping on the snow and ice, [...]
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Posted in armed forces, Celebration, children, comfort, communication, courage, elderly, emotions, encouragement, Faith, family, giving, grandchildren, help, Holiday, holidays, home, Honor, Impact, inspiration, joy, kids, life, love, military, news, Patriotism, relationships, respect, service, support, teens, well-being, writing, writing for children, writing project on Nov 13th, 2008
This week we celebrated two very special things here in the United States: one was Monday, November 10th which was the Marine Corps Birthday…and yesterday, which was Veteran’s Day. Both dates give honor to our military men and women. We should celebrate our armed forces because they sacrifice so much for us. We have [...]
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Posted in Baking Bread, Beauty, comfort, Descriptive Words, emotions, environment, Fall, joy, life, observations, seasons, surprise, weather, words, writing on Nov 9th, 2008
Today has been one of those lazy, do nothing and enjoy it kind of days. Those are few and far between…but, so very necessary for the soul to rest and build up strength to do what must be done every other day of the week. It has been cold and wet. We woke [...]
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Posted in Business, children, comfort, Descriptive Words, emotions, entertainment, family, fourth of july, husband, joy, kids, life, marriage, Relax on Jul 13th, 2008
So today was a great day. After a very long, work filled week; we took a family day. We went out for a ride to another local town. We went to lunch and then as a family we went shopping. My hubby found something that he has said he wanted for years. We splurged [...]
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Posted in authors, books, comfort, death, denial, Descriptive Words, Faith, Fear, grief, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, pain and misery, Passing Away, sadness, stress, support, trauma on Apr 24th, 2008
Well, if you do any research at all on grieving you will find some very pat answers to describe what are considered “normal” stages of grieving. There are actually “lists” and books of normal stages. One of those lists is from a book called “Death and Dying”; i remember reading this in high school as part [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2007
What Love does is miraculous. It soothes, it heals, it eases, it teaches, it encourages, it softens, it comforts and… it sacrifices! I watched today as my father who is ill with the flu drive my mother on a round trip of a couple of hours to a doctor’s appointment with a lung specialist who [...]
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