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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Posted in abuse, attitude, confidence, emotions, Faith, family, friendship, learning, life, mental and physical health, observations, opinion, parenting, physician, relationships, self doubt, spiritual, spiritual, trust on Jul 15th, 2009
Who knows you better than you know yourself? Do the opinions of others mean more than your own when it comes to knowing who you are?
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Posted in cancer, chemo, children, disease, emotions, Faith, family, finances, Frustration, future, government, health, Honor, hospital, illness, Impact, kids, law enforcement, legal, life, medical, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, observations, opinion, physician, power, protect, relationships, religion, safety, sick and tired, teens, Uncategorized, well-being on May 16th, 2009
Today, a judge in Minnesota decided that a 13 year old cancer patient’s family does NOT have the right to reject chemotherapy, for their son who has Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The family of the young man had decided, along with their son, that they wished to honor their religious beliefs to choose natural healing and alternative [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, Business, career, celebrity, charitable organizations, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, confidence, culture, Dreams, Education, emotions, encouragement, failure, Faith, Fame, family, finances, friendship, Frustration, Fun, future, giving, goals, help, hopes, Impact, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, learning, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, mentoring, Models, MONEY, observations, of connections, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, parenting, personal development, poverty, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, school, service, special needs, success, support, talent, teens, Uncategorized, values on May 3rd, 2009
It has been becoming difficult for me to quietly sit back and not scream my frustration with people in a position of power who are not standing up for youth at risk of failure. Whether you are a parent, a teacher, a mentor, a friend, social worker, counselor, tutor, a member of clergy, member of [...]
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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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With the sad death of Dr. Bruce Ivins, 62 years old, a FBI suspect in the anthrax investigation; many people are wondering just who he was. He was a researcher in the area of infectionous diseases at Fort Detrick, MD for thirty years. He appeared somewhat mild and dressed somewhat socially awkward. Some people who [...]
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Posted in children, Education, emotions, fathers, Impact, kids, mental and physical health, mother, pain and misery, parenting, school on May 28th, 2008
A Kindergarten teacher in Indiana told a young 5 year old kindergartener, named Gabriel Ross, that he “tortured and tormented” her all year. Young Gabriel kept telling his mother and step-father that his teacher was mean to him. He said that other children didn’t like him because he was bad. Who told him he [...]
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Posted in mental and physical health on Jan 22nd, 2008
Ahh…the story of star crossed lovers…a young man and a young woman…madly in love against all odds. Their love was in spite of the protests of their families and faced certain destruction. So romantic don’t ya think? It is a classic story read by almost every high school and college literature class available. So, if we [...]
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