Posted in Blogging, children, communication, crime, death, disaster, disease, Education, emergency, emotions, family, Fear, Fun, grandchildren, health, home, illness, kids, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, mom, mother, news, observations, online traffic, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, protect, relationships, responsibility, safety, school, service, teens, trauma, Uncategorized, violence, well-being on May 23rd, 2009
Well, it is the end of the school year; that means kids and young adults are ready for summer vaction. They are seeking sun and fun. Parents it is a good time to remind them and ourselves to also be aware of safety. Safety can involve many aspects around our summer activities. First and foremost, summer means heat. After [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, armed forces, birthday, commitment, courage, family, Honor, life, military, Patriotism, respect, service, support, well-being on Nov 11th, 2008
Today is the Marine Corps birthday…hope it is a great one for all of our men and women in the Corps. God bless you for all of your sacrifices for us civilians. For those serving overseas we thank you and we appreciate you. To all of the Marines who serve here at home on [...]
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Posted in courage, emotions, encouragement, Fear, giving, help, Impact, life, relationships, support on Oct 7th, 2008
Bravery is doing things you don’t want to do, facing things you don’t want to face, feeling things you don’t want to feel, taking a risk, acknowledging that you aren’t in control of all things related to you and yet, putting one foot in front of the other, regardless. Being brave doesn’t just apply [...]
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Posted in baby, baby boomers, children, comfort, death, Education, family, grandchildren, grief, health, kids, life, loss, love, news, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, safety, Teen Pregnancy, teens, trauma on Oct 7th, 2008
Every year in the United States approximately 2,500 babies die of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Even though those numbers have come down substantially over the years…even one death a year from SIDS is one infant death too many. So, research on ways of preventing those deaths is very important. A new study [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, anger, Blogging, commitment, communication, culture, death, Education, emotions, family, friendship, future, goals, grief, help, hopes, Impact, Jeff Wellman, Ken McArthur, life, loss, media, medical, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, pain and misery, Passing Away, sadness, stress, suicide, Teamwork, the impact factor, trauma on Sep 9th, 2008
The second week of September is National Suicide Prevention Week every year. Suicide awareness & prevention is important because every life is worth saving.
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Posted in accomplishments, Business, commitment, Dreams, encouragement, family, finances, future, goals, Impact, inspiration, internetmarketing, Jeff Wellman, life, news, self doubt on Aug 29th, 2008
What’s little ol me doing on a call with a Billion Dollar Marketing Dream Team? I remember starting out with a lot of self-doubt and I pushed myself to take a risk to either fail or succeed. The only thing i can figure about my being asked to join the call is; that each one of those [...]
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Posted in communication, death, family, home, legal, mental and physical health, news, power, safety, service, stress, trauma, violence on Aug 9th, 2008
A very frightening story hit the news this past week…a Mayor’s family in Maryland was treated to the life changing experience of being treated like a criminal; and surprised by an alledged forced entry appearance by a swat team that was performing a drug raid. It was July 29th; the Mayor Cheye Calvos arrived [...]
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Posted in celebrity, children, competition, dance, Dancing With The Stars, entertainment, family, kids, media, MONEY, music, news, parenting, support, television on Aug 5th, 2008
I read an article that I believe will bring the house down, if ABC chooses to push the envelope with Dances With The Stars this season on television. The article had an alledged comment from Cheryl Burke that said something to the effect of; America wasn’t ready to see two men dancing together. The comment was in reference [...]
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Posted in cancer, children, communication, culture, emotions, Fear, health, Impact, kids, life, medical, news, safety, storms on Jul 24th, 2008
This post is probably going to be biting a big chunk of public opinion; but, what do you think of the latest news reports on the alleged risk for long-termed use of cell phones causing brain cancer? Should people be sounding the alarmist call to action; to reject or limit cell phone use, out [...]
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I am mad! Maybe more than a little, in fact. I read an article on the net that concerns a review on studies of binge drinking. The article does not have a byline. A reader reading this article, does not know who wrote the article; and that is a shame, because it perpetuates a damaging myth! It [...]
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