The “Road Less Traveled”
I set a butterfly free yesterday, and it made all the difference to me.
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My Journey of Hope, Health & Healing the Loss of her Son
~ I do ~ I cry ~
November 15, 2008
It is getting closer, that year, that first year is right around the corner. Why do I write to you to tell I cry, maybe it will help you or maybe it will help me, all I know at this moment that it comes out of of nowhere those tears, the sobbing, the nightmares.In my… [Read more…]
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Sharing information, teachable moments, repeated presentations of truthful information, that is how you teach kids, that is how they learn!
January 13, 2009
News ~ Live from the Coroner of Lake County! Excerpts from written comments of students that attended health classes spoken to by my staff: I also learned that people make lots of stupid decisions near me. That part scared me a bit, the fact that people who could be driving on the same street as… [Read more…]
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Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away ~
January 23, 2009
Yesterday I picked up a stranger from the train station yesterday, she was recommended by a friend, thought she could help me “organize” ~ On the ride back to the house I found out she had lost her child as well ~ she is a wonderful woman my age from Nigeria ~ we organized, cleaned,… [Read more…]
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Silent Grief ~ The Father and the loss of his son ~
February 6, 2009
I really needed to find a reason as to why he is still, so sad. The “he” is my husband, not Jonathan’s natural father! “he ~ my husband found our son” I cannot imagine what it was like for him to have to tell me my son was dead! I found this article very enlightening… [Read more…]
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Parents Have More Power Than They Think!
February 20, 2009
Linking Efforts Against Drugs a parent group fighting drug use and underage drinking in the local communities of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff.
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Too-potent heroin blamed in 20 Lake Co. deaths
March 13, 2009
This is way to important ~ way to serious of an issue now ~ I apologize in advance without asking permission to post this article ~ Taken straight from Chicago Breaking News: It’s amazing how many comments in such a short time ~ more to this article found HERE! Lake County authorities believe an unusually… [Read more…]
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Potent Heroin Listen to Him Speak ~
April 1, 2009
I read Dr. Keller’s blog each and everyday, and as I read I re-post ~ as I re-post his words just may help another – to reach another, so another shall not die! This is not a an issue isolated to the poor neighborhoods nor gang related ~ it is in our community ~ it… [Read more…]
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Heroin deaths spike across Chicago area, authorities say ~ please read the article if you have children ~
April 8, 2009
We were founded in memory of Alex N. Laliberte who tragically passed away on December 15, 2008 at 20 years old from drug-related causes. His time was cut short but his memory will always live on. We hope to do that through helping others as he did in his life. "This has been horrific," Gary Laliberte said. "He should still be here."
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Heroin ~ 40% of high school seniors do not believe that there is a great risk in trying heroin.
May 22, 2009
Recent studies suggest a shift from injecting to snorting or smoking heroin because of increased purity and the misconception that these forms of use will not lead to addiction.
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Is this your school district on drugs?
February 28, 2010
Several years ago, Bob Stutman spoke to my three TEC groups. Stutman was the "head narc" for the Drug Enforcement Administration's New York office. He had 1,000 DEA agents reporting to him.
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Help for parents with addicted children
July 22, 2009
Addiction to drugs and alcohol among our children covers the entire social and economic spectrum in our society.
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Economic Crisis ~ Non-Profits Margaret Ann’s Place Needs Your Help ~
August 3, 2009
approximately 93% of non-profits have budgets under 1 million dollars. The economy has effected the growth of non-profits, the economy has effected Margaret Ann's Place ~
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my parents never told me
October 19, 2009
transforming the pain of grief into the elixir of hope
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Children are not supposed to die…
November 20, 2009
The loss of a child is the loss of innocence, the death of the most vulnerable and dependent.
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It’s cookies, he smells like cookies!
March 27, 2010
Michael (John Travolta) is not a stereotypical archangel. He epitomizes the freedom that an angel might command if living among mere mortals
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Is heroin overdose painful?
March 30, 2010
Is heroin overdose painful. You're extremities have turned purple and hair is now completely matted down with sweat. It is now time for them to administer the shot. Within seconds you reawaken to find yourself in a state of utter confusion and sudden, horrendous agony. You're heart is racing and nausea sets in... As you spew vomit into the bucket the EMS has provided you, all the while the only
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Grief is Important this “Mother Day”
May 5, 2010
The following was sent to me the other day from my friend Debra. I am grateful for her friendship and thought I would share as no matter how hard you think it is to get through this day. “Grief is Important” Debra had a good friend of hers read this at MargaretAnn’s funeral. It Will… [Read more…]
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Beads of Courage – Vote up to 10 times a day!
July 22, 2010
vote for the children,
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