Posted in Education, Fear, Threats, Threats, abuse, addiction, anger, attitude, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, commitment, communication, compassion, crime, culture, danger, depression, depression, elderly, emotions, family, grandchildren, health, help, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, media, mental and physical health, mentoring, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, protect, rape, relationships, religion, respect, safety, school, schools, stress, suicidal, suicidal, teens, trust, unhappiness, violence on Feb 2nd, 2010
Bullying doesn’t just happen on school grounds; kids are surrounded with bullying through technology. Parents,educators & advisors need to protect & educate about the danger.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Creating, Education, Fear, Frustration, Fun, accomplishments, anger, attitude, children, communication, culture, depression, disappointments, disease, emotions, encouragement, enjoyment, excitement, goals, grandchildren, happiness, health, help, inspiration, joy, kids, learning, life, love, medical, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, personal development, relationships, sadness, success, support, surprise, teens, television, unhappiness, well-being, words, work on Jun 4th, 2009
Thomas the Tank Engine is a beloved children’s character; both in books and on television. It appears that Thomas is now going to be used in a very special way, to help children who are affected by Autism. Thomas and his other fictional friends from the children’s television show, are now going to be used [...]
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Posted in Beauty, Creating, Dreams, Fame, accomplishments, art, attitude, celebrity, communication, competition, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, expectations, media, news, observations, talent on May 21st, 2009
Jessica Biel speaks candidly in a new interview coming out this weekend in Allure magazine. She talks about how hard it is to get work in the entertainment industry when someone is considered “beautiful”. She says it is a real problem. She just wants a chance to audition instead of being turned away because [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Business, Dreams, Education, Faith, Fame, Frustration, Fun, Impact, MONEY, Models, Opportunities, Uncategorized, accomplishments, career, celebrity, charitable organizations, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, confidence, culture, emotions, encouragement, failure, family, finances, friendship, future, giving, goals, help, hopes, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, learning, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, mentoring, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, parenting, personal development, poverty, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, school, service, special needs, success, support, talent, teens, values on May 3rd, 2009
It has been becoming difficult for me to quietly sit back and not scream my frustration with people in a position of power who are not standing up for youth at risk of failure. Whether you are a parent, a teacher, a mentor, a friend, social worker, counselor, tutor, a member of clergy, member of [...]
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Posted in Celebration, Education, Fear, Opportunities, accomplishments, attitude, control, emotions, environment, failure, future, life, observations, parenting, personal development, responsibility, school, success on Apr 30th, 2009
With Graduation rapidly approaching for many high school seniors, i got to wondering how many people consider themselves a self-starter or a self-motivator. In the last few weeks of school, in a person’s senior year they begin to see the results, or lack there of, of their accomplishments. This is the time where taking [...]
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Posted in Impact, baby, children, death, diet, disease, drinks, elderly, health, home, hospital, illness, kids, life, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, protect, relationships, safety, school, schools, sickness, well-being on Apr 29th, 2009
Everywhere on the news we are being terrorized with reports of the swine flu making people sick around the world. Truth be told, swine flu is not something that anyone wants to have. People are becoming very sick; some are dying from complications of the flu. Preventing the swine flu or any other form [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 9th, 2009
Breast Cancer awareness month is in October; however, with the death of a good friend and educator of our family, just about a year ago; I think every month should be breast cancer awareness month. Too many people have been lost to this disease…some because they do not get screening for it and others because [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Amazing, Brendon Burchard, Dreams, Faith, Fear, Frustration, Impact, Ken McArthur, Opportunities, Passion, Teamwork, accomplishments, charitable organizations, commitment, communication, courage, emotions, encouragement, failure, family, finances, future, goals, help, hopes, inspiration, life, mental and physical health, news, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, patience, power, relationships, self doubt, service, success, support on Aug 20th, 2008
Dreams are pretty important stuff, did you know that? Most of us live our lives with a dream tucked away in our hearts. Every now and again we take it out, polish it up with our tears and a loving swipe with a soft cloth, all the while going over the reasons why now [...]
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Posted in Celebration, Great Depression, Honor, Impact, Opportunities, Teamwork, accomplishments, children, culture, ecology, economy, elderly, emotions, family, finances, friendship, goals, history, home, hopes, husband, life, making money, parenting, relationships, service, support on Aug 18th, 2008
Nine years is a relatively short amount of time to change lives, community, and environment. Luckily, Franklin D. Roosevelt didn’t let that thought stop him when he created the Civilian Conservation Corps through his impactful New Deal which created over 59 agencies that worked to help America get out of the Depression Era.
The [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, charitable organizations, charity, commitment, communication, courage, crime, family, finances, future, giving, law enforcement, legal, life, news, of connections, power, support, taxes on Aug 12th, 2008
What if you were convicted of a crime and you knew you were innocent; but, no one else knew or cared once you were convicted? Worse yet, what if you were wasting away in prison for a crime you didn’t commit; while the real criminal was free to continue doing what you were accused [...]
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