Posted in anger, attitude, behavior, church, comfort, communication, compassion, controversy, counseling, death, denial, depression, disappointments, disaster, emotions, Faith, family, friendship, Frustration, grief, Heart, life, loss, mental and physical health, observations, opinion, pain and misery, Passing Away, prayer, relationships, religion, sadness, stress, Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2011
When it comes to suffering or grief many people ask, Why God? How does faith play into the tragedies of life?
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Posted in abuse, anger, awareness, bride, children, compassion, courage, crime, culture, danger, death, domestic violence, Education, emotions, failure, family, fathers, Fear, finances, health, husband, life, marriage, spiritual, Uncategorized 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 compassion, emotions, encouragement, Faith, family, Fear, friendship, Heart, help, Impact, leadership, life, loneliness, loss, love, observations, pain and misery, prayer, prayer, relationships, sadness, sensitivity, support, Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2010
In times of difficulty or tragedy, people are desperate for compassionate emotional support. How can you shine a light in the midst of a dark storm?
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Posted in anger, attitude, awareness, Blogging, comfort, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, danger, death, disaster, emotions, Fear, future, grief, Hate Crimes, history, horror, Impact, life, loss, mental and physical health, military, murder, news, observations, pain and misery, Patriotism, power, relationships, religion, Remembering, respect, sadness, safety, sensitivity, service, sickness, trauma, values, violence on Sep 11th, 2009
In life we all have moments that are frozen in time in our memories; 911 is one of those moments. This post is written about observing how we process it & heal.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, baby boomers, book Recommendations, books, commitment, communication, compassion, depression, disease, Education, elderly, emotions, encouragement, expectations, family, fathers, Fear, Frustration, grief, health, husband, illness, Impact, life, loss, medical, medicine, mental and physical health, mother, music, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, physician, Remembering, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, sadness, safety, sensitivity, service, stress, support, Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2009
The tragedy of Alzheimer’s disease is that it is a thief…the condition steals so much from those who are struggling to live with it. Not only does it steal a person’s ability to remember day- to- day activities and responsibilities; it steals a person’s independence. As the disease progresses, it takes away the individuals [...]
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Posted in Beauty, celebrity, competition, contest, courage, emergency, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, expectations, Faith, Fame, friendship, health, Heart, help, home, hospital, Impact, inspiration, leadership, life, loss, love, marriage, media, medical, mental and physical health, mentoring, Models, 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 abuse, charity, children, commitment, compassion, crime, culture, Faith, help, human trafficking, kids, life, MONEY, news, observations, pain and misery, power, prostitution, protect, sex, support, teens, violence on May 3rd, 2009
I went to a Christian concert last night that had a goal to help raise money to go towards vicitims of human trafficking…or what is also called modern day slavery. It is a tragedy that people are still bought and sold like material possessions. No one should ever have to be treated in such [...]
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Posted in communication, compassion, death, economy, elderly, emotions, failure, family, friendship, Frustration, grief, help, home, leadership, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, relationships, Remembering, respect, sadness, safety, service, support on Apr 24th, 2009
This past January, in Michigan, a man by the name of Marvin Schur died because he froze to death in his own home because of the extremely cold weather . There was outrage around the United States when it was learned that this elderly gentleman had died because he was very behind on his [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2009
News reports are saying that a cadaver dog is flying to Aruba to help locate a body that could turn out to be Natalee Halloway. I can’t help but wonder if it is you Natalee; if it is you, it would end much of the mystery of what happened to you. There are many [...]
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Posted in abuse, anger, children, crime, death, depression, divorce, emotions, encouragement, family, fathers, finances, friendship, Frustration, grief, health, help, husband, ideas, Impact, life, loss, love, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, protect, relationships, sadness, suicidal, suicide, Suicide prevention, support, trauma, violence on Jan 30th, 2009
Ok, I am going to rant a bit for a minute. Twice this week the news has hit us with two terrible stories about families that self-destructed through murder-suicide. Two families that were destroyed. One family in particular left a suicide note allegedly saying that the reason they were dead was because both the [...]
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