Posted in Beauty, celebrity, competition, contest, courage, emergency, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, expectations, Faith, Fame, friendship, health, Heart, help, home, hospital, Impact, inspiration, leadership, life, loss, love, marriage, media, medical, mental and physical health, mentoring, Models, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, physician, politics, relationships, respect, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, support, surgery, television, trauma, values, violence on May 14th, 2009
A couple of news items that caught my attention today: the chimpanzee that attacked it’s owners friend, Charla Nash, and horribly caused facial damage as well as causing her to lose her hands, was found to definitely have some levels of Xanax in his system. When the incident first happened, there were some news reports [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, attitude, Beauty, books, career, commitment, communication, culture, emotions, Faith, family, Honor, Impact, inspiration, leadership, loss, marriage, media, news, observations, of connections, opinion, Opportunities on Apr 22nd, 2009
Carrie Prejean, Miss California, may have lost the crown in the competition for Miss USA but by standing up for what she believes, she has put herself into a position where she is valued for her integrity and authenticity. During the competition she was asked by Perez Hilton, well known blogger who is gay, how [...]
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Posted in anger, Beauty, celebrity, commitment, divorce, emotions, entertainment, Fame, family, Fear, Frustration, Heart, life, love, marriage, media, mental and physical health, mom, mother, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, publicity, relationships, sadness, seasons, television on Mar 3rd, 2009
If ever there was a show to incite anger and frustration this particular season of the Bachelor is it. There were people who absolutely adored Jason Mesnick when this season started just because of the way he was treated when he was on the Bachelorette a few seasons back when he was rejected by [...]
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Posted in Beauty, celebrity, children, commitment, competition, emotions, entertainment, Fame, family, fathers, Frustration, future, Heart, kids, life, love, marriage, news, observations, opinion, parenting, publicity, relationships, seasons, television, Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2009
Likeability can be a very fleeting thing. When Jason got down on one knee and began to propose to Deanna Pappas on a previous season of The Bachelor(ette); he immediately won the sympathy vote as she publically let him humiliate himself on national television when she had already chosen his competitor. This season, Jason [...]
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Posted in crime, denial, family, future, health, husband, Impact, kids, law enforcement, legal, marriage, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, opinion, safety, service, sex, spiritual, trust, values on Jan 14th, 2009
I recently read a story about a young woman in San Diego; I won’t mention her name, as i really don’t want to give her any more notoriety than she has already created for herself. Not to mention, I personally hope that she changes her mind about her decision to sell her virginity to [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Celebration, celebrity, commitment, competition, dance, Dancing With The Stars, emotions, life, love, marriage, news, relationships, Uncategorized on Jan 5th, 2009
It was announced today that two of the professional dancers on Dancing With The Stars are now engaged. This is a surprise to many as Karina Smirnoff was involved with former contestant entertainer Mario Lopez not so very long ago. Karina is now engaged to be married to Maksim Chmerkovskiy. They are both very talented. [...]
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Posted in abandonment, anger, children, Christmas, crime, custody fight, death, depression, divorce, emotions, family, finances, friendship, help, Holiday, home, husband, life, loss, love, marriage, mental and physical health, mother, murder, news, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, parenting, Passion, relationships, sadness, suicidal, suicide, support, trauma, Uncategorized, violence on Jan 2nd, 2009
For those who have not heard the news story this past week; a man by the name of Bruce Pardo dressed up as Santa and went on a shooting rampage directed at his ex-wife and her family. He was aware that they held an annual Christmas party. He had been planning this for quite [...]
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Posted in art, children, courage, death, denial, history, husband, illustrations, inspiration, life, loss, murder, pain and misery, service, support, talent on Jan 1st, 2009
Dina Gottliebova Babbitt is a woman who has a rich history; she was in the concentration camp, Auschwitz with her mother in 1944. Dina was a 20 something, young woman who had an artistic talent. She had been an art student before she was sent to Auschwitz. While in the camp, she decided to do something [...]
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Posted in emotions, family, life on Nov 29th, 2008
Have you ever noticed that people who have an attitude of thankfulness in their heart are much more pleasant people to be around? That fact was brought home yesterday, when I knew that we would be surrounded with family who has that view on life. It is not so much that life is perfectly [...]
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Posted in abortion, baby boomers, children, culture, economy, Education, family, Impact, life, news on Nov 7th, 2008
Now that the historic 2008 election for the President of the United States is over and Barack Obama has won…there will be great expectations. Obama really ran on the platform of “change”. As the agent of change…he will be watched and judged in a way like no other before him. Everyone is expecting miracles; and [...]
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