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The Biggest Disney Headlines

Last week there were two big pieces of Disney news announced: the director for the first “Star Wars” sequel, and more information on concerns over privacy relating to the MyMagic+ wristbands.  Let’s look at them both. In a move that is both surprising and not, Lucasfilm has chosen J.J. Abrams to direct the next “Star Wars” film.  The director/producer is best known for television shows like “Lost” and “Alias,” and for famously rebooting the “Star Trek” film franchise.  J.J. Abrams was rumored as a director for “Star Wars” early on, but he denied it; or really, he claimed he had … Continue reading →

Golden Globes: Did Jodie Foster Come Out?

Last night’s Golden Globes was a great night of pretty dresses, good jokes, lots of drinks, and a few odd moments.  I have to lump Jodie Foster’s speech under the odd category. The actress (who I think is absolutely incredible at her craft) received the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.  She walked on stage looking stunning – the blue dress was beautiful and matched her eye color perfectly.  She looked gorgeous and young, but reminded the crowd she was 50. The speech itself was rather scattered to me.  She seemed to ramble about her age … Continue reading →

Ask Your Teen’s Opinion

Does your teen feel important?  One of the best ways we can help in this area is to ask our teen’s opinion. Depending on your personality and parenting style, this could be difficult.  For others it may come too easily.  As with anything, there needs to be a healthy balance. Here is one of the benefits you will receive when you ask your teen’s opinion.  They will be allowed the freedom of expression; the opportunity to communicate with us.  That is a good thing. It can sometimes be difficult to get details from our teens, such as when we ask … Continue reading →

Be Gentle

There was a woman I knew growing up who lived at the end of our street. I remember another woman in our ward talking to my mother about how much she wished that she had this other woman’s life. On the outside she appeared the have the perfect life; married, with three beautiful children, a nice house in a nice neighborhood. To this woman it appeared that she had it all. Little did she know that this was her second marriage. Her first husband beat her and her son on countless occasions. She had been through a nasty divorce and … Continue reading →

Act Like An Adult Please!

I’m tired of being the only adult parent my daughter has, her father is chronologically an adult but still acts like a teenager. When I got divorced I promised myself that I would never bash Hailey’s father, I would never make her feel like she had to choose sides or feel guilty for her loyalty. I had hoped that her father would do the same. For the last ten years my ex husband has said mean and hurtful things, about me, to our daughter. Many times Hailey would come home from a visit upset and it would take a day … Continue reading →

New School Year – New Problems With Bussing

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A brand new school year means that changes in routine will occur. This can be really stressful for kids who have certain types of special needs. School just started, but already, there are problems with the busses that transport Special Education students to and from school. Children with autism rely on knowing that their day will have a set, expected, schedule. In school, a student may be using a laminated chart that shows what will happen first, next, and after that, for his or her entire school day. Or, the chart could be a digital one that is on an … Continue reading →

A Pastor Said What? – Part 2

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Yesterday, I blogged about Pastor Charles Worley’s recent sermon on homosexuals. He wanted them fenced in a camp where they couldn’t reproduce with the thinking that eventually they would “die out.” It just makes my heart heavy as the sermon continued with, “They say that you’re gonna get in trouble with the government. Well, I just want ‘yuns to know that I like that bubble gum stuff, so bring it to me. And I like sunflower seeds, so bring me some of them, because if you have to go to jail for preaching the word of God – someone told … Continue reading →

How Emotional Abuse Leads to Guilt and Shame

The reason given for emotional abuse varies: you are bad, stupid, ugly, or unwanted, or you are the wrong sex, the wrong age, or the wrong whatever. No matter what reason is provided, you are to blame for what is happening to you. You are guilty of causing the abuse. The guilt you are feeling is not true guilt. True guilt is brought on by a realistic understanding of your behavior and its consequences to yourself and others. False guilt is an oppressive burden that is not based on reality but on the warped views, ideas, and attitudes of others. … Continue reading →

Animated Doesn’t Always Mean Appropriate

I have a confession; I actually saw two of the movies that were nominated for a 2012 Best Picture Oscar: “The Help” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.” So, yeah, I guess pigs do fly from time to time. That monumental accomplishment hasn’t happened since giving birth to my daughter more than seven years ago, so you’ll have to excuse my forgetfulness. What can I say; parenthood = memory loss. Typically, if I recognize any title nominated for an Academy Award it’s from the Animated Feature category. That’s where I really connect with Oscar since becoming a parent. In fact, … Continue reading →

Nevermore for the Poe Toaster

From the sometime in the ‘30s until 2010, a mysterious figure has visited the gravesite of Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore, Maryland on January 19th, Poe’s birthday. The figure, presumed to be male due to size, always dressed in black, wore a hat or white scarf to conceal his face, and used a cane. He appeared in the graveyard during the early hours. He poured himself a drink from a bottle of cognac, toasted Poe, and then left the unfinished bottle and three roses on the monument. He then disappeared into the night. Over the years, after people noticed this … Continue reading →