Reblogged from National Domestic Violence Survivor Law Project: The story of my past experiences with domestic violence and how I have moved forward throughout the years to provide advocacy to others. Being a survivor from domestic violence can mean many things to many different people. Here is my story, and my journey after that in [...]
Archive for the ‘Advocacy’ Category
Notes from the Field: Getting Ready to Respond to the Madagascar Cyclone
Posted in Advocacy, Advocacy Reports, humanity on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Madagascar Cyclone: “Getting ready to respond” Posted by: Daniel Fava at 10:16AM EST on February 16, 2012 John Uniack Davis, Country Director CARE Madagascar February 15, 2012 � Impact of previous cyclones in Madagascar, such as wind damage. Picture taken by� by Katia Rakotobe– Location : Mananara (North East) “On Wednesday morning, CARE sent a [...]
Lymphedema Fashion Scarf
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Creativity, Health, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, Humor & Laughter, Lymphedema, Society, Survivors on July 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As one that has Lymphedema in the legs since 2004, I just love it when folks can come up with creative solutions to the fashion of having to wear unslightly compression garments, which always lead to questions of “What did you do to your leg/arm?” ”Is it going to go away?” ”Is it just water [...]
KEYETV’s Photo re Storage Shelter Family
Posted in Accountability, Advocacy, Childhood Trauma, Creativity, De-Cluttering, Health, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Law & Legislation, Parenting, Relationships, Society, Spiritual Growth, Victimology on July 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Up and at em’! It’s finally Friday! This is Erika Gonzalez with We Are Austin Morning’s FACEBOOK TOPIC OF THE DAY: A Houston couple has had their kids taken away from them because for the last 3 years, the family has been living in a storage unit. The 12-feet-wide and 25-foot-long structure comes equipped with [...]
Compassion Fatigue
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Customer Service, DV Warrior, Education, Health, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, Keeping in Touch, Love, Positivism, Procrastination, Relationships, Self Help Sites, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Survivors, Volunteering on July 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Symptoms of Compassion Fatigue Some of the tell tale signs of compassion fatigue are listed below. Lack of enjoyment in day to day activities Not deriving any joy from things that used to excite the person earlier Difficulty in concentrating in any task Feelings of anxiety and perpetual fear Feelings of irritability triggered by trivial [...]
So how do you get empathy, anyway?
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Beyond Words Live, Business Ethics, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, DV Warrior, Health, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, Love, Positivism, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Volunteering on July 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Empathy can be literally defined as: em·pa·thy [ émpəthee ] understanding of another’s feelings:the ability to identify with and understand somebody else’s feelings or difficulties attribution of feelings to an object:the transfer of somebody’s own feelings and emotions to an object such as a painting [ Early 20th century. < Greek empatheia "affection, passion" ] Ashoka Fellow Molly Barker, Founder of Girls [...]
Personal Fundraising Page for Kathryn Benefiting the Lymphatic Research of the Lymphatic Research Foundation!
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Advocacy Reports, Beyond Words Live, Economic Recession, Education, Fund Raising, Health, Health Forums, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, humanity, Insurance Reform, Keeping in Touch, Lymphedema, News, Our Heroes, Relationships, Self Promotion, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Storytelling, Survivors, Volunteering on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kathryn’s Story Please join me in the fundraising effort for this organization, the Lymphatic Research Foundation who strives to find a cure for Lymphedema. In 2004, when a suburban hit me in an intersection and spun me around, my knees hit the steering wheel hard. At the time, I didn’t have medical insurance; just the [...]
And, speaking of childhood trauma…
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Advocacy Reports, Childhood Trauma, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, Education, Health, Health Forums, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, humanity, Language Growth, Law & Legislation, Mental Illness, Parenting, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Survivors, Violence, Volunteering on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides a great fact sheet resource to Domestic Violence and Children: Questions and Answers for Domestic Violence Project Advocates, answering such questions as: How do children react to domestic violence? What are some typical short-term responses? What about children’s responses in the long term? What are the factors that [...]
Makers of Memories
Posted in Accountability, Advocacy, Advocacy Reports, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, DV Warrior, Education, Fund Raising, Health, Health Forums, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, Language Growth, Law & Legislation, Mental Illness, Parenting, Positivism, predator safety, Relationships, Research, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Suicide, Survivors, Trainings & Conferences, Violence, Youth on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Domestic violence cases seem to prevail in spite of all the efforts of the advocates across the United States and throughout the world; however, that doesn’t stop the advocates from continuing to try. One focus has turned its head towards the affects upon childhood trauma. One such foundation taking this focus in their hands is [...]
10 Shocking domestic violence statistics for 2011
Posted in Accountability, Advocacy, Childhood Trauma, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, DV Warrior, Education, Healthy Living, humanity, Law & Legislation, Parenting, Relationships, Society, Survivors, Victimology, Violence on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently attended a child custody inservice presented by Barry Goldstein and Dr. Mo Hanna (who, incidently co-authored the book called Domestic Violence Abuse and Child Custody). Dr. Hanna also speaks to childhood trauma in her part of the presentation. The statistics presented in this video by Makers of Memories foundation are, indeed pretty staggering and [...]
Dream For A Cure…
Posted in Advocacy, Advocacy Reports, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Health, Health Forums, Healthy Living, How to, humanity, Humor & Laughter, Lymphedema, Parenting, Positivism, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Survivors, Volunteering, tagged Lymphedema Awareness, Lymphedema Care, Lymphedema Caregiving on June 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Being a lymphedema patient myself, and having a wonderfully doting and caring boyfriend who acts as my daily caregiver, I can appreciate reading this lymphedema patient’s daughter’s point of view as a caretaker. I love the title of the blog as well — DREAM FOR A CURE… This is definitely a common [...]
Personal Fundraising Page for Kathryn Benefiting the Lymphatic Research of the Lymphatic Research Foundation!
Posted in Accountability, Advocacy, Cancer, Finance, Fund Raising, Health, Health Forums, Healthy Living, humanity, Lymphedema, Research, Volunteering, tagged Lymphedema Cure, Lymphedema Fundraising, Lymphedema Research, Lymphedema Walks, My Lymphedema Story on June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In 2004, when a suburban hit me in an intersection and spun me around, my knees hit the steering wheel hard. At the time, I didn’t have medical insurance; just the PIP insurance with your normal coverage of auto insurance policy. When it was discovered a month after the accident that my swelling in my [...]
Domestic Violence Voices
Posted in Advocacy, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, DV Warrior, Healthy Living, Humor & Laughter, Internet Communities, Relationships, Self Help Sites, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Survivors, Victimology, Violence, tagged Activisim, Advocacy, Community Support, Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Voices, empowerment, Finding the Voice, support on June 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone needs a place to go to where they can heal, be safe to talk, and empower others along their healing journey. For those traveling the healing journey due to domestic violence issues, Facebook’s page called, Domestic Violence Voices, offers just one such place. It’s just a great feel good place with a great community spirit.
TEXT TO TELL PROGRAM
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Fund Raising, humanity, Love, Positivism, Society, Survivors, Victimology, Violence, tagged Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Fund Raising, Glamour, NDVH, Survivor Support, Text to Tell Program, Victim Support on June 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Information to be passed around and acted upon: Glamour Launches “Tell Somebody” Relationship Violence Awareness Campaign In Honor of Yeardley Love Today is the one year anniversary of the death of UVA student Yeardley Love. (Note our blogpost about Yeardley Love’s death and what to say to someone you care about here.) To honor the [...]
A Creative Way to Raise a Legal Fees Owed by a Victim
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Cartoon, Creativity, Criminal Justice, Fund Raising, humanity, News, Positivism, Relationships, Society, Violence, Volunteering, tagged Court System, Domestic Violence, Fund Raising, Revictimization, Victim Support on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just happened upon this today. You’ll just need to read the article to understand the full scope: Reposted article for quick viewing here: In case you hadn’t heard the latest news to make you doubt the basic humanity of the people around you, several years ago a 16-year-old cheerleader from Silsbee High School in Texas [...]
Hello, again!
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Domestic Violence, DV Warrior, Victimology, Violence, Volunteering, tagged advocate, Blogger, Domestic Violence on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The other day, I popped onto the site and realized just how long it has been since I have been on this site writing and sharing with you all various tidbits of interest that embarked upon various issues — especially domestic violence issues — mixed in with a variety of diverse things. What have I [...]
The “Myth” of Domestic Violence Being Worse on Superbowl Sunday
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Counseling, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, News, Our Heroes, Relationships, Society, Victimology, Violence, Well said!, tagged dispelling, domestic, myth, Sunday, Superbowl, Violence on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OMG, just read a blog posting that an author stated that, “There is an oft-repeated, but false, myth that Super Bowl Sunday is the worst day for violence against women.” Of course, the author then adds, “Would that it were that easy. Domestic violence doesn’t care what day it is. It is an every day [...]
I wish you enough….
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Customer Service, Great Quotes, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, Keeping in Touch, Love, Mission Work, National Day of Prayer, Our Heroes, Parenting, Positivism, Prayer, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Storytelling, Well said!, tagged blessing, enough, gratefulness, I, thankfulness, wish, you on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just something inspirational to share with you today: “I Wish You Enough Recently, I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together at a regional airport. They had announced her departure and standing near the security gate, they hugged and he said, “I love you. I wish you enough.” She in turn said, [...]
Do you ever feel like you have one of these days???? :)
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Cartoon, Creativity, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, Humor & Laughter, Our Heroes, Positivism, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Violence, Well said!, tagged Advocacy, against, focus, help, me, the, world, you on January 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Victim Advocacy
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Criminal Justice, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, Love, Positivism, Prayer, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Well said!, tagged Advocacy, bereavement, Blessings, death, life, victim on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Life isn’t perfect — it never really is. A man lost his wife tonight who he had been married to for 14 years, dated for 10, and known each other as children growing up. I have been on many victim bereavement calls after the death of a person. They all take you back in a [...]
Scarlet Letter?
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Career, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Elderly, Health, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, humanity, Humor & Laughter, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Love, Relationships, Self Marketing, Self Promotion, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Well said!, tagged ambition, appearance, clothes, goal, gootah, hope, looking, looks, Love, man, marriage, relationship, right, sexy on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I awakened at my Alzhiemer’s client’s home to find that she is distraught over her cat. She threw her cat out the door after the cat appearing to have changed colors (say what?). She said that the cat turned pink. After seeing the cat last night myself and wondering if the cat were pregnant [...]
No joy stolen today!
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Creative Ideas, Creativity, De-Cluttering, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Trainings & Conferences, Victimology, Well said!, tagged Advocacy, bump, Career, focus, joy, plans, steal, stolen on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just had a bump in some plans… lol. While I didn’t get the FT position that I was vying for, I did get a raise finally that I really should have received back in October. I am just thankful that I did get that much good news today. Just took of the 9th quote for [...]
No Stealing the Joy!!
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Career, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Elderly, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, Humor & Laughter, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Positivism, Prayer, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, tagged joy, no, stealing on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the first morning that I have felt half way awake since I woke up on Saturday afternoon b/c I then left Saturday night to work a shift from 6pm Saturday night until 2pm Sunday with an Alzhiemers client. When I arrived her, there was a new shift person that was there for the [...]
Remaining Positive?
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Blogging, Business Ethics, Career, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Elderly, Health, Healthy Living, Human Relations, humanity, Humor & Laughter, Job/Careers Search, Love, Mental Illness, Positivism, Procrastination, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Volunteering, Well said!, Writing, tagged abandon, achievements, Advocacy, advocate, care, discouragement, dreams, Elderly, encouragement, expectations, life, pay, positive, remaining, values on January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Actually written 1/2/08:) I saw a bumper sticker the other day and was puzzled slightly by what it said — “Those who abandon their dreams, will discourage others.” Although I wrote it on my hand, and later on in my datebook journal I received as a Christmas gift, it just didn’t make sense to me [...]
Global Warming in the United States???
Posted in Accountability, Advocacy, Bio Technology, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, De-Cluttering, Environmental Concerns, Global Warming Issues, Green Earth Day, Green Technology, Health, Healthy Living, Humor & Laughter, News, News Media Blog Sites, Procrastination, Recycling, Relationships, Research, Shopping, Society, Technology, Technology Support, Travel, US History, World Records, tagged Al, cooperation, global, Gore, involvement, participation, US, Viewpoint, warming, world on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Slate.com there was a cartoon that indicated the lack of US cooperation with the Global Warming issue. With Al Gore’s campaign for the “Inconvenient Truth” that he has been doing in the past few years, you would think that the prospect of US’s involvement with the global warming issues would be higher. What this [...]
May we all feel changes for 2008,
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Art, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Healthy Living, Holiday Celebrations, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, President George Bush, Savage Chickens, Society, tagged celebration, Changes, Day, Happy, New, Resolutions, Year's on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
unlike our favorite chickens! lol…
Possible Goal for the New Year?
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Art, Blogging, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, De-Cluttering, Great Quotes, Health, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Love, Mission Work, Procrastination, Recycling, Relationships, Research, Self Marketing, Self Promotion, Sexual Assault, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Well said!, Writing, writing research, tagged birth, cycle, death, Desire, divorce, Domestic Violence, focus, future, Goals, happiness, hope, inspiration, life, marriage, Mission, New, opportunity, Oprah, Resolutions, Stability, statement, Year's on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Received Oprah’s “Today’s Mission Calendar Inspiration” email today wherein in the first paragraph it states about the January issue, “Let the hot air out of the self-esteem balloon–and find a more stable basis for carrying yourself through the world.” What a great quote! Wow! Isn’t that a formidable quest at times??? A more stable basis for [...]
A Different Kind of Christmas Poem
Posted in 911 Remembrance, Advocacy, Armed Forces, Being famous, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Criminal Justice, Human Relations, Iraq, Law & Legislation, Politics, President George Bush, Relationships, Religion, Security, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, US History, Victimology, Violence, Volunteering, War, Well said!, tagged Christmas, Different, Poem on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I, honestly, cannot remember if this was also circulated around last year or not in our emails as well; whatever the case though, it certainly would bear repeating….enjoy!! A Different Christmas Poem The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, [...]
Mike Huckabee on the “floating cross” image…
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Censorship, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Politics, Prayer, Relationships, Religion, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, tagged adknowledgment, Christmas, faith, Merry, public, Religion, wishing on December 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
and the overreaction of the criticism of his message to wish everyone a Merry Christmas in one of his recent messages on tv. This video is from the Today Show appearance… [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKMDJ46G4M4] It is such a shame that folks have to be intimidated by expressing a simple greeting based on their religious belief. Gone are [...]
Powerful Speech by Evel Knievel on God!
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Being famous, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Healthy Living, National Day of Prayer, Our Heroes, Prayer, Relationships, Religion, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Storytelling, Well said!, You Tube Videos, tagged Evel, God, Knievel, Testimony on December 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »
[YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZVNOGtEINw]
Not necessarily a “God Bless You!”,
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, tagged fuzzies, Warm on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
but it was a very kind note that I received from a scheduler today, “Just taking a moment to say hellow and thank you for all the wonderful work you do for our clients and FE. Thank you for always brightening my day, and for puting up with my always being scatterbrained! We are very [...]
Counting “God Bless You!”s …
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Customer Service, Domestic Violence, Health, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, Mission Work, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Volunteering, Well said! on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
has become a way of my looking at life in the advocacy world when answering domestic violence calls on a daily basis… or in working with the elderly… or in my victim advocacies…. It is a way of, essentially, looking at the glass half full rather than half empty. Instead of going home a bit [...]
“It’s Called Christmas with a Capital C” by Go Fish!
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Austintatious, Censorship, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, Language Growth, Politics, Prayer, Relationships, Religion, Shopping, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Well said!, tagged , About, All, along, C, Capital, celebration, Christians, Christmas, Fish, Go, Holiday, hope, It's, joyous, proud, sing, splendor, With on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s about time… bring back the jingle and the jangle back into Christmas!! Make us proud of our beliefs…not having to hide them like many countries have to do in their countries. After all, being proud of our beliefs and not having to hide our thoughts, dreams, and ambitions is part of what make Americans [...]
Searching your dream job…
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Business Ethics, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Customer Service, Domestic Violence, Education, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Law & Legislation, Love, Our Heroes, Relationships, Research, Self Promotion, Society, Technology, Well said!, Youth, tagged , 50th anniversaries, 75th, ambitions, American, Career, culture, dreams, fulfilling, growing up, jobs, leaders, retirements, Society on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Does anyone actually achieve their dream job — or, is it just merely a figment of everyone’s imagination? While someone may be doing the job they absolutely love to do, it may not pay all that well and they have to struggle to make ends meet. Additionally, family members or friends may look down upon [...]
Parent Alienation Syndrome – “Junk Science” says…
Posted in Accountability, Advocacy, Counseling, Domestic Violence, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Law & Legislation, News, Parenting, Petitions, Politics, Relationships, Research, Science, Scientific, Society, Victimology, Violence, Well said!, writing research, Youth, tagged alienation, parent, PAS, syndrome on December 4, 2007 | 19 Comments »
those at the Justice for Children program. “It is the position of Justice for Children that PAS is junk science. “P.A.S. per se (not “parents lying about abuse allegations”) is not a syndrome. People lie on the witness stand every day but that does not make it a syndrome. Various credible studies have documented that [...]
Reasons to be Thankful…
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Health, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, Our Heroes, Parenting, Pets, Relationships, Self Marketing, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Well said!, tagged , anniversary, Blessings, cats, Football, Gibson, gift, Grateful, joel, Moobaby, olsteen, parents, Thankful, Thanksgiving Day, today, Turkey, wedding on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
1. I am alive and survived the 5th year after the death of my late husband! 2. I have a beautiful daughter who has a loving hubby who both have a beautiful daughter (my first Granddaughter) born this year! 3. I have parents who will share a 50th Wedding Anniversary this year! 4. I have [...]
While everything comes to a standstill during the holidays,
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Customer Service, Entertainment, Health, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Love, Our Heroes, Parenting, Pets, Relationships, Shopping, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Travels, tagged care, caring, giving, happiness, Holiday, sacrifice, splendor, time on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
it is oftentimes that the social service industry is often at its busiest of times. Pet sitters are needed for the pets while folks go on trips to visit relatives during the holidays. Babysitters are needed so that the adults can go to their fabulously rocking, cheery holiday celebrations or just for some hassle free [...]
PBS Sprout – a New Jolly Green Giant???
Posted in A Way With Words, Adademia, Advocacy, Babies, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Education, Entertainment, Health, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, Language Growth, News, Parenting, Relationships, Society, Well said!, Youth, tagged , 24, broadcast, children's, educational, Entertainment, hours, kids, network, PBS, programming, promotion, shows, sprout, twenty-four on November 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
No, I know. Jolly Green Giant and Sprout are generally the animated characters associated with the line of vegetables that you see in your grocers’ aisles for many, many years and years throughout the past decades upon decades. Today, though, while driving from home to a meeting this afternoon, I heard that they are advocating [...]
A Woman is Beautiful at any Age…
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Great Quotes, Health, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Love, Relationships, Self Promotion, So What Campaign, Society, Spiritual Growth, Well said! on November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“A woman is beautiful at any age, if she feels good about herself.” –Rose Morgan
“Grace Will Lead Me Home” – Robin Givins
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Being famous, Counseling, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, Great Quotes, Health, Health Forums, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, Law & Legislation, Love, News, Our Heroes, Politics, Relationships, Sexual Assault, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Violence, Well said!, You Tube Videos, tagged book, domestic, Givins, grace, home, lead, me, Mike, out, Robin, speaking, Tyson, Violence, will on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Grace will lead me home” – the title of the book she is promoting and speaking out about domestic violence, bringing home to a lot of victims of domestic exactly the fears, trials and tribulations that they have faced and feared. Check out her story in these YouTube videos: [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcZg2_BDZKo] – Robin Givins Story, Pt 1 [...]
Can you believe???
Posted in Accountability, Advocacy, Blogging, Censorship, Criminal Justice, Environmental Concerns, Health, Health Forums, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Law & Legislation, Mission Work, News, News Media Blog Sites, Politics, Prayer, Relationships, Religion, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Violence, Well said!, writer documentation, tagged animosity, beliefs, Christian, clashing, focus, human kindness, humanitarian, humanity, Muslim, people getting along, religions, sharing beliefs, unity, vegenance on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“Asabe Ladagu, a Christian widow in this capital city of Borno state in northern Nigeria, has survived without income the past 16 months. It was that long ago, the former librarian told Compass, that Muslim administrators at Ramat Polytechnic forced her into early retirement – without pay – after she and others requested land to [...]
Supporting Sears; Supporting Our Troops!
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Armed Forces, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Finance, Fund Raising, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Iraq, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Law & Legislation, Our Heroes, Politics, Relationships, Shopping, Society, War, Well said!, tagged beyond call of duty, salaries, Sears, Shopping, soldiers, supportive, troops on October 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Received this in my email today. It is comforting that some businesses can and do actually go beyond their call of duty these days; so many don’t. It is indeed a rare find and we should support those who do. See below for full story: Sears Walks the Walk… Could we each buy at [...]
Boy Suspended for Drawing
Posted in A Way With Words, Academia, Accountability, Advocacy, Art, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Education, Healthy Living, Higher Education, Human Relations, Keeping in Touch, Language Growth, Law & Legislation, Mental Illness, News, Parenting, Relationships, Society, Victimology, Violence, Youth, tagged artwork, boy, Education, expression, focus, help, meaning, outcry, overreacting, understanding on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So frustrating is the fear of the unknown. I remember when I was mentoring a after school program in an Community Program in a poorer segment of Austin (not East Austin) and a young boy had drawn a much worse picture than this child who had been suspended. While I was alarmed that a boy [...]
Margaret Mead – “Never doubt…”
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Art, Austintatious, Being famous, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Internet Savvy, Keeping in Touch, Law & Legislation, Love, Margaret Mead, Our Heroes, Relationships, Society, Writing on October 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Happiness is like a butterfly???
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Art, Being famous, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Great Quotes, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Love, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth on October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Censorship at the Capitol of the United States?
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Censorship, Human Relations, Law & Legislation, National Day of Prayer, Our Heroes, Prayer, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, US History on October 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Received this in my email today. It is amazing at what lengths people will go who “think” that they have the rights and authority to do so, when in fact they do not. Will this guy be held accountable for his actions? What do you think???? ********************************************************************************** Religious words such as God, Lord banned by [...]
Longhorn Triathlon — premptor to USA Halfmax Triathlon Championship in MO in Sept 2008
Posted in Advocacy, Austintatious, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Fund Raising, Health, Health Forums, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, Relationships, Society on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
OMG — what a good event this Sunday, October 7, 2007, benefiting CASA and Hope Alliance!! Check out the web page for the Longhorn Half-Iron Triathlon for more details!!
Battered, but not Broken — Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October 1-31, 2007)
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Counseling, Domestic Violence, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Law & Legislation, Love, Parenting, Relationships, Security, Sexual Assault, Society, Suicide, Violence, Youth on October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Bruce Springsteen on Believing…
Posted in Advocacy, Art, Creativity, Great Quotes, Humor & Laughter, Photography, Society on September 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
American Businesses Need to Rethink Manufacturing Tactics?
Posted in Accountability, Advocacy, Business Ethics, Creativity, Environmental Concerns, Green Earth Day, Health, Law & Legislation, Manufacturing Practices, Politics, predator safety, Scientific, Society, Technology, Violence, Viruses, War on August 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Quite possibly! In response to another blogger’s blog posting, I responded: “It is indeed something to think about… China, Mexico, and many other countries are mass producing things for us…. but, flags have to rise when are products are being imported tainted with things that could kill each and every one of us and the [...]
Reclaiming Our Power
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Domestic Violence, Great Quotes, Love, Relationships, Self Promotion, Society, Spiritual on August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Women, please let your own sun, your concentrated energy, your own submerged authentic vital power shine out from you. We are no longer the moon, Today we are truly the sun. We will build shining golden cathedrals at the top of crystal mountains, East of the Land of the Rising Sun. Women, when [...]
Day care workers are baulking at having to do criminal background checks or the rate hike?
Posted in Advocacy, Babies, Criminal Justice, Law & Legislation, predator safety, Society on June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Per the 80th Legislation article in the Austin American Statesman today, Day care owners balk at costly new background checks for employees Children’s advocates, bill author say the fingerprint checks are key for safety it indicates that the child care workers are all riled up over Governor Perry signing into law that will require a [...]
Adversity per Einstein
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Great Quotes, Humor & Laughter, Society on June 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Adversity introduces a man to himself.” – Albert Einstein
Received from a friend re Credit Card Scam…
Posted in Advocacy, Law & Legislation, News, predator safety, Shopping, Society, Technology on June 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This post has been moved to resolve, hopefully, a technical issue on this home page.
Stopping the Dead End Shelter – Moving Across Town in Austin, TX
Posted in Advocacy, Austintatious, News, Pets, Politics, Relationships, Society on June 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you for signing the petition to Stop the Dead End Shelter! Can you help us spread the word? Just forward this email to your friends around Austin who may be interested. Thanks for helping to protect Austin’s community values. STOP THE DEAD-END SHELTER: http://www.austinaction.org/petition/Stop+the+Dead+End+Shelter Help Stop the Dead End Shelter The City of Austin [...]
MADD: This is so sad…please keep it moving…..
Posted in Advocacy, Alcoholism, Creativity, Society, Youth on June 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Be sure to cut and paste all the below into your email system and keep this moving forward: ******************************************* Just a note, the lady that hired me when I first came to the school system just lost her granddaughter of 17 years old; a drunk driver plowed into the back of the car she was [...]
UPDATE: Emilio Gonzales
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Babies, Baby Emilio Gonzales, Catarina Gonzales, Futile Care Legislation, Health, Insurance Reform, Law & Legislation, News, Parenting, Relationships, Society, Texas on May 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
See the Austin American Statesman’s article, “Emilio’s short life likely to be long remembered: Terminally ill child’s case could influence laws and debate on end-of-life care”. I couldn’t have put it to words better myself. I certainly do hope some laws do get to change. The thing is, it wasn’t just about spending more money [...]
Domestic Violence – Sign the Petition!
Posted in Accountability, Advocacy, Counseling, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, Law & Legislation, News, predator safety, Relationships, Sexual Assault, Society on May 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Your say is needed to make sure that DV programs are funded. Lifetime is pushing the petition to be signed and states the following: Tell Congress to fund critical programs that help thousands of victims of domestic, dating and sexual violence In just a single day, domestic violence programs served nearly 50,000 adults and children [...]
Futile Care Compassion?
Posted in Advocacy, Futile Care Legislation, Health, Law & Legislation, News, Procrastination, Recycling, Society, Texas on May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
OMG, I went to YouTube this morning and found this message of a voice mail left by a hospital about the care of someone’s father. The lack of compassion heard here is appalling and is worse than any bill collector that I have ever heard. Someone needs to teach this woman a bit about compassion. [...]
Procrastination — who me??? ;)
Posted in Advocacy, Counseling, De-Clutttering, Health, Humor & Laughter, Love, Prayer, Procrastination, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Travels, Volunteering on May 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Seeing a blurb in SparkPeople in posing the question, “Is Procrastination Curable?”, I decided that it just might be a great time to write about it (that ugly word we all hate to admit to – procrastination): “Procrastination. Putting off until tomorrow what you could do today. Is there a more counterproductive habit around? It [...]
Do You Remember???
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Our Heroes, Relationships, Society, War on May 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
SENT TO ME VIA EMAIL….thought I would share it with you…. Not that some of us ever really “forget,” but for those times when we seem to be overcome with our own problems, it never hurts to remember those who are going through something WAY bigger than us. P.S. Maybe I’m a sissy or something, [...]
May 16, 2007 — A Livestrong Yellow Day???
Posted in Advocacy, Cancer, Creativity, Entertainment, Health, Lance Armstrong, News, Our Heroes, Society, Volunteering on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Heard it so on the news, but I couldn’t find any support of the story linked on their sites; didn’t find it supported on the official Lance Armstrong website as well — at least, initially!! I’ll continue to look for support of the news announcement on the news sites…. In the meantime, though, I [...]
Is the sky falling, or not, Mr. Gore??
Posted in Advocacy, Environmental Concerns, Green Earth Day, Relationships, Society on May 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This seems to be the latest blasts from the conservative Republicans and they seem to be standing behind the Christopher Horner (a Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute) who has put together a book called, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming (and Environmentalism), where he seems to combat every issue that Mr. Al [...]
Paparazzi, paparazzi!
Posted in Advocacy, Being famous, Law & Legislation, News, predator safety, Relationships, Society, Travels, Violence on May 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So Italian sounding is the name “paparazzi” that one presumes that it is all good, so associated with the good eats that the Italians have — ie, “Pizza, pizza!!” — however, a paparazzi can never really be good news. While keeping some celebrities in line with the social graces by exposing their bad behaviors to [...]
Saving the Trees!
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Environmental Concerns, Society on May 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last Sunday, after I got off of work, I drove to different Churches for more pictures of crosses for my Cross Project. Got some, but stopped in my tracks when I saw this tree, propped with 2x4s all around the tree trunks, then surrounded by wire fence all around with a diameter of more than [...]
When a Protective Order Becomes More Than “Just a Piece of Paper!”
Posted in Advocacy, Counseling, Criminal Justice, Domestic Violence, Law & Legislation, Politics, predator safety, Relationships, Sexual Assault, Society, Violence on May 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When does a Protective Order become more than “Just a piece of paper”? When you advocate for programs like this come into place in your state!! See the following article… Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
Health Care — Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine & Vermont!
Posted in Advocacy, Health, Insurance Reform, Law & Legislation, News, Society on May 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Health insurance just improved for 4 states. Progress is in the making, at the very least!! Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine & Vermont! « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
Can David Hasselhoff get back…
Posted in Advocacy, Alcoholism, Counseling, Creativity, Health, News, Relationships, Society, Youth on May 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hooked on a Feeling???? [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfwyuofTdV0] It seems a shame to see someone hit bottom as he has been shown to the world this week by his daughter’s own video of him. I don’t think that she was trying to be spiteful, just at her wit’s end as she tries to intervene and help her father. [...]
National Day of Prayer is Today — Are You Praying???
Posted in Advocacy, Being famous, Creativity, Great Quotes, National Day of Prayer, Prayer, Society, Spiritual on May 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Each year there is a designated National Day of Prayer. Even Benjamin Franklin is quoted to have said: The first Day of Prayer was declared by the Continental Congress in 1775. “I therefore beg leave to move That henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this [...]
The Working Uninsured
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Health, Insurance Reform, Law & Legislation, News, Politics, Society on May 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A great article posted here about the perils of the working uninsured is found here. Be sure to check them out and see various options pitted here. Maybe you can come up with another resolve?? “The Working Uninsured” by John Rossheim « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
Do You Think That GW Might Have Some Missouri Roots???? lol…
Posted in Advocacy, Law & Legislation, News, Our Heroes, Politics, President George Bush, Society, Violence, War on May 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Just kidding a bit; however, everyone knows that the attitude that many Missourians have is “Show Me”, which has been the motto of their state as well. News has flied all over that President George Bush has vetoed a bill — the second only during his terms of offices — yesterday that involved in funding [...]
Need We Say More on The Whole Pet Food Issue?
Posted in Advocacy, Business Ethics, Creativity, Health, News, Pets, Politics, Society on May 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Cartoon by Tom Toles. Couldn’t help but be humored by this cartoon today because it does pose the question whether or not we would eat food produced elsewhere like we do for our pets. The issue of the pet food problems containing an (albeit illegal in the US) ingredient called melamine, which is actually very [...]
Is the New Miss America a Fake?
Posted in Advocacy, Being famous, Criminal Justice, Law & Legislation, Miss America Lauren Nelson, News, Our Heroes, Sexual Assault, Society on May 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is all over the news that the Miss America, Lauren Nelson, was all talk and vying more for a PR stunt rather than have the intent to testify to the courts in Suffolk County, New York, about the child predators they caught with regard to them thinking that they were going to come to [...]
National Day of Prayer
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, National Day of Prayer, News, Prayer, Society, Spiritual on May 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I received an email about plans to have people at the City Halls across the nation for a few moments of expression of prayer. Churches are also planning acknowledgement of the Day of Prayer; check with your Church for their plans. The story of the National Day of Prayer stems from: “The National Day [...]
When EF Hutton talks, people listen!
Posted in Advocacy, Being famous, Blogging, Creativity, Great Quotes, Society on May 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
E.F. Hutton (1875-1962) No, I am no EF Hutton, but wouldn’t it be nice??? lol… At least, it would be nice if the phrase that was coined through their commercials (“When EF Hutton talks, people listen!) also applied to me!!! I had a friend explore who I am over the internet through all of my [...]
One Day Blog Silence – April 30, 2007
Posted in Advocacy, Cho Seung Hui, Creativity, News, Our Heroes, Society, Violence on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Silence can say more than a thousand words.
Drug Company Ethics
Posted in Advocacy, Business Ethics, Health, Law & Legislation, Politics, Society, Texas on April 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Just like in the previous posting about UT’s unethical woes of being wooed by lenders who offer special treats and favors to have a strong presence in their offices. It was rumored that the reason that Governor Perry, of Texas, was also wooed by Merck about the ovarian cancer drug that he was trying to [...]
Who Can Speak Better About the Power of Words….
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Great Quotes, Maya Angelou, Parenting, Politics, Relationships, Society on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
better than Dr. Maya Angelou herself??? See the below YouTube where CBS interviews Dr. Maya Angelou on the subject of the power of words soon after the Imus blunder. Perhaps, others should watch this as well to learn a little bit more about the Power of their Words and take their actions to heart to [...]
Tyra Banks’ “So what!” Campaign
Posted in Advocacy, Counseling, Creativity, Great Quotes, Health, News, Relationships, Society, Tyra Banks "So What" Campaign on April 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Tyra Banks’ “So What!” Campaign is such a great movement to set forward. There are so many people out there that have such low self-esteem about themselves. Sometimes, largely due to fitting into the image of what other folks “think” that they should be. Why should that matter??? Tyra Banks often states throughout her ongoing [...]
Alec Baldwin’s Blunder
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Entertainment, Great Quotes, Parenting, Society on April 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Seems like a lot of folks are blundering fools these days. Donald Trump and his spats with Rosie O’Donnell, Imus with his unwarranted remarks about a women’s basketball team, and now Alec Baldwin’s comments about his daughter! We often speak frankly to our children and tell them what everyone else may walk on eggshells to [...]
Prisoner of Love…
Posted in Advocacy, Counseling, Law & Legislation, predator safety, Relationships, Society on April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
is the name of an article (subtitled – Shattered by loss and overcome with lonliness) in the February 2007 issue of Vogue written by a woman (Joyce Maynard), who is an author of a syndicated column, who found herself being a penpal with a man in prison. The article is interesting and intriguing as you [...]
Got an opinion on Health Insurance??
Posted in Advocacy, Health, Insurance Reform, Law & Legislation, News, Society on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this page on opinions that I have collected from YouTube about the quality of health insurance and the need for health care reform. Come see what I have collected so for and offer your own opinion as well. Would love to hear from you! Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”
Pete Earley speaks out, “CRAZY: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness”
Posted in Advocacy, Health, Mental Illness, Parenting, Society, Trainings & Conferences, Violence on April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have received in the mail today at home an invitation to attend a MH event with former Washington Post reporter, Pete Earley, speaking on CRAZY: A FATHER’S SEARCH THROUGH AMERICA’S MENTAL HEALTH MADNESS, presented by NAMI Austin, in cooperation with The University of Texas School of Social Work. This former Washington Post reporter, Pete [...]
International Family Violence And Child Victimization Research Conference
Posted in Advocacy, Domestic Violence, Society, Trainings & Conferences, Violence on April 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For those going to New Hampshire anytime soon, I have also received an announcement today for a conference about INTERNATIONAL FAMILY VIOLENCE AND CHILD VICTIMIZATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE presented byt the University of New Hampshire in conjunction with the Family Research Laboratory and Crimes Against Children Research Center. July 8-10, 2007Sheraton Harborside Hotel Portsmouth, New Hampshire [...]
World Peace
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Great Quotes, Society on April 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“If you want to do something for world peace, cultivate kindness, stop hating, and have hope for all individuals including you.” – Patricia Sun
For All Victims — especially, VTI victims!
Posted in Advocacy, Cho Seung Hui, Creativity, Health, Maya Angelou, News, Our Heroes, Society, Spiritual on April 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have been wracking my head trying to find the perfect words to say to you all this week as one that had been an ordained Deaconess, although I know that no words can truly substitute for what you are feeling today and for the next few months. Then I remembered tonight a poem, from [...]
Mother’s Day 2007!
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Health, Mother's Day, Parenting, Society on April 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I am thumbing through and reading one of the last few articles in the May 2007 issue of Redbook, “the 5 hardest things about being a mom”, I am thinking to myself, “They have managed to narrow it down to just 5??? How can that be???” First sentence reads, “Motherhood is a major learning [...]
Ah-ha Moments!
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Health, Society, Spiritual on April 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Know that feeling that happens when you go to Church and you feel like the preacher has just spoken to you? ? Today, it was a similar experience when I went to a meeting today with a room full of social workers after having an experience with my daughter and her hormones. Did the leader of [...]
Duh?? Texas Medicaid Program Ranks 48 of 50 States
Posted in Advocacy, Health, Law & Legislation, News, Politics, Society on April 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Can I imagine? Yes!!!!! It is what I have been complaining about all along. People say that, if you don’t have insurance, just apply for Medicaid. It isn’t all that simple and this article, “Public Citizen: Texas Medicaid Program One of the Country’s Worst”, on the American-Statesman reiterates my point exactly. In fact, the article [...]
How Green Are You?
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Green Earth Day, Health, Recycling, Society on April 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Beliefnet has distributed a quiz this morning via email to take on How Green Are You?. Take the Green Quiz and find out how green you are. I am: Friend of the Forest Though you’re not waving sustainable-timber picket signs, you do all you can in your buying, cleaning, and recycling habits to tread lightly. [...]
Grief Well Spoken
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Great Quotes, Health, News, Society, Spiritual, Violence on April 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In reviewing some comments on a post on a God Bless Virginia Tech blog, I came across comment #299 wherein they posted a poem about grief that seems to be well on target for anyone that is going through the grief process and seems very appropriate to share with the direct and indirect victims of [...]
Shifting of Priorities?
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Society, Spiritual, Volunteering on April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
LOL… Am I not alone? As I read More.com’s article, Fixing the World After 40, I am captivated by the words: “I came of age in the do-good 1970s, when we believed we would change the world by raising our consciousness, caring for the environment, or joining the Peace Corps. Some of us actually followed [...]
So much violence in the world…
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Health, Society, Spiritual on April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
can’t we all just get along??? This YouTube FREE HUGS project is interesting. What a great idea, but do we really have to hold up a sign to get a hug??? [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4] More about the FREE HUGS project…. “Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of [...]
Has the Nation Gone Mad This Week?
Posted in Advocacy, Domestic Violence, Health, Law & Legislation, News, Society, Volunteering on April 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Shocking is the news of the killings and woundings found at Virginia Tech this morning from a gunman that went on a rampage and killed 31 and wounded 29 with his shootings at two different buildings on campus two hours apart — a dormitory and some classrooms in another building. This sends chills as we [...]
“Inspire by Example”
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Health, Law & Legislation, Missing Kids, Society, Volunteering on April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is the theme for this week’s National Volunteer Week as proclaimed by every President since 1974, as sponsered by the USA Freedom Corps and Points of Light Foundation. I am, myself, a huge advocate of volunteering. In the past 30 some odd years, I have been known to volunteer for political campaigns, CASA (Court Appointed [...]
Does health care truly value society??
Posted in Advocacy, Health, Law & Legislation, News, Society on April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Amazing today about the whole issue a level of quality of care being available to one and all alike in our society has to be an issue at all in today’s society. Read under my HEALTHCARE NOTES tab about this very issue that I discussed with my father today over a brunch we had while [...]
Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Health, Law & Legislation, Photo Projects, predator safety, Sexual Assault, Society, Spiritual on April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” Check out pictures from last year’s SafePlace Walk (2006) to see the excitement and fun that you will have at this year’s Safe Place Walk (2007) who raises funds for domestic violence and sexual assault programs in the Austin area. See you all there on Saturday, April 14th! Don’t forget to [...]
Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Health, Law & Legislation, News, Society, Spiritual on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” Lots went on today besides adding a lot more resource links to the page, as well as linking up some blogger pages that I have found interesting. Check out the YouTubes about a strong parent and the miniture earth; some extemely moving videos. Speaking of videos I found some that did [...]
Get Ready to be Moved…
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Health, Society, Spiritual on April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
by this YouTube video about “The Miniture Earth”: [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C-u6kdHuXE] (Below is the same video with music) [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIUCTbi_XZs]
Strong Parents
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Health, Society, Spiritual on April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Go to the SPIRITUAL GROWTH tab and see the entry made about Strong Parents. Trust me, you will indeed be moved!
So many new links added over the weekend…
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Health, Law & Legislation, predator safety, Sexual Assault, Spiritual, Web Development Sites on April 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” The site has been updated with additional domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, healthy living, teen dating helps and sites, as well as a links to articles on domestic violence, predator safety, child internet protection, and so much more. Come take a look and explore. While the site is still under constant [...]
Scores of Resources Added…
Posted in Advocacy, Bluebonnet Photo Tour, Bluebonnets, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Missing Kids, News, Sexual Assault, Society, Spiritual, Web Development Sites on April 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
in the Worldly Inquiring Mind site. I have updated this site within the last few days with a variety of resources concerning advocacy and self help, shopping, healthy living, Texas history, Texas Travel, Publishing, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Missing Children, Spiritual Growth and oh so much more. Be sure to come and explore soon [...]
Healthy Viewpoint on Prayer?
Posted in Advocacy, Health, Spiritual on April 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This page on the website is an amazing story about an amazing woman that has gone through great odds and adversities above and beyond what most people go through in a lifetime. Please read her story under the HEALTHCARE NOTES tab and be braced for a moment of awe, and then some!
Who is responsible for domestic violence?
Posted in Advocacy, Domestic Violence, Law & Legislation, Society on April 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the DOMESTIC VIOLENCE tab here for a page written about the CIRCLE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, along with a video, entailing some ideas/suggestions about the responsibilities of everyone in the “village”. Where does domestic violence end?
Red Flag Awareness Goes YouTube! « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D
Posted in Advocacy, Creativity, Domestic Violence, Health, Society on April 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Red Flag Awareness Goes YouTube! « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” YouTube is often utilized by many folks to make silly videos about this and that — sometimes sharing songs, movies, quips about their likes or dislikes and so much more. Organizations, such as Texas Council for Family Violence are also utilizing this web tool creatively [...]
Domestic Violence Guidance from Pastors?
Posted in Advocacy, Domestic Violence, Health, Society, Spiritual on April 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is tough enough for a victim of domestic violence to struggle with being in an emotional, mental and/or physical form(s) of domestic violence, but to also struggle with the religious beliefs as well can be a whole another story, especially as the victim asks oneself, “Why? If there is truly a God out there, [...]
Weight loss is Spiritually Led? « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D
Posted in Advocacy, Health, Spiritual on April 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Weight loss is Spiritually Led? « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” Doctors have a variety of opinions on weight loss. Many of them attribute it to food intake and/or lack of exercise. Dr. Kara Davis has a viewpoint that it is related to one’s spirituallity and has written about it in her book, Spiritual Secrets to [...]
Healthcare Notes « Worldly Inquiring Mind
Posted in Advocacy, Society on April 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Healthcare Notes « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” It frustrates me to no end that health care is available to those “haves” and not so much to the “have nots”. By “haves”, I mean that those are the folks who are able to qualify for health insurance through their employer and/or afford to pay for it [...]
What is Advocacy?
Posted in Advocacy, Law & Legislation, Society on March 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In general terms, advocacy is being there to help someone else out and help them by speaking out for them when they otherwise feel that they could not. Some examples, of course, would include scenarios, such as: * being a Court Appointed Special Advocate or a Guardian ad Litem to speak up in the best interest of [...]
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