Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, attitude, awareness, baby, birth, Business, children, commitment, communication, compassion, disappointments, Dreams, Education, emotions, family, Fear, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, Frustration, grief, health, help, hopes, hospital, hospitals, illness, kids, leadership, learning, life, love, medical, medicine, mental and physical health, observations, organizations for special needs, parenting, pregnancy, pregnancy, relationships, sadness, school, schools, sharing, success, words on Aug 18th, 2009
Parenting special needs children can be like taking a trip to Holland that you didn’t plan on. Louise Sattler shares her personal experience as a parent & educator.
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Posted in accomplishments, adoption, Advocating for special needs, Amazing, awareness, baby, birth, Business, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, Creating, encouragement, family, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, foster parenting, Frustration, grandchildren, grandparents, health, Heart, help, hospital, hospitals, Impact, leadership, learning, life, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, parenting, Passion, patience, pregnancy, relationships, special needs, support, Twitter, well-being, words, writing for children on Jul 31st, 2009
Louise Sattler has created a DVD for young children and babies to communicate with others through sign language. It is bi-lingual and benefits people with or without disabilities.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, awareness, birth, charitable organizations, charity, children, communication, compassion, culture, Education, giving, health, help, Impact, kids, learning, life, media, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, organizations for special needs, parenting, physician, pregnancy, publicity, special needs on Jul 19th, 2009
July 22, 2009 is National Fragile X Awareness Day. Fragile X is a grouping of a variety of genetic disorders that affects more than 1 million Americans & many others around the world.
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Posted in abuse, armed forces, authorities, commitment, compassion, crime, danger, Education, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, family, finances, friendship, Frustration, future, hero, history, home, Impact, leadership, learning, legal, life, medical, mental and physical health, military, news, observations, of connections, opinion, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, parenting, Patriotism, power, protect, relationships, respect, responsibility, safety, school, schools, service, special needs, stress, well-being on Jul 18th, 2009
A recruiter is accused of signing up a young man, with multiple disabilies, to the Marine Corps. Is it appropriate to encourage those ill equipped for full service to sign up for the military?
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, attitude, baby boomers, cancer, charitable organizations, charity, chemo, children, commitment, communication, compassion, courage, culture, disease, Education, emotions, expectations, family, Fear, finances, Frustration, future, giving, goals, health, hopes, leadership, life, media, medical, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, observations, of connections, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, power, publicity, sickness, support, television on May 28th, 2009
Last year 100 million dollars was raised to help fight cancer in an unprecedented way. All three major television networks joined together to do a broadcast announcing the plan to join together to raise funds and raise awareness in the battle against cancer. Celebrities, newspeople, researchers and medical professionals and everyday people have combined [...]
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Posted in Blogging, children, communication, crime, death, disaster, disease, Education, emergency, emotions, family, Fear, Fun, grandchildren, health, home, illness, kids, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, mom, mother, news, observations, online traffic, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, protect, relationships, responsibility, safety, school, service, teens, trauma, Uncategorized, violence, well-being on May 23rd, 2009
Well, it is the end of the school year; that means kids and young adults are ready for summer vaction. They are seeking sun and fun. Parents it is a good time to remind them and ourselves to also be aware of safety. Safety can involve many aspects around our summer activities. First and foremost, summer means heat. After [...]
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Posted in abortion, accomplishments, anti-abortion, Celebration, commitment, communication, Education, Faith, goals, Impact, leadership, learning, life, media, news, politics, religion, respect, restlessness, expectations, callings, schools, support, values on May 18th, 2009
President Obama will speak today at commencement services at the Roman Catholic university Notre Dame. Often speakers in that position will receive an honorary degree. That is also true of President Obama; however, it is a controversial event, because of the fact that President Obama believes in and supports abortion and stem cell research; [...]
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Posted in baby boomers, book Recommendations, books, Business, comfort, communication, creative writing, culture, Descriptive Words, ecology, economy, Education, emotions, enjoyment, entertainment, environment, excitement, finances, Good Morning America, Green, happiness, history, ideas, learning, library, life, loneliness, love, Market books, MONEY, news, observations, of connections, opinion, Opportunities, Passion, publisher, publishing, sadness, sports, story tellers, television, Time, tourism, travel, words, writing on May 17th, 2009
Well, we all know it; the economy stinks! People however, still have to live, breathe, eat, and be entertained. You cut back financially in every way that counts just to survive…but, it is often hard not to resent it. You become financially responsible…but you are bored out of your mind because you can’t afford to seek entertainment [...]
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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 abortion, anti-abortion, baby, birth, celebrity, children, communication, culture, Education, emotions, Faith, Fame, family, fathers, finances, future, goals, Good Morning America, grandchildren, health, help, history, home, Impact, kids, leadership, life, love, media, medical, mental and physical health, mentoring, mom, MONEY, mother, news, observations, of connections, parenting, Passion, politics, pregnancy, relationships, sex, stress, support, Uncategorized on May 7th, 2009
This morning on Good Morning America it was announced that the Candies Foundation will have a town hall meeting today at 1pm to create an awareness for their Event To Prevent (and discuss preventing teen pregnancies). Their new teen ambassador is none other than Bristol Palin. Bristol is of course the daughter of Sarah Palin, [...]
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