Posted in anger, emotions, family, Frustration, future, goals, Impact, 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 [...]
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Posted in armed forces, Celebration, charitable organizations, children, emotions, family, fathers, fourth of july, grandchildren, Heart, help, Holiday, home, Honor, husband, Impact, inspiration, kids, life, loneliness, love, mental and physical health, military, mom, mother, news, Patriotism, Remembering, service, support, Time, well-being, writing for children, writing project on Jun 27th, 2008
The countdown has begun, we have an 8 measly days to prepare for the fourth of July. How do you plan to celebrate the freedoms that you have, that were purchased by the men and women of our country’s military? All branches of the armed forces deserve to be honored. How about along with those picnics and [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Education, future on Jun 1st, 2008
Going to graduations this time of year remind me of the old song by Alice Cooper…School’s Out For…Ever! I can still remember that feeling…like the whole world was ahead of me…the excitement and the fear of what comes next. So many young people are at that same place in their lives right now. [...]
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Posted in adoption, Advocating for special needs, baby, children, Education, foster parenting, Frustration, grandchildren, kids, law enforcement, parenting, pregnancy, school, Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2008
There are alot of things in life that are disappointing. Parenting is one of those areas in life where we really desire and expect to excell. I don’t know why we expect things to turn out well when there is no exact parenting plan to follow. When a child is full grown and turns [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 14th, 2007
Today, i am so busy it isn’t even funny. But, i am doing my best to keep up with things. I spent the night out of town; for my hubby, to catch a plane first thing this morning. Then, we hustled back to our hometown to get the children off to school. My [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 4th, 2007
I think today, i will work on some techniques that i am learning from a new book i purchased; it is about using the idea of picture words. I need to use very concise words that paint a picture for children. This will help them to see, what i see as they read my stories. [...]
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