Posted in Advocating for special needs, Amazing, American Idol, attitude, Beauty, cancer, career, celebrity, comfort, communication, compassion, courage, disease, emotions, entertainment, Faith, Fame, family, Fear, grief, health, Heart, hopes, illness, inspiration, leadership, life, love, meaning of life, media, medical, mental and physical health, miracles, news, prayer, respect, sadness, sick and tired, television, well-being on May 13th, 2009
I grew up in a time when Farrah Fawcett was one of the premier icons of fame, beauty, wealth, and career. At the time, she was an actress who forged a name for herself with a very famous television show, a poster of herself in a recognizable bikini (even today), and a haircut that every [...]
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Posted in celebrity, crime, death, family, fathers, hopes, law enforcement, life, loss, media, murder, news, pain and misery, Robin Roberts, sadness, success, television, violence on Oct 26th, 2008
Sad news tonight, Anne Pressly, the Little Rock Arkansas news anchorwoman who was found, by her mother, severely beaten this past week in her own home, has died. Just earlier this week, the reports that we heard on the news, was a little bit more encouraging because some of the swelling, in her brain, was [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, armed forces, coaching, communication, competition, contest, crime, culture, Fear, goals, news, Patriotism, safety, sports, Summer, support on Jul 27th, 2008
With recent terrorist attacks on civilians in China; and, a video promising more of the same, up to and during the Olympics; you have to wonder…are the Olympics in Beijing, China safe to attend? Will the threat of terrorist attacks weaken the support for the games? There have been attacks on buses and on a [...]
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Posted in comfort, Descriptive Words, disaster, emotions, Faith, family, home, life, prayer, trauma, weather, well-being on Jun 20th, 2008
Did you ever notice after being gone from home for a while how good it feels to be back in your own spot? No matter how much fun you have somewhere else; no matter how good it feels to go on vacation; or, to travel to see others that you’ve been missing; there is something [...]
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Well, another life was stolen by cancer. Today, we found out that a person that we loved and admired was taken too young by breast cancer. She was the mother of a young 3 year old son. She was the wife of a strong upstanding positive man. She was the teacher of my sons and [...]
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Posted in adoption, baby, Celebration, celebrity, children, commitment, death, disaster, emotions, Faith, family, finances, grief, life, loss, love, ministry, news, pain and misery, parenting, Passing Away, sadness, safety on May 22nd, 2008
I read today that the family of Steven Curtis Chapman lost a daughter to a tragic accident yesterday. The Chapman family’s youngest daughter 5 year old Maria was hit by a car driven by her brother. It happened at their home in Nashville. Worse still, it was witnessed by other family members. What a [...]
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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, [...]
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Posted in authors, books, comfort, death, denial, Descriptive Words, Faith, Fear, grief, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, pain and misery, Passing Away, sadness, stress, support, trauma on Apr 24th, 2008
Well, if you do any research at all on grieving you will find some very pat answers to describe what are considered “normal” stages of grieving. There are actually “lists” and books of normal stages. One of those lists is from a book called “Death and Dying”; i remember reading this in high school as part [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 4th, 2007
Yesterday’s post was titled people will let you down…even those you love. Today’s post is God never does. I prayed yesterday over the situation with my friend and God answered. Healing took place. It feels so good. Last night she called and apologized for her curt email….and i, apologized for any misunderstandings that i may have caused [...]
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Posted in cancer, Uncategorized on Oct 31st, 2007
I don’t know about you, but i have a hard time obeying someone just for the sake of obeying. I have to be able to think a thing through and find the reason for something. I don’t like to blindly obey; that requires alot of trust. As you can imagine…as a child…that was [...]
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