Posted in Heart, Heart to heart, Impact, Opportunities, Time, attitude, charitable organizations, chemo, children, comfort, compassion, donate, elderly, emergency, emotions, encouragement, environment, family, finances, health, help, holidays, home, hospital, hospitals, hunger, inspiration, joy, kids, leadership, learning, legacy, library, life, love, meals, medical, mental and physical health, mentoring, ministry, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, service, stress, support, surgery, talent, talents, volunteering on Jun 10th, 2010
The Renucci Hospitality House in Grand Rapids Michigan provides temporary housing to families who have loved ones in the Spectrum Hospital. Volunteers are needed.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Heart, Impact, Threats, abuse, bullying, children, compassion, courage, crime, emotions, entertainment, kids, law enforcement, leadership on May 23rd, 2010
Four adults allegedly cruelly forced a special needs minor to get a tattoo; & then pictures of the victim’s abuse & humiliation were shown at school.
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Posted in Blogging, Business, Fear, Impact, Threats, Threats, accountability, advertising, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, communication, control, crime, culture, danger, emotions, family, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, news, observations, opinion, parenting, persuasion, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, safety, schools, teens, values, violence on Apr 24th, 2010
Technology & social media are allowing large groups of youth to come together in public; forming mobs of people. Some times these are positive experiences and occasionally they promote negative or illegal behaviors.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Faith, Frustration, abortion, abuse, accountability, addiction, anger, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, custody fight, custody fight, diet, disappointments, divorce, emotions, expectations, family, health, pregnancy, spiritual on Mar 27th, 2010
This past week I’ve been made aware of a few instances of what I consider typical situations of alienating parental rights or authority. I began thinking of all of the different ways in which American society subtly and not so subtly allows this to happen and I realized that it is not isolated instances but rather [...]
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Posted in Dreams, Education, Fame, Heart, Impact, Opportunities, Threats, Twitter, abuse, authors, awareness, cancer, celebrity, children, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, contest, domestic violence, emotions, encouragement, family, foster parenting, health, help, kids, leadership, learning, legacy, life, media, mental and physical health, micro media (social networking), micro media (social networking), news, observations, of connections, poverty, power, press release, press release, protect, publicity, purpose, relationships, service, support, teens, values, violence on Feb 16th, 2010
Jessica Angelique is the creator of Definitive Voices;she is in the running for a grant of $250,000 from Pepsi Refresh Project. She plans to help showcase non profits who help those in need.
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Posted in Faith, Impact, MONEY, Opportunities, abuse, charitable organizations, charity, commitment, compassion, denial, economy, family, finances, food, giving, help, hero, marriage, medical, ministry, news, observations, opinion, parenting, poverty, relationships, religion, service, spiritual, spiritual on Jan 1st, 2010
Pastor Rick Warren makes a plea for donations as the demand increases for ministry to the needy; his church is not alone in its struggle to help those in crisis!
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Posted in Blogging, Dreams, Education, Fear, awareness, baby, birth, children, danger, death, emotions, family, giving, grief, health, pregnancy on Nov 17th, 2009
November 17th, 2009 is Fight For Preemies awareness campaign day; the March of Dimes is doing it’s part to help fight premature births and its devastating effects.
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Posted in Fear, Frustration, Threats, abuse, accountability, anger, armed forces, awareness, children, control, crime, culture, danger, domestic violence, emotions, family, future, help, leadership, life, loss, murder, news, observations, parenting, power, religion, respect, responsibility, safety, schools, service, stress, teens, television, trauma, trust, violence on Nov 6th, 2009
The society in the United States of America is changing regarding issues of personal safety & trust. We need to examine why and make positive changes or suffer the consequences.
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Posted in Education, Faith, Impact, abortion, accomplishments, anti-abortion, anti-abortion, attitude, authorities, awareness, baby, birth, commitment, communication, controversy, emotions, fathers, health, life, media, mental and physical health, mom, mother, observations, opinion, parenting, persuasion, politics, power, pregnancy, pregnancy, spiritual on Nov 3rd, 2009
Critics of a particular issue who switch their opinion, stance, or point of view are the most powerfully effective in becoming a catalyst for change.
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Posted in Christmas, Fear, Patriotism, Twitter, Twitter, armed forces, attitude, charitable organizations, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, danger, emotions, encouragement, fathers, giving, leadership, life, loneliness, loss, loyalty, military, mom, mother, news, observations, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, power, prayer, prayer, sadness, service, support, trauma on Oct 27th, 2009
Military men & women serving overseas need cards of support & appreciation as the holidays near while they serve the United States away from friends and family.
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