Posted in Advocating for special needs, animals, awareness, cancer, charitable organizations, children, comfort, commitment, compassion, disease, elderly, emotions, encouragement, finances, friendship, health, illness, Impact, inspiration, kids, life, loneliness, love, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, pets, relationships, responsibility, service, sickness, special needs, stress, support, well-being on Oct 27th, 2009
Pet ownership can improve the quality of life for the elderly, disabled, or those struggling with a chronic illness or disease. Pets can teach responsibility and improve a person’s health.
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Posted in adoption, Advocating for special needs, authorities, authors, awareness, baby, baby boomers, Blogging, Business, children, communication, Education, elderly, family, parenting, school, service, special education, special needs, Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2009
This interview with Louise Sattler discusses communication through sign language and how it opens doors and bridges gaps in communities.
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Posted in awareness, Business, career, compassion, control, emotions, encouragement, expectations, family, finances, goals, help, history, hopes, making money, marketing, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, observations, of connections, online traffic, Opportunities, support on Jul 30th, 2009
An American family owned business is trying to stay in business by selling $5.oo bottles of mint oil. They must sell 65,000 bottles before August 14th, 2009.
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Posted in attitude, authors, Blogging, communication, control, culture, danger, emotions, friendship, Fun, life, loneliness, micro media (social networking), music, observations, parenting, protect, safety, Time, trust, Twitter on Jul 17th, 2009
Blogs, mini-blogs, and social networking sites have become our front porches and backyard fences where people communicate with their friends & neighbors. Remember to use common sense & be safe online.
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, Amazing, attitude, cancer, Celebration, charitable organizations, chemo, commitment, communication, compassion, death, Education, emotions, family, fathers, friendship, Good Morning America, grief, health, Heart, husband, illness, Impact, inspiration, joy, leadership, learning, life, loss, love, media, medical, mental and physical health, mother, Mother's Day, news, observations, pain and misery, parenting, Passing Away, relationships, Remembering, sadness, service, sickness, support, Twitter, Uncategorized on May 9th, 2009
Good Morning America had me bawling like a baby today. It is time for their annual Breakfast in Bed which they do for Mother’s Day every year. Today’s episode was very moving. Emeril Lagasse surprised a woman, named Susie Bratt, in her home in Charleston West Virginia with a video camera and some very special [...]
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Posted in abuse, anger, attitude, Business, commitment, communication, compassion, crime, culture, death, divorce, domestic violence, Education, emotions, family, Fear, friendship, Honor, husband, Impact, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loss, love, marriage, media, mom, MONEY, mother, murder, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, protect, relationships, television, trauma, values, violence on Feb 19th, 2009
Honor killings are used as a way to control behaviors typically in male dominated societies, often in the middle east. Usually, we hear about a daughter, a neice, a sister, mother, or a wife who has been murdered for violating a traditional role in their interaction with other males outside of their family. Unfortunately, this [...]
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Posted in abuse, anger, children, crime, death, depression, divorce, emotions, encouragement, family, fathers, finances, friendship, Frustration, grief, health, help, husband, ideas, Impact, life, loss, love, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, protect, relationships, sadness, suicidal, suicide, Suicide prevention, support, trauma, violence on Jan 30th, 2009
Ok, I am going to rant a bit for a minute. Twice this week the news has hit us with two terrible stories about families that self-destructed through murder-suicide. Two families that were destroyed. One family in particular left a suicide note allegedly saying that the reason they were dead was because both the [...]
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Posted in Amazing, armed forces, Blogging, cancer, commitment, communication, courage, Descriptive Words, Dreams, Education, emotions, encouragement, family, fathers, finances, friendship, future, giving, goals, health, Heart, help, hopes, ideas, Impact, inspiration, life, loss, love, media, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, news, Opportunities, Passion, publicity, relationships, Remembering, Robin Roberts, science, support, Teamwork on Jan 4th, 2009
Dr. Susan Love has started a massive undertaking to understand the complexities of breast cancer by organizing an army of women. She has partnered up with the Avon foundation to get an army of women to sign up to do research on a large cross section of women to get accurate information on genetic [...]
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Posted in abuse, Beauty, career, celebrity, crime, death, emotions, grief, help, law enforcement, life, loss, love, media, murder, news, pain and misery, sadness, television, violence on Nov 27th, 2008
Finally, there is a person who has been named as a suspect in the murder of television news anchorwoman Anne Pressly. On Wednesday evening, Little Rock, Arkansas police have named Curtis Lavell Vance of Marianna, Arkansas as the suspect. Not much was announced about him except that he is thought to be armed [...]
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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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