Posted in anger, emotions, family, Frustration, future, goals, Impact, life, loss, love, mental and physical health, pain and misery, relationships, respect, sadness, spiritual, well-being, tagged acceptance, anger, care, circumsances, control, destruction, emotional, forgiveness, fulfillment, future, happiness, healing, home, hurt, love, past, patterns, personal, physical, relationships, respect, responsibility, sadness, school, self esteem, spiritual, threat, understanding, verbal abuse, work on June 30, 2008|
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We are all born into circumstances that we have absolutely no control over. The best that you can hope for is to maximize the positive and to minimize the negative events, circumstances or experiences. All of those things, both positive and negative, help to shape us into the person that we become.
If we start to experience problems in our relationships at work, home, school, or on a personal level with someone special; often, we will discover at the root of the issue, are things left over from our very beginnings in life that are unresolved or unhealed. When the past threatens to destroy your future you must take time to figure it out; for your well-being and for those who care about you.
Understanding what the problem is and where it comes from is a turning point. Don’t get stuck there with excuses why your life isn’t turning out the way you want it to…you don’t have to continue to be held hostage by the past! (more…)
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Posted in anger, emotions, family, Impact, life, mental and physical health, tagged caring, check out, emotions, insensitive, ladycustomer, People, respect, rude, self esteem, store, world on June 29, 2008|
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You know what, just when I think I have figured out which way is up in this world; someone comes along and shakes my brain like a snow globe. Geez…there are alot of rude people in our world; did ya know that?
I try really hard to give people benefit of the doubt when it comes to saying and doing rude or insensitive things. I try to see if they just made a slip of the tongue and said something without thinking or if they really meant it. Although, I just have to admit it…I think our world is just becoming a less caring place in how people treat each other. (more…)
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Posted in armed forces, Celebration, charitable organizations, children, emotions, family, fathers, Fourth of July, grandchildren, Heart, help, Holiday, home, Honor, husband, Impact, inspiration, kids, life, loneliness, love, mental and physical health, military, mom, mother, news, Patriotism, Remembering, service, support, Time, well-being, writing for children, writing project, tagged Afghanistan, America, armed services, brothers, card making, cards, celebrate, children, country, craft projects, daughters, emotions, encouragement, family, fathers, first time, fourth of july, freedoms, friends, Holiday, honored, husband, Iraq, lonely, loved ones, make 2 tell 2, Marine Corps, military, mother, mothers, Nebraska, need, non-profit, overseas, parades, patiotism, picnics, pictures, roomate, sacrifice, Sad, school, scrapbooking, sisters, sons, support, Time, veterans on June 27, 2008|
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The countdown has begun, we have an 8 measly days to prepare for the fourth of July. How do you plan to celebrate the freedoms that you have, that were purchased by the men and women of our country’s military? All branches of the armed forces deserve to be honored. How about along with those picnics and parades, you carve out a litle time to make and send a card to thank them for their sacrifice?
Did you know that there are many service people who don’t get words of encouragement or support from anyone? Oh, alot of our military men and women have their own friends and family who are strong in their support…but some really and truly don’t. Some are lonely or sad; some are on their own, away from home for the first time. When my husband was in the Marine Corps years ago; he was blessed to have a mother who wrote to him daily, all four years of his service. My husband had a roomate who never received any cards or letters. Out of compassion, my mother-in-law sent him a letter; it moved that roomate to tears. He said to my husband…you do not know how much this means to mean to get this. It was a moment of support that that young man desperately needed. Here is a program that i heard about and loved the idea of from the very moment I heard about it. It is a non-profit organization called, Make 2 Tell 2.
The whole idea behind make2tell2 is to make two cards of encouragement, good wishes or support; and then, telling two others about the program and getting them to do the same. The organization will collect the cards and then send them on to our military personel in Afghanistan and Iraq. There isn’t much time left, we only have 8 days including today! Can you help? These are our sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, fathers and mothers…they are sacrificing time away from their own support systems to serve our country.
How about sitting down the children who are out of school; let them unleash their creativity. By this point, the newness of being out of school for the summer has set in and they are complaining of having nothing to do. This is a great craft project for them. Once they get started they won’t want to stop. Or, do you know someone who is a scrap booker and loves to use their skills to make their own cards and such? This is a perfect project for them. Use your imagination as far as who would be willing to help…this really is a wonderful way to celebrate the fourth of July and celebrate all that we are blessed with here in America.
For those service people who are overseas…this will help them to feel appreciated and a little less alone. Here is the contact information for the program. Feel free to include your contact information, on those cards and letters if you feel led. Or if you are uncomfortable with that…make them, and just sign your name; either way, this is a great way of serving your country. It is such a small sacrifice of your time but it can have an amazing impact on someone. Make 2 Tell 2
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I am doing this myself, with my children today…and I am asking you to do the same. Make a little time to give back to the greatest country in the world. Celebrate the veterans of yesterday, today and tomorrow…who knows…they just might be one of your very own loved ones!
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Posted in baby, crime, death, family, home, legal, life, mental and physical health, murder, news, parenting, tagged 9 month infant, court, daughter, guilty, headlines, life, Lillian Rose, murder, Neil Entwistle, prison, Rachel, verdict on June 25, 2008|
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Breaking news is being announced that Neil Entwistle from London has been found guilty of murdering his wife Rachel and 9 month infant daughter Lillian Rose back in 2006. He will be sentenced on Thursday and could get life in prison…he showed little emotion when the verdict was announced.
His case has made headlines since the murder was announced and he was found in England, where he fled after the murders. This is an update to this previous post! Neil has received two concurrent life sentences for the murders of his wife and child. https://writeasrain.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/blaming-the-victimwill-it-work/
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Posted in accomplishments, authors, books, celebrity, comfort, commitment, diet, ecology, economy, Education, environment, family, finances, Green, health, history, Impact, inspiration, life, mental and physical health, news, respect, safety, well-being, tagged 21 days, alcohol, Americans, animal products, awareness, bacteria, blog, body, book, caffeine, celebrity, Chef, choices, diet, educate, fertilizer, finances, food, fresh, gluten, green choices, healthy, informed, journey, Kathy Feston, life, menu, negative influence, Oprah, pesticides, planet, Quantam Wellness, respect, safety, satisfying, shipped, spirit, sugar, thought, trendsetter, vegan, whole foods on June 25, 2008|
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Oprah has been doing an “experiment”…she has been following a vegan diet for 21 days to increase her spiritual awareness of food. The experiment was induced by author Kathy Feston of the book, Quantam Wellness. The diet puts into practice the removal of alcohol, animal products, gluten, and sugar and caffeine from a person’s daily meals and snacks. (more…)
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Posted in Amazing, Business, communication, crime, drivers, economy, entertainment, finances, future, Impact, life, MONEY, news, of connections, Opportunities, safety, violence, tagged advantages, affordable, auto industry, automakers, big brother, branding, Business, carjacking, communication, cost, crime, criminals, customers, cutting edge, drivers, entertainment, features, gadgets, GPS, Impact, internet connections, laws, market, safety, systems, technology, US economy, wi-fi on June 25, 2008|
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Here is a concept that many vehicle makers have been pursuing for a while now…making your vehicle a hot spot wireless connected tool. Chrysler will give a peek at their UConnectWeb system tomorrow…it may become available next year. Of course, like everything else having to do with technology…there is a huge push to be the first to have the most cutting edge program or system available, that the masses can’t live without. (more…)
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged argument, Barack Obama, beliefs, Bible, Call to Renewal, candidate, choices, Christian, compromise, decision making, deliberately, distorting, Dr. Dobson, dueling, faith based, Focus On The Family, God, laws, lower standards, New Testament, Old Testament, presidency, public speaking, religion, representation, scriptures, swords, traditional, United States, voters on June 25, 2008|
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Senator Barack Obama and Dr. Dobson, from Focus on the Family, have brought out their dueling swords…their bible’s and their interpetations of the scriptures as it applies to each person’s choices in their daily living. (more…)
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Posted in Beauty, celebrity, children, depression, divorce, emotions, entertainment, Fame, family, health, help, husband, life, love, marriage, mental and physical health, news, sadness, stress, support, talent, television, well-being, tagged Charlie Sheen, daughter, david spade, Denise Richards, diagnosis, Heather Locklear, richie sambora, under the influence, well wishes on June 24, 2008|
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Heather Locklear has reached out for some professional help. It seems that she has been struggling with depression and anxiety for a while now. She is in a treatment facility to get diagnosis for what ails her and to re-evaluate her medications. Within the last couple of years Heather has been in the news regarding some of her relationships…those with some of her friends and her personal romantic relationships. It would seem that she has had alot going on in her life to sort through. (more…)
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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, tagged action, advantage, best interest, birth, bonding, caring, communication, connections, diaries, divorce, emotions, experiences, families, family values, generations, grammar, granddaughter, Great Depression, Impact, influence, jobs, journals, legacy, letters, loneliness, love, memories, neighborhoods, novel, one, phones, relatives, sharing, Sidney Poitier, survival, teaching, telegrams, thoughts, value on June 24, 2008|
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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, uncles and cousins all grew up together…teaching each other, learning from one another and helping to guide and direct each generation with their own brand of family values; to their place of prominence when it was time. This type of family bonding has been broken for a long time…going back to the years of the great depression; leaving quite an impact on the way families were structured. It wasn’t willful or voluntary…it was necessary. (more…)
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Posted in baby, death, denial, depression, emotions, family, home, husband, legal, life, news, pregnancy, sex, suicidal, trauma, violence, What's Normal?, tagged 9 month old infant, advice, American, blame, blaming, blanket, child, court room, death, defense, discovery, divorce, DNA, England, escorts, flight, gun, jury, life experience, Lillian, London, Massachutes, murder, Neil Entwistle, normal, online searches, parents, post partum depression, Rachel, reasonable doubt, sex, suicide, theory, trancelike, victim, wife on June 24, 2008|
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Blaming the victim…will it work in the case of the husband originally from England who is accused of murdering his American wife Rachael Entwistle and his infant daughter Lillian? Neil Entwistle’s case has had world wide media coverage since he “discovered” his wife and daughter in bed with fatal gun shot wounds; and, instead of reporting this “discovery” to the authorities…he did some very strange things.
It was alleged that Neil did not just discover his wife and daughter; but in fact, killed them. Before the murders, it was alleged that Neil was doing online searches about escorts, as well as killing people. Then, after Neil discovered his wife and daughter’s bodies, he allegedly returns a gun, that has his DNA as well as Rachel’s DNA, secretly to his father-in-law’s gun cabinet in his home. Then, he hops a flight to London. Why murder, if in fact it was murder; why not get a divorce if he was so unhappy? So many questions with very little answers. (more…)
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