Posted in anger, attitude, communication, disappointments, expectations, Frustration, giving, Impact, life, observations, opinion, pain and misery, power, relationships, service on May 11th, 2009
Have you ever built up your expectations for something only to find yourself disappointed? I remember as a young teenager, trying to resist building up my expectations for special days and events, because I happen to have a great imagination and could really envision how I wanted something to be; then, if it didn’t measure [...]
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Posted in abortion, abuse, adoption, anger, attitude, baby, Celebration, children, comfort, commitment, emotions, failure, family, giving, grandchildren, grief, Heart, Honor, kids, life, loss, love, mom, mother, observations, Opportunities, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, Remembering, respect, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, safety, values on May 10th, 2009
Mother’s Day is truly one of those days that has the ability to both bless and curse a person. For those who have been blessed, to have been born to a mother that considers it an honor and a blessing to have children; or, for those women who have children themselves for which they are happy and grateful to [...]
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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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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 attitude, emotions, failure, giving, inspiration, life, loss, love, observations, opinion, relationships on Apr 14th, 2009
The danger in giving, is being taken; danger in loving, is losing love…be brave; live dangerously! The whole point of that statement is to take a few risks..err on the side of giving benefit of doubt to others…the rewards are that your risks will allow for greater benefits; if, you take that chance and people rise [...]
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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 accomplishments, Celebration, emotions, family, Fear, friendship, future, government, Honor, hopes, media, news, observations, Patriotism, politics, power, respect on Jan 20th, 2009
It is a historical moment in time, this presidential inauguration of 2009; just like every other presidential inauguration since the beginning of the United States. Yet, this one feels different. It feels as though this particular inauguration is getting more attention than any other one, in my memory. I did not personally vote [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, attitude, commitment, emotions, entertainment, failure, family, friendship, future, goals, happiness, holidays, life, news, Opportunities, pain and misery, relationships on Dec 22nd, 2008
As we once again approach the end of a year and begin another one; it never fails to amaze me how often we repeat the same old patterns. Oh to be sure…there will be the predictible year in review on the news programs…on the entertainment programs; and, even on the morning talk shows. Does [...]
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Posted in anger, Business, career, celebrity, communication, competition, contest, culture, death, Dreams, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, Fear, Impact, law enforcement, legal, loss, mental and physical health, music, news, opinion, pain and misery, Passion, relationships, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, success, suicidal, suicide, talent, television, trauma, well-being on Dec 10th, 2008
Wow… I just watched a clip from The View today in which Barbara Walters talks about an interview she did with Paula Abdul on her radio show. http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6425460 In the chat fest in the beginning of the show Barbara refers to that interview when she says that Paula has dropped a few explosive [...]
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Posted in celebrity, culture, economy, entertainment, environment, family, finances, Impact, life, MONEY, news, politics, television on Sep 20th, 2008
I read that the host of a tabloid television show, The Insider, is leaving the show. Pat O’brien has been on The Insider since 2004 he was the host until he had a couple of stints in rehab for addictions. He made tabloid news himself when he left recorded messages sexually harrassing a female [...]
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