Reader Appreciation Award (MY NOMINEES):)

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We are at the end of  January of the new year and my blog is studdned and appreciateve upon receiving the Reader Appreciation Award from ranniyork .   While I try to visit blogs as often as I can, lately I’ve been lagging and I apologize.  But Raani’s blog is WONDERFUL, insightful and has a lot of variety and I visit it quite often.  Even once in a while when I’m not too busy (for which I apologize for) I even leave comments:).  I urge you all to visist this blog and choose to follow it, I guarantee you won’t be sorry.  She is an insightful individual with whom I have the utmost respect for.

Click the link above and click “follow” with your “WordPress” account and enter your email with any other account!

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As with any award, there are rules. The “rules” for this award state that

1) I apparently cannot award someone who has already been awarded. Now, that is a tough one! Some bloggers receive awards and do not display the badges plus it would take an immense amount of time to go to all my followers blogs to see who and who has not received the award. As for this blog: it was a recipient in 2012 but this is my first in 2013. I suppose it is okay to accept since it is a new year.

2) And I cannot give the award back to the person who bestowed it upon her.

With those thoughts in mind, I would like to thank all of the people who comment on my blog, but especially ranniyork who honored me with this award. She’s a regular visitor and comments quite often on my blog!

To my recipients, here are all the rules for this award: 1.Award your top 6 bloggers who have commented the most. 2.Be thankful. 3.You cannot award someone who has already been awarded. And you cannot give the award back to me. 4.Don’t forget to tell the bloggers you’ve awarded. 5.If you don’t want to pass on this award, that’s okay to. Just admire it.

I herewith do bestow the Reader Appreciation Award to. . .

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

http://delindamccann.blogspot.com/  Delinda McCann

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

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

http://extraordinaryireland.blogspot.com/  Rosemary Adkins

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

Please, ALL visitors and followers: The one drawback I see to the blogger awards is the limitation toward paying each award forward. While I may have listed only a few, the names missing does NOT mean your visits go unappreciated. Should anyone want to grab the badge and pass it on to your own readers please do so! After all, it is all about paying it forward: joy is in the giving!

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Gun violence in schools

I thought this article was excellent in it’s explanation of arming teachers in order to protect students. It was posted by a retired school teacher and it has covered aspects of the situation that I never thought of….welll done Mr. Thomas!
http://delindalmccann.weebly.com/2/post/2013/01/teachers-packing-heat-preposterous.html

Facts about “Lori’s Song’ and the profits.

Facts about "Lori's Song' and the profits..

Interview with Jackie Anton

Lori’s Song by Lori Foroozandeh.  My interview with Jackie Anton.  A wonderful blogger who chose to interview authors and bloggers.  Please visit her site often to see the latest reviews.

Bipolars and their MEDICATION. PLEASE READ THIS!

 

If there is one thing that I want to stress to people with BIPOLAR is:

Please remember to TAKE YOUR MEDS!!   I didn’t really realize how MUCH they made a difference until I was videotaped one time, and my GOD I looked and acted like a completely different person.

I was way too hyper and sensitive, and a little paranoid. I always think that I’m not good enough for anyone (especially after 911). After what was done to me, I couldn’t look people in the eye. It was so hard to believe that anyone would find anything interesting enough in me to want to be my friend. …UNLESS..they WANTED SOMETHING. It seems like being bipolar either leaves you in a total state of despair and insecurity and skeptical if anyone wants to do something for you…or WITH YOU (*friends e.g going out together)   or it gives you so much self esteem and confidence that it borders on the narcissitic mode.

Sadly neither last for any length  of time.   I think that is why I wouldn’t take my meds, I liked those times of being so confident and arrogant and felt tlike I could conquer the world, and I would conquer a lot of things, but usually turned out bad in the end, but at the time it was happening I felt like this superior being….like no one knows what I’m thinking and that I could covince someone to do anything. And usually when someone has that much confidence it produces an energy so strong that others feel it and you do end up getting away with a lot…take for example the movie “CATCH ME IF YOU CAN”. But as usual just like in the movie the Bipolar didn’t get the girl and live happily ever after, they usually get involved with the criminal justice system and is put in prison or other.

Most Bipolars are HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, they theorize that this is based upon how the neurons fire into certain synapses of the brain, and the ones they touch are the ones responsible for intelligence and creative thinking. But who knows someone else will come out with a DIFFERNT THEORY later they always do!

If they could only bottle the effects/affects that mania gives us,  and then only the GOOD CREATIVITY, then we would have some pretty brilliant people out there.

But overall  trust me, stay on your meds to stay STABLE & CONSISTENT…well as consistent as you CAN BE.  Be blessed with who is around you and willing to go through this with you. Remember people we are geniuses so we have to stay calm to put up with the other people of this world:):):):)

I would also like to share a website that also deals with bipolar, it is humoruos, touching, and well done.   https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Life-With-A-Side-Of-Bipolar/333331666761680

Please if your bipolar SHARE YOUR STORY WITH US, we need COMRADES. or if you have PTSD, have experienced DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, or ever been on the drug SUBOXONE for substance abuse.  We have categories for all these AILMENTS:)    Or if you’d just like to vent about anything we welcome that too:)

 

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