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Category Archives: accidents
Make an Impact
I believe we’ve talked about this before. I’d like to address it again, because I can’t remember what people thought of it. I received an email this morning from another baseball mom. Her son suffered traumatic brain injury due to a concussion during hockey, 7 weeks ago. … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, activities, concussions, safety, sports
Tagged activities, children, life, opinions, thoughts
10 Comments
What do you think?
I’m not sure if you’ve heard this if you don’t live here or if you don’t know who Joe Senser is. I don’t know if it’s on the national news or not but read the Good Question from Tuesday night … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, behavior, choices, Crime, differences, emotions, feelings, hurt, laws, opinions, people, things, Uncategorized, vikings
Tagged accidents, amy senser, behavior, choices, crimes, differences, emotions, feelings, hurt, joe senser, laws, opinions, people, things, vikings
9 Comments
Does Changing Lanes Save You Time?
Do you constantly switch lanes while driving? Are you “one of those” who can’t seem to stay in the same lane? Always switching back and forth? Sometimes people like this remind me of a little kid who can’t wait their turn … Continue reading
What kind of thing bothers you?
The other day Sue wrote this post about our recent Christmas gifts and if we liked them all and are still using them or are they now sitting all alone is some far corner. Jenny had commented about a toy … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, adults, children, differences, discipline, fairness, kids, people, rules, things, Uncategorized
Tagged accidents, adults, children, differences, discipline, fairness, kids, people, punishment, rules, things
13 Comments
More than just a Question of the day
I’ve been hearing all this talk just like I’m sure you have about the why’s of the Arizona shootings. I’ve been hearing about the “blame” many feel towards Jared Loughner’s parent’s and I’ve been hearing once again “let’s blame the guns” … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, afraid, behavior, childhood, children, differences, family, fears, government, guns, laws, mental illness, parent's, people, questions, rules, things
Tagged accidents, afraid, az shootings, behavior, childhood, children, differences, family, fears, government, gun laws, guns, Jared Loughner, kids, laws, mental illness, parent's, people, questions, rules, things
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What do you all think?
Okay guys. Let’s play judge and jury. What do you think? Should this guy get a ticket or not? Why or why not? “LONDONDERRY, N.H. – Their son wasn’t going to wait to be born, so John Coughlin rushed his … Continue reading
Life-Changing Decision?
We’re all parents here – or I think most of us are. Here’s a dilemma that I hope none of us ever have to face, but it presents an interesting question. Watching Dr. Phil today, the audience was introduced to … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, activities, childhood, children, choices, dangers, deafness, gymnastics, health, hearing, parenting
Tagged activities, dangers, deafness, decisions, parenting
11 Comments
Gotta Pay to Play
This story is sad and appalling. Gene Cranick lives in rural Tennessee, where there is no fire protection district, like many of us are accustomed to. His taxes do not go to support the closest fire department, but that department … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, America, blame, emergency, government, life lessons, outrage, politics, responsibility, taxes
Tagged government, life, life lessons, outrage, politics
24 Comments
Does this seem to be happening more often?
We’ve heard a lot of these kinds of stories on the news in the last little while but now it’s happening to people we know. Sue found this bug in her Smucker’s jam. Click on the picture and you can even see … Continue reading
What Would You Do?
For some of us, the idea of being buried alive is a deep-set phobia. For 33 men in Chile, it’s a reality. They became trapped on Aug. 5th when an earthquake collapsed parts of the mine around them, trapping them … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, emergency, health and beauty, life, life lessons, material things, medical care, needs, nightmares, people, supplies, thoughts, tough times, Uncategorized, wants
Tagged behavior, choices, fears, life, life lessons, people, problems, questions, things, thoughts
18 Comments
To Pay or Not To Pay
I live in an area where there are a lot of “roller dams”. They’re not as big as the ones in that link, more like the one that’s in the picture, just so you have a point of reference. Last … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, adults, arguments, beer, behavior, emergency, taxes, Uncategorized
Tagged activities, adults, behavior, Public service, questions
12 Comments
Free Chat Thursday
Happy Thursday, or Wednesday night, depending on when you read this! 🙂 Isn’t this picture I used today pretty?! I just thought it was really cool! I might do this from now on. Change the picture, there are so many neat … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, American idol, baseball, competition, pain, photo's, son, tv shows, Uncategorized
Tagged emotions, kids, life lessons, things
26 Comments
Is 16 to young to drive?
Last week we had a couple of very tragic accidents claiming the lives of many of our young people. Here is the news story of one of them. Several things came out after this article. There was no alcohol involved … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, age, behavior, children, choices, differences, discipline, drivers ed, driving, fears, good habits, kids, laws, life, live and learn, people, Political Correctness, problems, teachers, teenagers, things, Uncategorized, vehicles
Tagged accidents, age, behavior, children, choices, discipline, drivers ed, driving, fears, good habits, kids, laws, life, life lessons, live and learn, people, Political Correctness, problems, teachers, teenagers, things, vehicles
35 Comments
Zero Tolerance
I got this from someone I know who reads here but doesn’t comment much. They wanted our view on this. We’ve all heard of “zero tolerance” and I think we’ve discussed it here before. I think at this point, most people … Continue reading
Getting Politicians to Swear off Cussing
I know this is a subject that some of you feel we’ve discussed enough. I thought so too until I saw this on the news the other night. When the whole Joe Biden dropping the F-ing bomb in President Obama’s ear … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, adults, bad habits, behavior, bloopers, children, choices, control, cussing, differences, feelings, habits, judging, lifestyles, people, things, thoughts, Uncategorized, you tube
Tagged accidents, adults, bad habits, behavior, bloopers, children, choices, control, cussing, differences, feelings, habits, joe biden, judging, lifestyles, mckay hatch, opinions, people, swearing, things, thoughts, you tube
26 Comments
Microwaving water
A 26-year old man decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of water and put it in the microwave to heat it up (something that he had done numerous times before). I am not sure how long … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, burns, microwaves, people, things, water
Tagged accidents, burns, microwaves, people, things, water
16 Comments
When Tragedy Strikes, part II
Previously, we discussed what TO do when a friend or family member experiences a family tragedy. How we can help, how we can lighten the load, ease the myriad and intense feelings that accompany such an event. But for every … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, advice, behavior, emergency, family, friends, friendship, getting sick, hospitals, illness's, kindness, life lessons, live and learn, medical care, nurture, volunteer
Tagged behavior, emotions, family, relationships, support, trauma
19 Comments
When Tragedy Strikes, part I
As most/all of you know, almost two years ago, now, my husband Steve was in a near-fatal car wreck which left him blind. His recovery was spent in two different hospitals over the course of a month, followed by nearly … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, advice, behavior, emergency, family, friends, friendship, getting sick, hospitals, illness's, kindness, life lessons, live and learn, medical care, nurture, volunteer
Tagged behavior, emotions, family, relationships, support, trauma
14 Comments
Question of the Day
What’s been your longest hospital stay? (inspired by Joy!)
Posted in abilities, accidents, activities, choices, differences, feelings, people, Question of the day, simple questions, things, thoughts, Uncategorized
Tagged activities, adulthood, adults, behavior, childhood, children, choices, differences, emotions, family, fears, feelings, friends, funny, growing up, kids, life, life lessons, love, memories, parent's, people, problems, Question of the day, questions, simple questions, thoughts
18 Comments
Locking your car
I received the following e-mail from a girlfriend of mine who is a police officer here in MN: This email was forwarded to me by my Chief. It is definitely interesting and good information! From the Zumbrota Chief of Police … Continue reading
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