Posts Tagged ‘Money’
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
For a while, western Colorado seemed recession-proof. The oil and gas industry thrived, unemployment was low and wages were good. Then the boom busted. The economy crumpled and families lost their homes to foreclosure leaving empty houses and apartments; shelters overflowed just as the coldest winter in eight decades swept in.
It was then that Mike Stahl, CEO of Hilltop Community Services, saw two pregnant women entering a shelter. When he realized that they would be forced to care for their newborns there, his heart ached.
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Tags: Giving Back, Money, People Making a Difference, Positive People
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
!--paging_filter--pMost of us have been touched by the recession in some way./p
pIn the past year, wersquo;ve seen job loss, savings shrivel, foreclosures, and severe cuts in social services. But wersquo;ve also witnessed the ingenuity and generosity of the human spirit, exemplified in these stories./p
p a href=http://www.guideposts.com/story/snowplowers-collect-food-pantry-items target=_blankstrongPlowing for the Pantry/strong/a/p
pFife Lake, Michigan gets piles of snow in the winter, but because of Dave Browning, its church pantries also got piles of food./p
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Tags: Career, Money, Overcoming Obstacles, Positive People, Work amp; Career
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
!–paging_filter–pLike so many 19-year-olds, Derrius Quarles is expecting great things from his first year at college. /p
p But unlike most freshmen, the young man has overcome incredible obstacles to get there./p
p Quarles told CBS 2 Chicago that when he was 4 years old, his father was killed in a knife fight. A year later, he was removed from his mother’s custody because she had drug problems. /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: Money, Positive People, Successfully Single
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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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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Just after relocating to a new town, my father was let go from his job as a welder.
Dad diligently searched for work, and Mom tried to scrape together meals for my brother, sister and me.
Soon my parents had spent all their savings. When things got desperate, a nearby farmer offered us potatoes from his field. We ate potatoes three times a day: fried for breakfast, baked for lunch and mashed for dinner.
Several weeks passed and Dad was still unemployed. Mealtimes grew quiet and morose.
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Tags: Family, Money, Overcoming Obstacles, Parents, Positive People, Raising Kids
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Have you ever looked at a room and wished you could change almost everything about it: the color of the walls, look of the cabinets, or the old acoustic tile ceiling, but think you can’t afford to change it? We live with a lot of unhappy situations in our lives because we don’t believe we can change them. Well, I’m here to tell you: You can!
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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: Money, Positive People, Work & Career
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
!--paging_filter--pAs a little girl I dreamed of growing up and living in a house just like the one my uncle owned: a huge Victorian with creaky floors and glass doorknobs where our whole family could gather on holidaysmdash;a real home. /p
pNow my husband, Larry, and I were finally going to buy our first house: a small bungalow that at least had space for a proper dining-room table. It wasn't exactly our dream home; it was a compromise based on our budget. /p
pWe were settling for something cute and comfortable that would be all ours: the perfect starter house.nbsp;/p
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Tags: Family, Friends, Inspirational Connections, Marriage, Money, Mysterious Ways, Overcoming Obstacles, Positive People
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