Posted in abortion, abuse, accountability, addiction, Advocating for special needs, anger, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, custody fight, custody fight, diet, disappointments, divorce, emotions, expectations, Faith, family, Frustration, 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 adoption, Advocating for special needs, authorities, authors, awareness, baby, baby boomers, Blogging, Business, children, communication, Education, elderly, family, parenting, school, service, special education, special needs, Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2009
This interview with Louise Sattler discusses communication through sign language and how it opens doors and bridges gaps in communities.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, awareness, birth, charitable organizations, charity, children, communication, compassion, culture, Education, giving, health, help, Impact, kids, learning, life, media, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, organizations for special needs, parenting, physician, pregnancy, publicity, special needs on Jul 19th, 2009
July 22, 2009 is National Fragile X Awareness Day. Fragile X is a grouping of a variety of genetic disorders that affects more than 1 million Americans & many others around the world.
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Posted in Amazing, anger, art, children, elderly, emotions, entertainment, expectations, family, fathers, happiness, Impact, learning, life, media, medical, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, publicity, safety, teens, television, unhappiness on Jun 23rd, 2009
A young girl from Belgian was “initially adoring” the 56 stars that she had tattooed on her face; that is, until her father voiced his angry disapproval. She now says, she lied when she told the media that she had wanted only three stars tattooed on her face; but, that the tattoo artist continued putting [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, baby boomers, book Recommendations, books, commitment, communication, compassion, depression, disease, Education, elderly, emotions, encouragement, expectations, family, fathers, Fear, Frustration, grief, health, husband, illness, Impact, life, loss, medical, medicine, mental and physical health, mother, music, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, physician, Remembering, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, safety, sensitivity, service, stress, support, Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2009
The tragedy of Alzheimer’s disease is that it is a thief…the condition steals so much from those who are struggling to live with it. Not only does it steal a person’s ability to remember day- to- day activities and responsibilities; it steals a person’s independence. As the disease progresses, it takes away the individuals [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, attitude, baby boomers, cancer, charitable organizations, charity, chemo, children, commitment, communication, compassion, courage, culture, disease, Education, emotions, expectations, family, Fear, finances, Frustration, future, giving, goals, health, hopes, leadership, life, media, medical, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, observations, of connections, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, power, publicity, sickness, support, television on May 28th, 2009
Last year 100 million dollars was raised to help fight cancer in an unprecedented way. All three major television networks joined together to do a broadcast announcing the plan to join together to raise funds and raise awareness in the battle against cancer. Celebrities, newspeople, researchers and medical professionals and everyday people have combined [...]
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Posted in attitude, cancer, chemo, children, compassion, control, courage, disease, emotions, encouragement, family, fathers, Fear, Frustration, future, government, health, Heart, help, home, hospital, illness, kids, legal, life, love, loyalty, media, medical, mental and physical health, missing, mom, mother, news, observations, pain and misery, parenting, protect, relationships, sick and tired, sickness, support, teens, trauma, well-being on May 27th, 2009
Daniel Hauser is the 13 year old cancer patient who fled his home; instead of pursuing chemo treatments like his physician was urging him to do. He allegedly had tried some chemo but struggled with it and stopped treatment. His family believes in natural, holistic healing treatments that some Native Americans use; namely the practices are [...]
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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 abortion, attitude, baby, death, emotions, Faith, family, future, government, Impact, life, medical, murder, news, opinion, politics, pregnancy, religion, respect on Mar 10th, 2009
Today, President Obama has reversed a ban on the funds for stem cell research on embryos. This ban had been in place for the last eight and a half years…President Bush put that ban in place to stop research on embryos because of his moral belief that destroying embryos to do the research violates the [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, commitment, communication, crime, death, emergency, failure, health, help, home, law enforcement, life, loss, medical, murder, news, opinion, pain and misery, safety, service, Uncategorized, values on Jan 3rd, 2009
Did you ever wonder about the integrity or the value systems of the people who work in your area as a first responder? These are the people on the front lines of emergency calls when people find themselves, or another person in desperate need of medical/fire/police personel. Most people in those positions are there because they [...]
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