Tell Somebody Campaign

Domestic Violence is no joke. Glamour and the National Domestic Violence Hotline are working on a campaign called, “Tell Somebody Campaign”. Click on the video below to learn more about what you can do to help stop domestic violence in your area. http://www.glamour.com/tell-somebody/video/2011/05/tell-somebody-help-put-an-end-to-relationship-violence #DVWarrior

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Lymphedema Fashion Scarf

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 [...]

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KEYETV’s Photo re Storage Shelter Family

“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 [...]

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Compassion Fatigue

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 [...]

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So how do you get empathy, anyway?

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 [...]

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Personal Fundraising Page for Kathryn Benefiting the Lymphatic Research of the Lymphatic Research Foundation!

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 [...]

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And, speaking of childhood trauma…

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 [...]

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Makers of Memories

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 [...]

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Jamie Oliver – A Hero in the American Public School Cafeteria System

Jamie Olive is my hero.  Last year, when he came to the United States and make a debut in the small, sleepy town in West Virginia, he clearly made an impact and difference in their lives. This year, he might have taken on more than he could chew by tackling the enormous Los Angeles Community. [...]

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Dream For A Cure…

      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 [...]

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Personal Fundraising Page for Kathryn Benefiting the Lymphatic Research of the Lymphatic Research Foundation!

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 [...]

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SoulNeeds Beta – Dashboard – txbluebonnet

One of the most creative and latest/greatest social sites being placed out on the world wide web recently is a site called, Soul Needs! It really works on getting to know people for their wholesome goodness, as well as a place for each and every person to come and explore fitness by way of the [...]

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Bee Farmers

Wow!  One of the men on a social site similar to MySpace (called Fubar) put 2 and 2 together about a small town that we both had family connections to.  It so happened that his aunt and uncle were bee farmers in that town and had died in the 80′s.  I couldn’t help but respond [...]

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Katrina Victims or Survivors — after all of these years???

On January 9th of this year, a posting was made by Timmy called “You want what?”.   In the posting he states:   Today’s Kick in the Ass goes to an anonymous person, or asshat, who filed a claim against the federal government for of $3 quadrillion for over damage from the failure of levees and flood [...]

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Scarlet Letter?

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 [...]

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The Most Wonderful of all Things in Life…

In reading some profiles on Fubar (much like MySpace), I ran across one that had this written on it (by “Lonewolf”)….. The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one’s relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner [...]

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Remaining Positive?

(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 [...]

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Global Warming in the United States???

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 [...]

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Possible Goal for the New Year?

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 [...]

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“Normal” Sleep Hours????

I am often wondering what this truly is. What is normal, afterall? For a person that works the typical 8a-5p shifts, sleep hours might be 9p-6a…or something of that nature. However, for the person working the night shifts, it may invert drastically. As for me, my hours shift according to the day… sometimes working day [...]

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Counting “God Bless You!”s …

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 [...]

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OTC Paternity Tests???

I know that they have talked about it for a while… and you have been able to purchase a kit online and send it off to the various DNA labs, but now (in accordance to the Houston News Station) they are available over the counter as well? What do you think about that? I am [...]

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Reasons to be Thankful…

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 [...]

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While everything comes to a standstill during the holidays,

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 [...]

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Aging Alphabet

Received this in an email from a friend in Canada….enjoy!!! A is for apple, and  B is for boat, That used to be right, but now it won’t float! Age before beauty is what we once said, But let’s be a bit more realistic instead. A is for arthritis; B is the bad back, C [...]

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PBS Sprout – a New Jolly Green Giant???

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 [...]

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A Woman is Beautiful at any Age…

“A woman is beautiful at any age, if she feels good about herself.” –Rose Morgan

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Good Morning, Monday!! … lol ….

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“Grace Will Lead Me Home” – Robin Givins

“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 [...]

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We are shaped by…

“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Who Says Big Boys Don’t Cry??? lol…

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Can you believe???

“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 [...]

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Longhorn Triathlon — premptor to USA Halfmax Triathlon Championship in MO in Sept 2008

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!!

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Is this Canada???

[YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0IQNwZ-zsI]  [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-LzM9fMS-0] What is it that Toronto really represents???

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Domestic Violence Awareness

[YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZh5HN2q_qo]  [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9m80kf8l7A] [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njx-n6SsdV8] [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZobGvCcitOQ] [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBpiKQBaTVY]

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Help Me — I am Shrinking!! :)

I have a skin irritation call rosacea. Many famous people have it.  Winston Churchill, in fact, had it with his nose being so red all the time…. largely due to being irritated by his massive drinking binges.  Honestly, I think Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer had it too — because I certainly feel like Rudolph [...]

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A Good Cook!

What a great quote – “A good cook is a sorceress who dispenses happiness.” – Elsa Schiapirelli Found quoted in Spark People!!!

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American Businesses Need to Rethink Manufacturing Tactics?

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 [...]

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Homely Gift

“By homely gift and hindered Words The human heart is told Of Nothing — ‘Nothing’ is the force That renovates the World —” –Emily Dickinson

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Biotech Fast Track Internship is Ending

I have but one more day to complete of the intense program that began at the end of May and continued well into August.  The first half of the program was intense classes covering scientific math skills and problem solving, ethical issues, and biotechnology laboratory science and lab skills classes for 3 days a week [...]

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Unfit husband law???

Friend reported to me tonight that a friend was arrested in Travis County, Texas, recently on a Class B charge of being an unfit husband and asked me if I had ever heard of such of a thing.  I told him that I have certainly heard of being an unfit parent, but insofar as being [...]

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Losing or not losing??

“Lose your wealth, you lose nothing. Lose your health, you lose something. Lose your integrity, you lose everything.” – Stew Leonard

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Sometimes, it is not for us to ask the reason why….

but, to just accept the why nots and proceed forward. As much as we prepare for everything, we often find ourselves never truly prepared. Take for example, today… 1. I decide to make it a day for my daughter by taking her to breakfast. 2. Then I gave her a choice of what to do [...]

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Is money an excuse for your living???

  “Money is just an excuse to avoid thinking very much about the life you are living.”   – Michael Lewis, Wall Street writer

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Good Communication

“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Shane Brenier’s Birthday Greeting Card World Record Status

Today, on May 21, 2007, I heard from the TLP Foundation wherein they confirmed that the last that they have heard, there has been more than 1 million greeting cards received for his birthday. Keep them coming!!! See “Happy Birthday, Shane?” for more about the whole story and where to send your greeting card to [...]

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West Nile Virus Goes YouTube!

This first clip is from Coronado High School for a Environmental Awareness Informercial Project. A bit silly at times, but I think that they drive their point across: [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BldbzKBE1Iw] and, not so entertaining videos as prepared by Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District Public Affairs Manager Deborah Bass who gives insight into how this [...]

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West Nile Virus – Crows Continue to be Hard Hit

For 6 years now, the West Nile Virus has been hitting the crow population hard. Scientific American’s May 17th, 2007, article, “West Nile Hammers U.S. Birds”, spells it out best. “Now a major analysis confirms that American crows have been extremely hard hit nationwide–populations have fallen by 45% since the West Nile virus arrived–and several [...]

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UPDATE: Emilio Gonzales

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 [...]

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Futile Care Compassion?

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. [...]

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Baby Emilio – Futile Care Bill

 In following up on my Bits and Pieces posting, I had mentioned that Baby Emilio Gonzales’ Mother was fighting hard to keep Baby Emilio, at 17mos old, sustained on resuscitation equipment for just a little bit longer. On April 17th, the Court heard the matter and extended the hearing awaiting on other findings. On May [...]

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Procrastination — who me??? ;)

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 [...]

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Pecan Parkway – Austin, TX (horizontal viewpoint)

Okay, as promised, I am posting the horizontal of this shot.  Unavoidable is the construction going on across the street in the distance, which is revealed more here than in the vertical shot. Surgery was fine, aside from them not being able to find my veins for the IV.  I got poked many times.  I [...]

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Happy Birthday, Shane????

How many ways can you say “Happy Birthday” to an eight year old who is also a cancer patient??? Received this in the email today.  It has a direct link, too, to his site encouraging everyone to massively cooperate and send this young guy a means to get his wish for breaking the Guiness World [...]

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May 16, 2007 — A Livestrong Yellow Day???

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 [...]

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Tyra Banks’ “So What” Campaign Continues…

Tyra Banks continues her “So What!” Campaign by having a Belly Brigade, which aired on April 26, 2007. I missed that showing, but enjoyed seeing it re-ran tonight on the television. If you missed it, certainly it awe inspiring to anyone who feels like they have some flaws that they are not proud of; and, [...]

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Health Care — Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine & Vermont!

Health insurance just improved for 4 states.  Progress is in the making, at the very least!! Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine & Vermont! « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM”

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Can David Hasselhoff get back…

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. [...]

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Just a thought: What about…

having the oil/gas companies fund our health care programs, from the obvious profits that they are squirreling away, so that everyone can have access to health care equally??? Either the oil/gas companies will tire of having to foot the health care access bills or they will drop the oil/gas prices in effort to get out [...]

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March 15th, 2007 – Gas Out Day Misgivings?

A friend of mine from Canada sent this to me… Imagine the effect (if it would really work): “Our gas went up this week to about $5.00 gallon for regular. So I won’t pump gas on the 15th NO GAS…On May 15th 2007 Don’t pump gas on MAY 15th In April 1997, there was a [...]

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Lack of Warning to Residents of an Apartment Complex in Austin, TX, of an Alleged Sexual Assault

I can understand that there is a reason to be quiet about notification rather than send the residents into a panic; but, geez this apartment complex needs to exercise some sense. They are talking about an alleged sexual assault (just because it is alleged doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen; just means that the crime [...]

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15 yo Suicidal Death at a School

Sad. Very sad. Just in! This young girl, at Matagorda High School, excused herself from a band class and self-inflicted a wound upon herself. When the girl hadn’t returned to class, the teacher sent another student to check up on her and found her dead. At the end of the article, they mentioned that they [...]

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The Working Uninsured

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”

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Need We Say More on The Whole Pet Food Issue?

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 [...]

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Drug Company Ethics

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 [...]

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Texas & Rattlesnakes!

It is so not so unusual of story to hear about rattlesnakes this time of year. People get used to walking around, especially in the recent colder days where folks are not generally out and about walking in the woods, etc., and not seeing very many of the snakes out and about. Oftentimes, it isn’t [...]

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Tyra Banks’ “So what!” Campaign

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 [...]

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Got an opinion on Health Insurance??

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”

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Media Influences

Who do you blame when your child pulls pranks and verges on the criminalistic side? Some will be quick to blame parents for allowing their children to listen to rap music, for instance. While some rap music can be alright, it is certainly not the norm of the rap culture who glorifies violence, drugs, rape, [...]

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Pete Earley speaks out, “CRAZY: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness”

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 [...]

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Jennifer Garner on Pregnancy

“When I was pregnant, so many people warned me: ‘Your life is going to change!’ It sounded ominous. Of course, having a baby is a big change, but it’s positive.  And I’m still me.” ~ Jennifer Garner

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For All Victims — especially, VTI victims!

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 [...]

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Mother’s Day 2007!

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 [...]

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Ah-ha Moments!

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 [...]

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Duh?? Texas Medicaid Program Ranks 48 of 50 States

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 [...]

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How Green Are You?

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. [...]

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Grief Well Spoken

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 [...]

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There is no time like NOW…

to establish this is the first day to your recovery from a cluttering lifestyle! When I was much younger living at home I was a much neater type of person and almost on the point of being obsessive to a degree.  I had a daughter in my later years and, eventually, as a single parent [...]

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Killer Hugs???

This week, so far, has been a bit with some craziness — Virginia Tech massacre allegedly due to a domestic violence/obessesive ex syndrome issue. Abortion/Pro-life folks coming to a head on some of those issues. Brought up some YouTube domestic violence videos and posted them under the DOMESTIC VIOLENCE tab for you to review. Some [...]

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So much violence in the world…

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 [...]

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Has the Nation Gone Mad This Week?

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 [...]

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“Inspire by Example”

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 [...]

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Does health care truly value society??

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 [...]

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Thoughts on a Saturday…

I am working two shifts today and writing this in between calls and multi-tasking with other things that I am working on as well. The fact that I am able to do this is good because that means that there aren’t as many crisis callers today. Yesterday was a wonderful day spent looking for bluebonnet [...]

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It’s my birthday!

Yep. I am 48 years young today!! Unfortunately, the typical aches and pains are here as one gets older. Taking my Aleve now! lol… Today is also my designated traditional bluebonnet hunt day. This afternoon’s weather is supposed to be not quite so good today – with promises of thunderstorms and possible tornados and hailstorms. [...]

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Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

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 [...]

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Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” So much was added today.  More shopping links, Radio-Television-Film links, interesting links on self help and domestic violence issues, Webby Award links and so much more were added.  I added a Sunrise Thoughts article, as well as an article about being careful regarding Imus, a tragic death of a 7 yr [...]

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Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

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 [...]

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Bits and Pieces of Thoughts of the Day…

Today, I crossed one of my fears.  I had been given a recumbant bike by a person that put it in the online classifieds for free.  I wanted it because I thought with my knee problems I would be able to do that in my home and not have such high impact on my knees [...]

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Get Ready to be Moved…

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]

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Strong Parents

Go to the SPIRITUAL GROWTH tab and see the entry made about Strong Parents. Trust me, you will indeed be moved!

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So many new links added over the weekend…

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 [...]

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Healthy Viewpoint on Prayer?

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!

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Red Flag Awareness Goes YouTube! « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

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 [...]

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Domestic Violence Guidance from Pastors?

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, [...]

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Weight loss is Spiritually Led? « Worldly Inquiring Mind “iWIM” :D

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 [...]

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