Posts Tagged ‘Family Life’
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Mother and Daddy loved blueberries, but blueberries were expensive. This was the beginning of “Daddy’s Blueberries.”
As far as I knew, Daddy had never grown anything in his life. One day he brought six blueberry plants home from work and announced he was going to plant them in the “extra lot.” My first thought was, “Yes, sure you are.”
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Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
Tags: Family Life, Money, Parents, Positive People, Work & Career
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
!–paging_filter–pWe see it on television every Christmas:nbsp;a movie that continues to be a favorite from generation to generation. /p
pAnd as emIt’s A Wonderful Life /emnears its climax, there’s a scene that always gives me a shiver. Because I know the story behind it./p
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Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
Tags: Blended Families, Celebrities, Family Life, Friends, Friendships, Inspirational Connections, Inspirational Voices, Positive People, Spiritual Seeker
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
John Wooden, UCLA basketball's "Wizard of Westwood" has died at the age of 99.
The university said Wooden died of natural causes at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized.
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Tags: Discovering Yourself, Family Life, People Making a Difference, Positive People, Spiritual Influences, Teachers & Mentors, Work & Career
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
!--paging_filter--pIt was a September evening in 1964, only hours after my husband Warren's funeral./p
pWhen the children went to bed, I sat in the tall fireside chair that had at one time graced the parlor of my mother's childhood home. I had to be alone. I was beyond tears./p
pemThis is the rest of my life,/em I thought. I knew how much the children would miss Warr. My heart ached for them. I knew about all the birthdays and holidays and graduations when they'd see other kids celebrating with their fathers. I knew because I'd been there./p
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Tags: A Loved One, Across the Generations, Being Positive, Career, Celebrities, Family, Family Life, Grieving, Healthy Mind, Inspirational Voices, Overcoming Obstacles, Positive People, Work amp; Career
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
!--paging_filter--pMy favorite films always used to be about flying, movies like emTop Gun/emnbsp;and emThe Right Stuff/em. That's because I planned to be a military pilot like my father and then someday an astronaut./p
pThe posters on my bedroom walls showed F-4s, the space shuttle and Han Solo's Millennium Falcon from the emStar Wars/em movies. All that changed onenbsp;afternoon whenmdash;as a 13-year-old boymdash;I foundnbsp;my mother chuckling over a movie on TV called emA Christmas Story/em. quot;Come watch this with me,quot; she said.nbsp;/p
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Tags: Across the Generations, Attitude amp; Outlook, Entrepreneurs, Extended Family, Family, Family Life, Inspirational Connections, Overcoming Obstacles, Parents, Positive People, Work amp; Career
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
!–paging_filter–pMy name is Nicholas Rider. I’m 14 and last year I published my first book. How’s that? you ask. Well, it started with my grandfather./p
pGrandpa was a veteran of World War II, and maybe because I loved building model airplanes, I always used to ask him about what he’d done in the war. He was pretty modest about it. quot;Not a whole lot,quot; he said. /p
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Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
Tags: Across the Generations, Action Adventure, Children, Crisis amp; Challenges, Family, Family Life, Grandparents, Inspirational Connections, Kids amp; Teens, Military Families, People Making a Difference, Positive People
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
October 2009: To recognize National Breast Cancer Month, some NFL players, including Brett Favre, will be wearing pink cleats.
Throughout October, you’ll also see coaches and referees wearing pink game apparel, as well as on-field pink ribbon stencils. All the items will be auctioned off at NFL.com and proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society and team charities.
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Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
Tags: Being Positive, Cancer, Caring for..., Celebrities, Close Calls, Comfort from Beyond, Crisis & Challenges, Emotional Empowerment, Family Life, Healthy Mind, Inspirational Voices, Living with..., Marriage, Midlife, Positive People, Prayer, Spiritual Experiences, Spiritual Practices
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Monday, May 1st, 2006
When April Nicoll takes to the dance floor—and that’s often these days because she’s an instructor at a local studio—it’s with all-out enthusiasm. For dance, for motivating her students and most importantly, for being the best mom she can be.
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Author, speaker and mentor Ronda Del Boccio presents the Shrink With Me Blog. Ronda Del Boccio is the author of I’ll Push You steer, plus numerous articles and stories.
Tags: Across the Generations, Children, Diet & Nutrition, Family Life, Finding Balance, Fitness & Exercise, Healthy Body, healthy habits, Inspirational Connections, Lifestyle, Positive People, Raising Kids, Work & Career
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