Posted in accomplishments, Beauty, celebrity, charitable organizations, charity, children, culture, death, Impact, life, news on Aug 31st, 2008
She is gone but not forgotten, the fair princess; Lady Diana Spencer. It has been 11 years since her death in a car accident in Paris. Her youth, her beauty, her energy has been frozen in time through the photos we view. So much has happened since that time. Her beloved boys have grown up, [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Business, Celebration, commitment, culture, economy, Education, family, finances, future, government, history, Honor, Impact, Labor, life, mental and physical health, news, opinion, Patriotism, politics, relationships, respect, safety, Teamwork, work on Aug 29th, 2008
Labor Day is celebrated traditionally on the first Monday in September every year in the United States. The original idea came about in 1882; it is a bit of a controversy who came up with the idea but most agree it is one of these two men, Peter J. McGuire a carpenter or Matthew [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Celebration, children, culture, ecology, economy, elderly, emotions, family, finances, friendship, goals, Great Depression, history, home, Honor, hopes, husband, Impact, life, making money, Opportunities, parenting, relationships, service, support, Teamwork on Aug 18th, 2008
Nine years is a relatively short amount of time to change lives, community, and environment. Luckily, Franklin D. Roosevelt didn’t let that thought stop him when he created the Civilian Conservation Corps through his impactful New Deal which created over 59 agencies that worked to help America get out of the Depression Era. [...]
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Posted in baby, celebrity, charity, children, entertainment, Fame, family, Impact, life, news on Aug 3rd, 2008
The photo images of the twin children recently born to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are being sold for a large sum of money to be put on the cover of People magazine, as well as, Hello magazine in London; the money will go for charity to the Jolie-Pitt foundation. The amount is rumored [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, cancer, communication, courage, death, Dreams, Education, emotions, encouragement, Fame, family, fathers, future, giving, grief, health, humor, husband, Impact, inspiration, kids, life, loss, love, meaning of life, medical, mental and physical health, news, Opportunities, relationships, Remembering, sadness, Time, well-being, words on Jul 25th, 2008
It is with sadness that i tell you, that today is the day that it was announced that the Professor Randy Pausch has died. He has made a huge impact on people all around the world with what was called “The Last Lecture”. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and made an effort to spread [...]
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Posted in baby, children, crime, death, emotions, family, friendship, help, horror, hospital, life, loss, mental and physical health, mother, murder, news, parenting, pregnancy, sadness, safety, support on Jul 21st, 2008
Once again the news has been covering a recent trend of crimes regarding an obsession with what lies within; another woman has been found dead after having her baby cut out of her womb. This scenerio has been happening all too frequently over the last decade or so…women being killed for the babies that they carry [...]
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Posted in authors, baby, baby boomers, birthday, celebrity, children, communication, creative writing, divorce, emotions, encouragement, family, future, grandchildren, inspiration, kids, life, loneliness, love, meaning of life, parenting, Remembering, story tellers, words, writer's workshop, writing on Jun 24th, 2008
In the “old” days…families lived in close proximity to one another, it was important to the strength of the family. Either several generations lived in the same homestead together or at the very least…lived in the “neighborhood”; close enough to see and communicate with one another on a daily basis. Parents, grandparents, children, aunts, [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, adoption, Advocating for special needs, authors, book launch, book Recommendations, books, Business, Celebration, charity, children, commitment, communication, disaster, Dreams, economy, Education, elderly, emotions, Faith, family, Family Time, Fear, foster parenting, friendship, giving, health, Heart, help, Impact, inspiration, Ken McArthur, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, miracles, mother, Opportunities, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, sadness, stress, support, the impact factor, well-being, What's Normal?, writing on May 20th, 2008
Raising children is one of the most important things a person can do. It not only impacts a family; it impacts communities, businesses, organizations and individuals. Raising children well; it is an art form. In our world today, there are many things pulling at a family unit trying to divide it and conquor it. [...]
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Posted in Passing Away on Nov 7th, 2007
Today’s news of the passing away of George Osmond, father of the Osmond brothers and their sister Marie made me sad. Growing up through the 70′s and 80′s i feel sort of bonded to the Osmond family. I watched them over those years and always felt somewhat invested in their lives. What girl growing up at [...]
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