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Posted in Advocating for special needs, books, family on Dec 16th, 2008
Hello Readers…today you are in for a very special treat; my very good friend and fellow blogger, Connie Baum, has agreed to guest blog for me today. I think you will be blessed by hearing what she has to say on a very important topic it is: What is the toughest choice you ever had to [...]
Posted in children, crime, culture, death, Education, emotions, entertainment, failure, family, friendship, grief, health, Heart, help, Impact, law enforcement, legal, life, loss, meaning of life, mental and physical health, murder, news, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, Passing Away, relationships, Remembering, respect, sadness, suicide, teens, the impact factor, violence, well-being on Nov 22nd, 2008
I remember back when i was in high school, back in the 80′s, we had a class on social issues. In that class we discussed high profile situations in our society; which underscored how desensitized our society was becoming to people in pain and misery. There was a case of a woman who [...]
Posted in celebrity, competition, dance, Dancing With The Stars, entertainment, health, hospital, news, pain and misery, surgery on Oct 28th, 2008
Last night, if you had a chance to watch Dancing With The Stars; you probably already heard…but, Julianne Hough announced that she would be having surgery today to have her appendix removed. If you remember, last week after competition, Julianne took a trip to the hospital in an ambulance for stomach pains. It [...]
Posted in abuse, emergency, emotions, Fear, help, law enforcement, media, medical, music, pain and misery, relationships, sex, support, Teen Pregnancy, teens, trauma, Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2008
There was a recent news story that did much to anger those who work with women who have been “date raped”. Helen Mirren, a British actress, who won awards last year for her portrayal of the Queen, did an interview with GQ in which she claimed to have been raped several times, many years [...]
Posted in abuse, anger, communication, courage, depression, divorce, emotions, encouragement, failure, family, Fear, future, Heart, Impact, life, loneliness, loss, marriage, mental and physical health, of connections, pain and misery, relationships, sadness, self doubt, stress, suicidal, trauma on Aug 11th, 2008
Have you ever known someone who is in a totally disfunctional relationship and just seems destined to repeat patterns of negative and destructive behaviors? I was thinking on this last night with a young teenaged couple that i know. They spend all of their time together…fighting…hurting…crying…begging…breaking up…for-giving….manipulating…emotional arm wrestling…isolating…and starting all over again. They [...]
Posted in baby, Celebration, children, death, emotions, family, Family Time, foster parenting, grandchildren, grief, Heart, Heart to heart, Holiday Blues, holidays, Honor, husband, kids, life, loneliness, loss, love, mental and physical health, mom, mother, Mother's Day, music, parenting, religion, Remembering, sadness, safety on May 10th, 2008
Today I went to a mother/daughter celebration sponsored by a church ladies group. I celebrated motherhood with two of my daughters and with my granddaughter as well as my mother and one of my sisters. It was great. We had a good time, we took pictures, we played games had good music and food…but, [...]
Posted in pain and misery on Nov 9th, 2007
Well, i have been trying to ignore it. So far, not doing so well in the ignoring part. I have had, for the last 2 days, alot of pain under my rib on the right side; as well, as around the back. I am hoping that it will go away. (It has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2007
Oh man, if it is true…if Britney has lost custody of her children that is heartbreaking. Obviously, children need to be safe, loved, and appropriately cared for. I hope that someone is there to be a safety net to a mother who is going to be in great pain. She is somewhat cut off from [...]
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