Posted in Education, Fear, Threats, Threats, abuse, addiction, anger, attitude, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, commitment, communication, compassion, crime, culture, danger, depression, depression, elderly, emotions, family, grandchildren, health, help, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, media, mental and physical health, mentoring, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, protect, rape, relationships, religion, respect, safety, school, schools, stress, suicidal, suicidal, teens, trust, unhappiness, violence on Feb 2nd, 2010
Bullying doesn’t just happen on school grounds; kids are surrounded with bullying through technology. Parents,educators & advisors need to protect & educate about the danger.
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Posted in Education, Heart, Impact, attitude, awareness, charitable organizations, charity, children, commitment, compassion, diet, donate, elderly, emotions, finances, food, giving, help, home, hunger, kids, leadership, poverty, school, schools, support on Oct 5th, 2009
Feeding America, formerly known as Second Harvest, is helping to feed children, on weekends, who get fed through school lunch programs by filling backpacks with food. Do You have enough to eat?
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Posted in Business, Frustration, Heart, Impact, abuse, anger, attitude, career, communication, disappointments, emotions, encouragement, expectations, failure, family, friendship, help, learning, life, love, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, personal development, relationships, respect, restlessness, expectations, callings, sensitivity, unhappiness on Jun 14th, 2009
Now that title hits people where they live, don’t ya think? Human beings just don’t tolerate being taken for granted very well. It is a reactionary thing…no one wants to find themselves being used and abused. When someone takes another person for granted they are assuming alot. They are also not being sensitive to [...]
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Posted in Blogging, Education, Fear, Fun, Uncategorized, children, communication, crime, death, disaster, disease, emergency, emotions, family, 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, 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 a [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Business, Dreams, Education, Faith, Fame, Frustration, Fun, Impact, MONEY, Models, Opportunities, Uncategorized, accomplishments, career, celebrity, charitable organizations, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, confidence, culture, emotions, encouragement, failure, family, finances, friendship, future, giving, goals, help, hopes, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, learning, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, mentoring, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, parenting, personal development, poverty, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, school, service, special needs, success, support, talent, teens, values on May 3rd, 2009
It has been becoming difficult for me to quietly sit back and not scream my frustration with people in a position of power who are not standing up for youth at risk of failure. Whether you are a parent, a teacher, a mentor, a friend, social worker, counselor, tutor, a member of clergy, member of [...]
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Posted in Celebration, Education, Fear, Opportunities, accomplishments, attitude, control, emotions, environment, failure, future, life, observations, parenting, personal development, responsibility, school, success on Apr 30th, 2009
With Graduation rapidly approaching for many high school seniors, i got to wondering how many people consider themselves a self-starter or a self-motivator. In the last few weeks of school, in a person’s senior year they begin to see the results, or lack there of, of their accomplishments. This is the time where taking [...]
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Posted in Impact, baby, children, death, diet, disease, drinks, elderly, health, home, hospital, illness, kids, life, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, protect, relationships, safety, school, schools, sickness, well-being on Apr 29th, 2009
Everywhere on the news we are being terrorized with reports of the swine flu making people sick around the world. Truth be told, swine flu is not something that anyone wants to have. People are becoming very sick; some are dying from complications of the flu. Preventing the swine flu or any other form [...]
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Posted in Education, MONEY, Remembering, Teen Pregnancy, baby, birth, children, comfort, emotions, environment, family, fathers, future, grandchildren, home, legal, life, media, mom, mother, news, observations, pain and misery, parenting, politics, pregnancy, relationships, respect, responsibility, safety, sex, teens on Apr 24th, 2009
If you will remember, Levi Johnston is the father of former Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s grandson. Sarah’s daughter Bristol and Levi were not and are not married. Since Bristol gave birth to their son Tripp, there has been a break- up in their relationship. Normally, a teenaged pregnancy wouldn’t make the nightly news…however, because of [...]
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Posted in news on Jul 8th, 2008
Detroit’s motto says something about it’s people…they don’t give up easily. Generally, that fighting spirit is a good thing. It helps us to overcome much in life. The motto: Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus means,” We hope for better things; it will arise from the ashes”.
That motto was written by Father Gabriel Richard when the school [...]
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Posted in Frustration, Impact, anger, emotions, family, future, goals, life, loss, love, mental and physical health, pain and misery, relationships, respect, sadness, spiritual, well-being on Jun 30th, 2008
We are all born into circumstances that we have absolutely no control over. The best that you can hope for is to maximize the positive and to minimize the negative events, circumstances or experiences. All of those things, both positive and negative, help to shape us into the person that we become.
If we [...]
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