Referees Face Ban for Pink Whistles

TweetI could not believe my eyes when I read this story about a group of Washington state referees that banned together to donate their high school refereeing game checks to support the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research and to use pink whistles during those games. And now they are facing punishment for [...]

The Lesson of the Chilean Miners

TweetThis week, I found myself among the 1.2 billion people who tuned in to watch the rescue of the 33 miners that had been trapped underground for more than 2 months.  The overwhelming emotion that I felt as each man was released was indescribable.  What a miracle it is that all of those men as [...]

Bullying

TweetThere are currently a number of stories in the news regarding young people committing suicide because of the treatment that they have received at the hands of bullies.  I can’t begin to imagine how someone could ever treat another person in that manner under any circumstances.  And to think that those actions that invade a [...]

Constructive Criticism

TweetAs part of the completion of the fiscal year at our office on September 30th comes the Performance Evaluations.  Those were shared with each employee yesterday and I must admit that I have never seen such a sad situation.  The silence was deafening.  So many people were extremely upset and this was played out in [...]

Support for Pregnancy/Child Loss Survivors

TweetThis week I received a most interesting request from a young lady who recently had a miscarriage.  As I read her email, she made me realize that women who have had a miscarriage or who have lost a child often have nowhere to turn for support in their loss.  I am attaching her very poignant [...]

When A Partner Cheats

TweetI have been chatting with a young lady whose partner has cheated on her and has subsequently left her and moved on to another relationship.  This person wants her cheater back.  She believes that once the cheater has spent time away from her, the cheater will so miss what they had together that the cheater [...]

Enjoying Each Day

TweetWith the anniversary of September 11th so fresh in my mind, I couldn’t help but reflect upon all of those people who lost their lives that day and all of those who lost loved ones that day.  It also reminded me about how we so often take for granted the lives that we have and [...]

Manual on How to Molest Children Is Legal

TweetI ran across this story today and I can’t believe what I read.  This is a true story that was reported on ABC News’ website and I can’t remember the last time when I was as livid as I am because of the information contained in the story.  In case you didn’t want to follow [...]

Lisa’s Tribute to Her Mother

TweetI first met Lisa Koch-Howell here a few months ago shortly after her mother lost her life to breast cancer.  At that time she wrote to me the following: “Well I was wondering if you could give me some advice. My sister did the 3 day breast cancer walk 2 years ago. She really enjoyed [...]

Saudi Court May Paralyze Man As Punishment

TweetWhen I read the headline of this story today on ABC News.com, I must say that I was rather astounded.  Then as I read the story and pondered it for awhile, I began to understand.  Here is the quote from the story that really got my attention “This is written in the Koran, an eye [...]

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