Posted in celebrity, competition, dance, Dancing With The Stars, Dancing With The Stars, entertainment, family, future, news, television, tagged celebrity, Cloris Leachman, comedian, dance, Dancing With The Stars, entertainment, family, future, Kim Kardashian, performances, Sad, shocking, speech, television on October 1, 2008|
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Well, this is interesting…tonight on Dancing With the Stars…Kim Kardashian left the show before 82 year old Cloris Leachman. HMMMMM…what can you say? That is just sad. Someone young, someone able bodied, someone who supposedly has a strong following, because of her “reality celebrity” television show, couldn’t beat out an 82 year old comedian/actress…who really can’t dance, who goes for the joke with her performances and who shocks viewers with her poor taste in speech!
Well, we are in for another week…of mugging by Cloris. I certainly thought it was time for her to leave this week…but, what can you say…Kim certainly didn’t help matters with her poor performances. Thanks alot Kim…i really like Dancing With The Stars…but, i really think that they need to respect the fact that their show is supposed to be family friendly…let’s make sure that future performers remember that fact!
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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, Celebration, children, death, emotions, family, Family Time, foster parenting, grandchildren, grief, Heart, Heart to heart, Holiday Blues, holidays, Honor, husband, kids, life, loneliness, loss, love, mental and physical health, mom, mother, Mother's Day, music, parenting, religion, Remembering, sadness, safety, tagged blessings, celebrate, children, church, connections, daughters, family, games, gift, granddaughters, harm, health issues, life, loneliness, love, Mother's Day, motherhood, mothers, music, need, pain, pictures, prayer, regrets, Sad, sisters, Time on May 10, 2008|
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Today I went to a mother/daughter celebration sponsored by a church ladies group. I celebrated motherhood with two of my daughters and with my granddaughter as well as my mother and one of my sisters. It was great. We had a good time, we took pictures, we played games had good music and food…but, the biggest gift was just the opportunity to spend time together.
My mother has had a very difficult couple of years with health issues. I was gifted with a good and loving mother. I try to make it a point to say and show how much she is loved and needed. I could have lost her several times in the last several years…so, i dont want to waste any time that i have with my mom.
I think how fortunate I am. Mother’s day is meant to be a celebration but sometimes it is very painful. For those who have lost their mothers or for those from dysfunctional homes…mother’s day can be painful. For parent’s who have lost their children…mother’s day..is a reminder of the lack of future and present time with their deceased children.
Fathers and husbands are parents because of their wives…the mother of their children…celebrate them—no they aren’t your mother…but you chose them to be the mother of your children so honor them. It doesn’t have to be an expensive gift…just acknowledge the importance of what they do…day in and day out!
So, if you are lucky enough to have a mother figure in your life….feel blessed…share your day with someone who doesn’t if you know they are hurting. Say a prayer for those who are lonely or sad on this special holiday. If you need to mend fences with a mother/step mother; and, it is a healthy or safe thing to do; do so (if it will cause no further harm to you or her) then, mend those fences. Life is too short. You never know how long you will have with the mother or mother figure you have in your life…dont find yourself with a plate full of regrets or should’ve, would’ve, could’ve done this or that. Most of all, connect with the special people in your life! Tell them what they mean to you.
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Posted in sadness, tagged accountability, anger, betrayal, Difficulties, dynamics, Fear, friendship, future, Goodbyes, life, relationships, Sad, technically, teens, temporary, Youth Group on January 23, 2008|
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Sad goodbyes are never easy. Tonight, our youth group will be saying goodbye to one of it’s members. This will change the whole dynamics of the group as the person leaving is connected, in many ways, to a majority of the members of the group.
There is a friendship component, a romantic component, a mentoring component, a sibling component as well as a spiritual component that will suffer the loss.
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