Posted in abuse, anger, attitude, baby, birth, children, compassion, crime, elderly, emotions, family, Fear, future, grandchildren, grandparents, grandparents, hospital, kids, life, love, loyalty, mom, news, observations, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, sadness, sensitivity, Threats on Jul 8th, 2009
Having a loving relationship between grandparent and granchild is joyful. A recent news story sheds light on the cruel, abusive treatment of an elderly grandparent.
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Posted in abuse, Beauty, children, disease, Education, elderly, health, life, medical, news, observations, opinion, power, protect, teens, well-being on May 2nd, 2009
Did you know that along with the beautiful emergence of spring flowers and warm spring breezes comes a warning to be cautious about caring for your skin in the spring/summer sun? May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month. It is the time of the year to remind people to pay close attention to each [...]
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Posted in anti-abortion, baby, birth, children, communication, death, Education, emotions, family, Fear, future, government, health, Impact, kids, legal, life, medical, news, observations, opinion, parenting, Passion, physician, pregnancy, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, sadness, sex, support, Teen Pregnancy, teens, values on May 1st, 2009
I dont know why this product is called Plan B; however, most people have heard the old saying…”Let’s Go With Plan B”. That sounds like anytime someone hits a roadblock in their path…they simply decide to change course, choose another direction…it sounds like an innocent phrase. Today, Plan B is one of the least innocent phrases [...]
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Posted in birthday, Celebration, children, comfort, culture, emotions, entertainment, excitement, family, fathers, Frustration, Impact, kids, life, mental and physical health, mom, mother, observations, opinion, parenting, relationships, respect, responsibility, stress, Teen Pregnancy, teens, values on Mar 24th, 2009
This weekend was certainly an eye-opener for me regarding teen activities when parents aren’t around. I work with youth all of the time, I am the parent of 6 children-three of which are adults and three are under the age of 18. I took my younger three children, plus 3 ten year old girls [...]
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Posted in abuse, anger, attitude, courage, emotions, Frustration, Heart, Impact, life, mental and physical health, opinion, relationships, teens, Uncategorized on Dec 16th, 2008
Maybe I am naive, I don’t think that I am…but, truly I try to think well of others unless they give me a rather royal reason not to. Tonight , I am more than a little annoyed at a few teenagers. I stopped off at the local library and was perusing the books in [...]
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Posted in abuse, anger, baby, children, crime, culture, death, elderly, emotions, family, future, health, Impact, law enforcement, life, mental and physical health, murder, news, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, respect, Teen Pregnancy, teens, trauma, violence on Dec 5th, 2008
Minnesota has had a couple of miserable examples of appropriate teenaged behaviors. First, there is the case of Nicole Beecroft who was 17 years old in April 2007 when she gave birth to a live baby girl, on the floor of the laundry room, in the home that she shared with her parents. They did not know [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Brendon Burchard, charitable organizations, charity, children, comfort, death, depression, Education, emotions, encouragement, Faith, family, friendship, future, giving, grief, Heart, hopes, Impact, kids, life, loneliness, love, meaning of life, mental and physical health, miracles, music, news, of connections, Opportunities, pain and misery, sadness, safety, school, suicidal, suicide, support on Sep 26th, 2008
My good friend, Ken McArthur is standing in a circus tent today asking 2,000 people to spread a message of hope to teenagers who don’t think that life is worth living. I think it’s a great message of hope for anyone and would love to see all of my readers think about spreading it today. [...]
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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 abuse, emergency, emotions, Fear, help, law enforcement, media, medical, music, pain and misery, relationships, sex, support, Teen Pregnancy, teens, trauma, Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2008
There was a recent news story that did much to anger those who work with women who have been “date raped”. Helen Mirren, a British actress, who won awards last year for her portrayal of the Queen, did an interview with GQ in which she claimed to have been raped several times, many years [...]
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Posted in anger, communication, death, depression, divorce, elderly, emotions, Faith, family, Fear, finances, friendship, grief, health, Heart, Heart to heart, hopes, Impact, life, loneliness, loss, marriage, media, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, respect, sadness, safety, school, self doubt, sick and tired, stress, suicidal, suicide, support, teens on Aug 23rd, 2008
Suicide is not a pleasant subject. It is a word that makes most people cringe. People who have lost a loved one to suicide cringe too; they have more of a reason to be disturbed by the word. Most of us don’t stop to think about suicide death on a daily basis…but maybe we should. For [...]
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