Posted in adoption, animals, celebrity, death, emotions, environment, health, life, loss, medical, MONEY, 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 abortion, abuse, anti-abortion, baby, children, crime, culture, death, emotions, family, fathers, Fear, future, government, grief, health, Heart, help, hospital, Impact, kids, Labor, law enforcement, life, loss, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, murder, news, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, politics, power, pregnancy, respect, trauma on Nov 18th, 2008
This is a terrible example of how China is wiping away the future of some of it’s children. This week, a woman is sitting in a hospital under control of the authorities awaiting a forced abortion. Her crime; she already has two children. The authorities in China control the population by limiting the amount of [...]
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I became aware of an extreme example of those who have; and, those who have not. The nation of Swaziland celebrated it’s 40th independence day as well as the King of Swazi’s 40th birthday in an ostentatious way. The King Mswati was driven around in a convertible BMW flaunting his weath in a country that [...]
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Posted in authors, baby, baby boomers, birthday, celebrity, children, communication, creative writing, divorce, emotions, encouragement, family, future, grandchildren, inspiration, kids, life, loneliness, love, meaning of life, parenting, Remembering, story tellers, words, writer's workshop, writing on Jun 24th, 2008
In the “old” days…families lived in close proximity to one another, it was important to the strength of the family. Either several generations lived in the same homestead together or at the very least…lived in the “neighborhood”; close enough to see and communicate with one another on a daily basis. Parents, grandparents, children, aunts, [...]
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Posted in Business, celebrity, children, economy, Education, emotions, Fame, family, finances, future, health, help, home, Impact, life, loss, medical, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, pain and misery, school, stress, well-being on Jun 7th, 2008
You know what…i don’t know much about foreclosures on a home; but, my family came closer to it than i want to think about this past winter. I know that foreclosure is happening to more and more people. I live in a state where the economy is all but paralyzed. People are loosing their jobs, left [...]
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Posted in commitment, courage, crime, emotions, Faith, Family Time, Fear, health, Heart, help, inspiration, joy, life, loneliness, loss, medical, mental and physical health, mother, news, pain and misery, Remembering, resilient, sadness, safety, self doubt, sick and tired, stress, success, support, trauma, violence, well-being on May 15th, 2008
For those of you who have been depressed, despondent, abused, neglected, suicidal, victimized or just oppressed; know this, the human spirit is subject to change at any moment…it is resilient. The absolutely amazing thing about going through any of those difficulties in life, is that it has the potential of either destroying a person, [...]
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Today on Good Morning America, Maalak Compton-Rock was on speaking about triple negative breast cancer and the foundation that was begun by a group of women who were all affected by their friend who was afflicted with the disease. There is a lack of knowlege about this disease. It is a breast cancer that [...]
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