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THINGS TO CONSIDER TODAY - A column by Leland Pulley that looks at issues and concerns in the lives of people and provides insights to help address them.
Have An Overall Strategy In Your Life
It’s amazing to me to see the number of people who go throughout their
adult years without an overall
life strategy
to follow. They haven’t figured out what they really want out
of life nor what they’re capable of getting, and therefore
haven’t put together a plan or strategy of obtaining this. So
they’re usually content to go along and react to life more than
act to get what they want.
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Help Your Child Utilize School To Get A Good Education
Education is a broad topic and cannot be covered in one article. I will raise
several points and hopefully this will stimulate you to do the rest. You can come up with your own thoughts about it, especially things
that are unique to your child(ren) and his situation.
It is not enough to merely send your child to school
and
assume over the years that he’s getting a good education. In
too many cases this is simply not true. This may be due to what is
going on at school or to the effort your child is putting into his
education. Either way, direct parental involvement will help ensure
that your child will get a better education
while growing up.
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LIFE IN THE MIDDLE TODAY - A column by Colleen Pulley that illustrates how to face the challenges of life, make choices, and move onward; and in the process experience more joys along the way.
Do Kids Make Better Choices With Hovering Parents
School is back in full swing. The kids are getting back into the routine of
homework. Their backpacks have probably already had their first
scrapes and ink marks added to them. The leaves are starting to turn
colors, and for us; this week we are experiencing “Indian
Summer”. The last couple of days it has actually hit the 90's !
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The Beaded Bracelet
Around my stethoscope hangs a small dull beaded bracelet. It has been there
for six years. I was given the bracelet by a little
girl who
lost her battle with cancer.
Whenever I look at the dull beads, I am reminded of Alexanne and
what she brought into my life.
I cared for Alexanne over a two year period. I saw her loose a kidney,
have her leg amputated, and held the bucket when she threw up after
her chemotherapy. I was there for her blood transfusions. I was there
when she stood looking out of the window when her white blood cell
count made us place her in isolation. I was there during it all. I
was there when she finally couldn't fight anymore, and took off the
bracelet and told me to take care of it. I was there when she died,
and I was the one who took the red balloons from her room and
released them, as the rising sun streaked the sky in pinks and golds.
I stood there and watched the balloons as they drifted higher and
higher until I couldn't see them anymore. I thought of how Alexanne
told me she was going to be in charge of the snow, because she wanted
everyone to be able to lay in the snow and make snow angels.
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Guest Article by Sarah Gentili
Another School Year
Summer has faded away and many of us have found ourselves wrapped up in the
chaotic time known as “back to school.” This is our
first full academic school
year with our three adoptive children, and I have been stunned by the
amount of paperwork
involved in starting a new school year. When our children first came
to us last year, school had already started and we missed a great
deal of this extra work thrust upon parents.
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Guest Article by Julie Plancarte
The Cost of Change
During the 2008 Presidential Campaign, Obama
won the hearts of people with feel good slogans and vague promises.
Time after time he stood on a podium reading off a teleprompter while
an adoring press hung off every word and feverishly wrote about his
“vision of the future”. Any specific questions about how
he was going to execute the office of President
were swept under the rug. Any remarks about his ability to keep the
promises he made and the cost to the American people were brushed off
as “unfair”, or “racist”. So what if he was
inexperienced? So what if he had questionable people who he
associated with? So what if he had deep ties to unions and community
action groups that had questionable motives. He eventually won the
election
and sailed into the office amid cheers of good will and ecstatic
newspaper and television stories about how “historic” he
was.
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