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A Massacre in Boston

Again. A terrorist attack yet again. From someone who spent 36 straight hours in Lower Manhattan on September 11th, 2001 helping in a way I could have never imagined (that story at another time); my head started to swirl with the news coming from Boston Massachusetts yesterday.  One of the world’s most famous runs, the […]

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Some ???????? for a Monday?

Questions to think about for a Monday. Why is that every political figure from local, state, and federal auspices tout how they ‘held the line on taxes’ and I am paying more than I ever paid? Why are all the elected leaders on Capitol Hill not opting in for the same medical care the rest of […]

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A Grieving Mom from Sandy Hook May Teach us Something Important

The flip side of the coin.  Lately there has been much, much, debate about various aspects of gun control in this country.  WIthout stating one way or the other I say let the debate continue until a resolve is reached that hopefully may have aspects enough to satisfy the advocacy of both sides. But I’m […]

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The Chair is Empty….We Have Lost Another.

After speaking to a mom who lost a child recently, who is dealing with the loss on her own even though I gave her many resources which she stated she may utilize, I was struck by the voices we have lost that must remain ‘loud’ with all that we do.  I wrote the following after […]

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The Final Text Message Before Death at the Wheel……Share with Your Kids.

Many different news sources are running the story about Alexander Heit, a University of Northern Colorado Student who was driving and texting and in the middle of the text message, I have posted here, he swerved into oncoming traffic, jerked his wheel back and rolled his car; he died a short time later. My own daughter, Kaitlyn, was […]

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Happy Siblings Day……How Important are the Ones in Your New Normal?

Did you know yesterday was ‘Siblings Day’.  I didn’t.  It is not National Siblings Day because it would need a presidential order for that and thus far only 41 state’s governors have recognized it.  But it is the goal of the organization to obtain all 50 and 3 more are pending according to their website at www.siblingsday.org. […]