Posted in abandonment, abuse, adoption, attitude, authors, book launch, books, Business, children, communication, compassion, courage, emotions, encouragement, Faith, family, fathers, Fear, grief, Impact, inspiration, legacy, life, loss, love, loyalty, marriage, media, mentoring, ministry, parenting, suicidal, tagged abuse, author, book review, childhood, children, depression, Faith, father, foster care, husband, inspirational, legacy, loss, lukemia, Man Shoes, neglect, parenting, positive role model, Tom Watson books, trauma, wisdom on October 6, 2011|
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Wow! Can I just tell you what a joy it was to read, Man Shoes-The Journey To Becoming A Better Man, Husband & Father? It is my privilege to review this book; I believe that the author, Tom Watson, has some real valuable wisdom to offer his readers. Tom was born to parents ill prepared to raise a child in a healthy & life affirming way. He was placed into 13 different foster homes…some of which were little more than a systemic form of a physical & psychological torture chamber.
Tom was placed into foster care because his Aunt Donna & Uncle Roy found the courage to report the erratic parental care that infant Tom was experiencing. His parents would drop him off here and there and neglect to pick him up at the times that they agreed to. At one year of age, he became a foster child because his aunt and uncle found the strength of character to endure family censure by reporting the situation to the proper authorities. Tom expresses his gratefulness to them for doing so…even though he suffered greatly in multiple foster homes until he came to the place where his body and soul were nurtured. His life story actually proceeds with joy and gratefulness. To read the rest of this review go to: Book In Review
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Posted in baby boomers, Beauty, Business, career, celebrity, children, communication, culture, emotions, encouragement, expectations, failure, Fame, family, fashion, finances, Frustration, grandchildren, Heart, Impact, internetmarketing, kids, life, loyalty, making money, marketing, media, mental and physical health, micro media (social networking), Models, MONEY, news, observations, of connections, online traffic, parenting, publicity, relationships, respect, responsibility, shopping, support, trust, values, well-being, tagged advertising, baby boomers, Barbie, Business, drama, emotional health, healthy relationships, Ken, marketing, parenting, role models, social media, valentines day on February 16, 2011|
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I don’t know about you…but, I grew up with Barbie and Ken. You know…of the plastic doll fame, Ken and Barbie? They were allegedly introduced to one another on the beach in Malibu back in 1961. They have been through it as a couple. For most of 43 years they were an item. Then, back in 2004 after all of those years together…another man caught Barbies eye. Talk about drama. Well, last night the drama of Barbie and Ken escalated as they have chosen to reunite in a very public way…through the world of media. Can we say ick? Continue reading here: Write Where You Are
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Posted in abuse, anger, attitude, birth, celebrity, charity, children, commitment, communication, compassion, control, courage, crime, culture, denial, domestic violence, Education, emotions, Fame, family, Fear, friendship, Frustration, grandchildren, health, Heart, help, Impact, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, loyalty, medical, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, power, relationships, respect, safety, self doubt, support, teens, trauma, trust, tagged abused, abuser, awakening, beatings, celebrity, child, children, compassion, control, counselors, cycle of abuse, danger, denial, dependency, destroy, domestic abuse, donations, drug/alcohol abuse, Education, embarassment, emotional abuse, escalation, family, Fear, financial, freedom, friend, grandchildren, healthy relationships, help, intervention, intimidation, isolation, job loss, learned behaviors, loyalty, MONEY, neighbor, parent, parenting, parents, patterns of behavior, police, professionals, reasons, relationships, responses, safety, safety plan, secrets, self esteem, sexual abuse, shame, shelters, sibling, skills, support, tax dollars, threatened, Time, treatment, triggers, trust, unhealthy, used cell phones, verbal abuse, victim, violence on March 12, 2009|
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This subject is never a pleasant one. No one likes to acknowledge domestic abuse is a way of life…especially if it is happening within their own life. Unfortunately, domestic abuse happens every day in a multitude of ways. It doesn’t just happen in the lives of the poor, the rich, or the celebrity world; even though, that is often the stories that we hear about…those who are famous. We must awaken to the facts of domestic abuse; it is often learned behaviors that are used to control another person…either with intimidation, physical violence, emotional abuse or sexual abuse.
Domestic abuse is like cancer…it is constantly trying to destroy the people involved. It is a pattern of behavior that affect both the abuser and the person being abused. Many who are being abused do not recognize that what is happening in their lives is actually domestic abuse. The reasons for their lack of understanding, or denial are many. (more…)
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Posted in accomplishments, Amazing, attitude, Business, career, Celebration, communication, competition, culture, economy, emotions, excitement, finances, Frustration, future, goals, happiness, help, Impact, inspiration, internetmarketing, Jeff Wellman, life, loyalty, marketing, MONEY, news, observations, of connections, opinion, Opportunities, respect, service, surprise, Twitter, values, work, tagged abused, amazed, answering machines, attitude, automated, awe, brand, brick and mortar, Business, calls, careers, circumstances, communicating, communication, competitors, customer, deprived, disbelief, dismissed, dissappointment, dixie brown, doing business, Frustration, future, habits, Happy, helpful, husband, important, internet marketing, irritated, Jeff Wellman, launched, loyalty, old fashioned, partners, paul counts, perplexed, personal, poor customer service, products, professional, response, service, shock, simplicity, thanks, thinking, truth, unhappy, ways, young people on March 8, 2009|
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I got to thinking this past week about a strange set of circumstances. My husband, Jeff Wellman and his partners, Dixie Brown & Paul Counts, launched an internet marketing product and the response was so over the top that I was a bit perplexed. I mean…people were calling to say thank you for the customer service, people were amazed that he (the product owner), answered his own phone, people being shocked that he even put his own (real) phone number on the product page.
One caller was so taken aback that he laughed and said he had something all prepared to leave on a voice mail…and, when the phone was answered by the product owner…he didn’t know what to say; now that is kind of funny! The whole response, to this old fashioned way of doing business, was wonderful in an amazing sort of way…it got me thinking; are we so deprived of good customer service that when we experience it, we are flustered enough that we feel we must acknowledge it? 🙂 (more…)
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Posted in abuse, death, emotions, family, Frustration, government, grief, hopes, horror, Impact, leadership, life, loss, loyalty, media, mental and physical health, military, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, Patriotism, politics, protect, publicity, relationships, Remembering, respect, sadness, service, stress, support, tagged abuse, American, conflict, cost, death, death toll, decisions, emotions, exploitation, families, family members, feelings, George H. Bush, goals, grieving, Impact, loss, media, military, opinion, Patriotism, photos, policy, President Obama, recommendation, respect, Robert Gates, sacrifice, sadness, service personel, support, thoughts, war on February 27, 2009|
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There is a debate brewing about whether news media should have access to photograph the coffins of returning military men and women, killed in the line of duty, when their bodies are returned to Dover Air Force Base. There is strong controversy about whether this should be allowed or not. In 1991, President George H. Bush enacted a ban on the photographing of the coffins. It just was not allowed to happen, by the order of the President.
This has been a matter of contention. Some people believe that allowing the photographs could make an impact on the minds of the citizens of the United States as to the cost of war; as the death toll rises from the wars in recent years. There are many who feel that by not seeing the evidence of the coffins, people would not understand the depths of the sacrifice that our service persons were making. In effect, out of sight…out of mind. (more…)
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