Month: December 2012

Blogging 2012

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SO TRUE!!!!

 

This has been the first truly active, successful blogging that I’ve ever done.  I have met some pretty extrordinary people, matter of fact they all are extrordinary!  Not only have the people I’ve met had their own downfalls and disasters in life, they have survived, and have made their life better despite it.

Sometimes in life we have to be slapped in the face before we realize just how lucky we are in life.  Materialism is the way of society today as is technological toys that take our minds off of reality.  But along with that passage of reality we fail to meet people that could influence or change our lives in a more “REAL” fashion.

While I begrudge the technology that is forcing us into “BOT reality, where communication is no longer face to face, and we never have to deal with rejection due to just tapping a button if we don’t want to continue reading what we think is “bad news”.

I believe insecurity is what feeds this type of communication.  We no longer have to fear the thought that someone might not want to talk to us, or like us so we just delete them from a list and put them on another “LIST”.  We become so absorbed with this cyber world that it is turning our lives into one anti-social desert of lonliness.  Sure we can maintain our confidence that we are popular by keeping those like us and that LIKE US on a networking site, but we are failing at human interaction.   Even bullying has become a cyber sport.

I really feel sorry for the kids that won’t be able to go to school football games and “INTERACT, or go on hayrides during Halloween, or sledding during winter.  We DONT do that anymore, instead we are running into telephone polls and falling into manholes because were not watching where we are going, all the while texting our friend who is walking behind us.  Growing up is no longer the same, and being a kid is no longer the same.  Sad but true so we have to deal with it.

BUTTTTT the one thing I can say for sure that is positive out of all of this is meeting my fellow bloggers and AUTHORS.  To be allowed to talk to people from different points in the country and be able to share with each other lifes ups and downs all the while trying to tell stories that we hope will inspire, teach and touch others emotions is a WONDERFUL thing.

I get confused with all these blogging awards and their stipulations about posting this sentence and sharing this link while answering this question to accept it.  I’m not saying thats a bad thing because everyone involved should get recognition.  But please don’t fault me if I don’t respond appropriately or thank the wrong person, or even moreso don’t thank the right person.  Therefor I would just like to award one big

THANK YOU FELLOW BLOGGERS AND AUTHORS for a great year 2012!!!!

I hope everyone gets a chance to visit and interact with the women I’ve met since blogging.  They are truly INSPIRATIONAL, KIND and PATIENT women.  Sadly you won’t be able to meet one of them, for she passed away in a house fire with her husband in 2012.   But she does deserve recognition   Sandra McLeod Humphrey who was very prolific in writing childrens books.  She will be sadly missed in the literary world and amongst her friends and colleagues.      As for the rest of these fine women I will list their sites below and be sure to visit these site, I’m sure you will laugh, cry and recognize why these women are so special.  But always remember……

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Once more THANK YOU ALL FELLOW BLOGGERS who have allowed me into your circle and have accepted me as your FRIEND!  Salut to 2013

Rosemary Adkins  http://www.extraordinaryireland.com/  be sure to buy the book and aid in the continued research on diabetes.

Micki Peluso http://www.mallie1025.blogspot.com/

Sharla Shults http://catnipoflife.wordpress.com/  and http://www.awakenings2012.blogspot.com/

Christine Hannon  http://ahairdressersdiaries.wordpress.com/

Delinda McCann http://delindalmccann.weebly.com/blog.html

Deirdre Tolhurst  http://www.deirdretolhurst.blogspot.com/

Raani York  http://raaniyork.wordpress.com/

Sylvia Massara   http://www.sylviamassara.com/

Posthumously Sandra McLeod Humphrey http://kidscandoit.com

Sandy Nachlinger & Sandra Allen   http://iousex.blogspot.com/

Lisa Fender  http://www.lisafender.com/

Manic Jenn  http://moodswingsnjmadness.wordpress.com/about/

Jessie Tyson  http://jessiebtyson.blogspot.ca/

Linnieann  http://linneann.wordpress.com/

and my own hometown writers group

Autumn  http://www.thelostwordwriters.com/blog/

Thank you all, you couldn’t have been kinder and more accepting of a group.  Lori

Donations for SANDY HOOK SHOOTING community

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If you’d like to give a monetary donation to the community of Newtown, CT that will be utilized to help the families of victims, you can go to this site:
https://newtown.uwwesternct.org/

Some may need help for funeral expenses, or other. Many will need help with counseling costs, I beg you to help this comminity and contact your local congressman and get the ball rolling on GUN CONTROL! NOONE needs an assault rifle!

These children who witnessed this will no doubt suffer from PTSD.  Lets show our support and help (if were able to).  I can’t imagine losing a child that had just started out in life.

These children do sound like angels and they are with God now!

God Bless them all!!

Link to my Discovery Channel Interview

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I have updated information that was kind of disappointing to me.  I will be on Discovery Fit & Health on 12-27 @ 10PM  I’m on with two other people (this I didn’t know about) I’m the last line of the description where it says “a knight in shining armor turns out to be a girls nightmare”

Here is the link.

http://health.discovery.com/tv-schedules/daily.html?date=20121227.362

I have to start somewhere I guess to get this vital information out there regarding international domestic violence, and visiting foreign countries .

I hope you all watch it and share the link.   Thanks, Lori

Our prayers and hearts go out to Newtown, Connecticut (Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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While we can’t be there with them in the physical sense we are more than with them in spirit and prayers.  May God Bless them all and help them find some meaning to this incident.
No one quite understands until after an incident why or what happened, and this makes life even more unfair and confusing and can alter our faith in God.  If nothing else it makes us question his intentions.  But keep believing, your babies are with God now, and I’m sure that Heaven is welcoming in a BUNCH OF ANGELS .  Those we lose will always be with us, our love transcends the limits of time and circumstance, so never give up in your beliefs.  Please don’t let this keep you from loving again, because that is exactly what your child would NOT want you to do.

These children were at the point in their life that they trusted and loved and looked forward to trusting more and loving more, so don’t take that away from them by not continuing to do this.  They will look down upon you and you will feel them.  You will know when they are watching over you during an important event in your life.  You won’t be able NOT TO FEEL THEM.  Just embrace this and love life even more.  There is way more in life to be happier and expectant about than what these sick animals want us to think or they  try purposely to snuff that our of our lives.  Don’t let them, they will be dealt with.  Call it what you may, ying/yang,karma or justice.  God will make them answer for their deeds, and I’m sure it won’t be pretty.

Here is something that might help us give Sandy Nook Elementary some support now:

The following is taken from Sandy Hook Elementary Massacre facebook page:

“If you would like to mail sympathy cards, postcards or letters of support, even teddy bears for the children and solidarity to the school, the school address :

Sandy Hook Elementary School 

12 Dickenson Drive

Sandy Hook, CT 06482

Please copy/paste/share widely. Sending a card is something small but at least it’s something we can do.”

Another update to BLOG OF THE YEAR-FOUR STARS NOW!!!

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I now have Five stars to my blog of the year award. thank you Raani York http://raaniyork.wordpress.com/
Sharla Shults (TWICE)
http://catnipoflife.wordpress.com/ and http://awakenings2012.blogspot.com/
Micki Peluso http://mallie1025.blogspot.com/2012/12/blog-of-year-award.html?showComment=1355172003912