Posted in Advocating for special needs, charitable organizations, charity, children, commitment, compassion, culture, diet, economy, emergency, encouragement, family, finances, giving, grandchildren, help, home, ideas, Impact, kids, leadership, life, media, news, pain and misery, parenting, poverty, publicity, responsibility, support on May 5th, 2009
Ok, those of you with mailboxes (those without can go to their local post office to donate) …here is something you can do to help stamp out hunger in your own back yard. The United States Postal Services is orchestrating one of the largest food pantry drives ever created to help get donations for [...]
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Posted in charity, children, death, economy, emotions, Faith, family, finances, giving, health, Heart, help, home, ideas, life, loss, medical, mental and physical health, military, ministry, MONEY, news, observations, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, Patriotism, seasons, service, teens, weather, well-being, Winter on Nov 25th, 2008
People are funny; when things get tight…their fists often get tighter; but not always. This year, like no other year in recent memory, people are hurting. They are hurting in many areas financially. Many have lost their homes, their jobs, their savings…along with medical coverage. It is a difficult time for many in our nation. Most [...]
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I became aware of an extreme example of those who have; and, those who have not. The nation of Swaziland celebrated it’s 40th independence day as well as the King of Swazi’s 40th birthday in an ostentatious way. The King Mswati was driven around in a convertible BMW flaunting his weath in a country that [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, children, commitment, culture, custody fight, Education, emotions, encouragement, family, fathers, finances, future, giving, health, kids, law enforcement, life, medical, mental and physical health, mother, news, parenting, relationships, support, taxes, Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2008
This is a controversial issue. I heard that starting in September (at least here in Michigan); custodial parents will be charged a yearly, one time fee of $25. This is in relation to parents of children who have been receiving child support. This fee is being charged as a matter of federal law to help offset the [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, baby, children, comfort, communication, disaster, Education, emergency, family, health, help, home, Impact, life, loss, medical, mental and physical health, physician, power, safety, special needs, stress, weather, well-being on Jun 2nd, 2008
Ok, it is June 1st, and you know what that means…it is the start of Hurricane Season; get ready. Each season is filled with predictions of how many storms and how many hurricanes are expected…but, truthfully, there is no way to know for sure how many hurricanes there will be; or, where they will hit. [...]
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