Posted in abandonment, abuse, addiction, addictions, anger, armed forces, attitude, aunt, awareness, behavior, children, compassion, conduct, counseling, culture, custody fight, danger, death, depression, disappointments, disaster, domestic violence, Education, elderly, emergency, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, Faith, family, fathers, finances, friendship, Frustration, future, grief, health, Heart to heart, help, hopes, husband, Impact, joy, kids, law enforcement, leadership, learning, legal, life, loneliness, loss, media, medical, mental and physical health, military, mom, mother, news, observations, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, physician, prayer, relationships, religion, Remembering, respect, responsibility, sadness, school, sensitivity, sickness, spiritual, spiritual, stress, success, suicidal, suicidal, suicide, Suicide prevention, support, trauma, violence on Apr 14th, 2011
Suicide happens everyday and we need to be aware of it and look for ways to prevent those we care about from being a victim of suicide; it’s permanent solution to a passing circumstance.
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Posted in anger, attitude, behavior, church, comfort, communication, compassion, controversy, counseling, death, denial, depression, disappointments, disaster, emotions, Faith, family, friendship, Frustration, grief, Heart, life, loss, mental and physical health, observations, opinion, pain and misery, Passing Away, prayer, relationships, religion, sadness, stress, Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2011
When it comes to suffering or grief many people ask, Why God? How does faith play into the tragedies of life?
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Posted in adoption, awareness, celebrity, children, death, depression, depression, emotions, Fame, family, prayer, suicidal, unhappiness on Feb 28th, 2010
Marie Osmond’s lost a son to suicide & depression. Her family will need privacy and time to grieve and heal from their loss of Michael.
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Posted in anger, attitude, awareness, Blogging, comfort, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, danger, death, disaster, emotions, Fear, future, grief, Hate Crimes, history, horror, Impact, life, loss, mental and physical health, military, murder, news, observations, pain and misery, Patriotism, power, relationships, religion, Remembering, respect, sadness, safety, sensitivity, service, sickness, trauma, values, violence on Sep 11th, 2009
In life we all have moments that are frozen in time in our memories; 911 is one of those moments. This post is written about observing how we process it & heal.
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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 abortion, abuse, anger, anti-abortion, armed forces, authorities, baby, birth, communication, compassion, death, disappointments, emotions, Faith, family, Frustration, funeral, grief, Hate Crimes, Heart, Honor, ideas, Impact, leadership, legal, life, loss, love, media, military, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, Passing Away, Patriotism, pregnancy, religion, religious freedom, respect, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, service, support, trauma, Uncategorized, values, violence on Jun 7th, 2009
Ok, this is probably going to be one of those posts that gets alot of controversial comments; so be it! I haven’t commented on this phenomenon before but, I just have to say it now; people who chose to protest at funerals; this is for you. Protesting at a funeral is not the appropriate time or [...]
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Posted in career, celebrity, compassion, death, depression, emotions, excitement, Fame, family, grief, happiness, Impact, leadership, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, publicity, sadness, suicidal, suicide, Suicide prevention, talent, trauma on Jun 5th, 2009
David Carradine was a very talented actor. He had a long career in television, on stage and in the movies. He made an impression on many by the types of roles that he took. There was always a little mystery surrounding him as a person. He came across as a person who kept much [...]
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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 Advocating for special needs, attitude, comfort, commitment, compassion, death, elderly, emotions, encouragement, family, Fear, future, giving, grief, health, Heart, help, home, hospital, illness, life, loneliness, loss, medical, ministry, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, Passing Away, relationships, respect, sadness, service, sickness, special needs, spiritual, support, trauma on Apr 27th, 2009
Over the years I have had a fleeting glimpse into the help that Hospice (end of life care) has to offer. Patients who have been diagnosed with an illness or disease that is an advanced chronic disease or illness; the focus is on comfort (physically, spiritually, and emotionally). Hospice care does not have a cure [...]
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Posted in celebrity, crime, death, drivers, emotions, family, grief, Holiday, Impact, loss, media, news, observations, pain and misery, sadness, tourism, travel on Jan 24th, 2009
The news is full of reports of two suspects being held in an alleged extortion attempt of John Travolta. John and his wife Kelly Preston lost their only son Jett in the Bahamas at the start of the new year. There has been little information released about the extortion plan; however, it does appear [...]
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