Posted in Education, Fear, Uncategorized, abuse, anger, awareness, bride, children, compassion, courage, crime, culture, danger, death, domestic violence, emotions, failure, family, fathers, finances, health, husband, life, marriage, spiritual on Apr 14th, 2010
I have written on this subject before but the culture and traditions of some countries continues to allow child brides to be given in marriage to adult men. It is often done in countries that are impoverished and the idea behind these marriages is to relieve the financial burden on families that are struggling [...]
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Posted in Faith, Threats, Uncategorized, abuse, accountability, addictions, anger, authorities, church, crime, death, depression, family, hopes, law enforcement, life, loneliness, loss, murder, observations, opinion, parenting, relationships, religion, respect, sadness, safety, schools, spiritual, teens, violence on Apr 1st, 2010
You always think while watching a news piece on your local television station that those horrible stories won’t touch your life; and when one does, it is a shock to your system. Of course, this particular news story is just the beginning of the story; and, in some ways it is the end as well. When a young person, [...]
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Posted in Amazing, Heart, Heart to heart, Impact, awareness, charitable organizations, charity, children, compassion, crime, death, denial, disaster, donate, elderly, emergency, emotions, excitement, family, food, giving, grief, help, horror, hospital, human trafficking, hunger, kids, leadership, learning, life, loss, meals, medical, miracles, missing and exploited children on Jan 28th, 2010
Inside of all of the news reports concerning Haiti and it’s suffering after the earthquake come stories of sharing, compassion and a reminder of stone soup.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Fear, Frustration, Impact, adoption, authorities, awareness, church, commitment, communication, compassion, culture, danger, death, disaster, donate, economy, emergency, emotions, environment, finances, food, future, giving, help, hunger, kids, leadership, legal, life, loss, medical on Jan 19th, 2010
The earthquake in Haiti has caused alot of suffering; when does a sensitivity towards those in need gravitate towards a life goes on moment?
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Posted in Faith, Impact, MONEY, Opportunities, abuse, charitable organizations, charity, commitment, compassion, denial, economy, family, finances, food, giving, help, hero, marriage, medical, ministry, news, observations, opinion, parenting, poverty, relationships, religion, service, spiritual, spiritual on Jan 1st, 2010
Pastor Rick Warren makes a plea for donations as the demand increases for ministry to the needy; his church is not alone in its struggle to help those in crisis!
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Posted in Business, Fame, Frustration, Impact, MONEY, abuse, anger, career, celebrity, communication, compassion, crime, elderly, emotions, environment, expectations, failure, family, finances, friendship, giving, government, health, home, husband, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, poverty, power, relationships, respect, responsibility, sadness, stress on Jun 30th, 2009
Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years for perpetuating a Ponzi scheme in the financial world on his friends, neighbors and clients. Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor. This scheme stole from both, rich and poor; Bernie abused his clients trust. There is no asking for forgiveness and no excuses from Bernie Madoff. His wife says she is embarassed and ashamed. Do actions and words show the same interpetation?
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Posted in Beauty, Faith, Fame, Heart, Impact, Models, celebrity, competition, contest, courage, emergency, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, expectations, friendship, health, help, home, hospital, inspiration, leadership, life, loss, love, marriage, media, medical, mental and physical health, mentoring, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, physician, politics, relationships, respect, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, support, surgery, television, trauma, values, violence on May 14th, 2009
A couple of news items that caught my attention today: the chimpanzee that attacked it’s owners friend, Charla Nash, and horribly caused facial damage as well as causing her to lose her hands, was found to definitely have some levels of Xanax in his system. When the incident first happened, there were some news reports [...]
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Posted in MONEY, adoption, animals, celebrity, death, emotions, environment, health, life, loss, medical, observations, pain and misery, sadness, seasons, spring on Mar 22nd, 2009
It is spring time now, and that means that it is also time to beware of the parvo-virus for dogs. It was brought to my memory this week because Oprah has lost one of her newly adopted puppies to the virus; and, another of her puppies has also been very ill from it. Parvo is deadly [...]
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Posted in Business, Fear, Frustration, MONEY, abuse, anger, celebrity, crime, elderly, emotions, family, finances, leadership, legal, life, news, observations, pain and misery, power, relationships, sadness, trauma, values, well-being on Mar 13th, 2009
Breaking news today at the hearing for Bernie Madoff, financial investor; Bernie has plead guilty to all of the charges against him in one of the largest investigations ever into a Ponzi scheme which ripped off both celebrities and everyday people alike. Madoff has admitted that he knowingly took money and mis-handled it and [...]
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Posted in Green, High Energy, MONEY, abuse, alternative energy sources, anger, comfort, commitment, death, elderly, environment, finances, goals, government, home, inspiration, leadership, life, news, observations, opinion, politics, power, responsibility on Feb 5th, 2009
As a person living in the midwest, in one of the coldest, snowiest winters in the last 25 years…i have to say i was irritated when i read that since President Obama moved into the White House the thermostat has allegedly gone up. For a man who made it part of his campaign to [...]
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