Saturday, October 9, 2010
Tara Dublin: A Survivor of Bullying Speaks Out
"My heart is breaking for parents all over this country. For Hope Witsell's parents, for Asher Brown's, for Tyler Clementi's, and so many more whose names we don't know.
Bullying has always existed. We know this. It's Darwinian: survival of the fittest. But high school is hard enough to survive without worrying that someone is going to beat the everliving snot out of you, or go on Facebook to post awful pictures of you from a party. It used to be that the bullied kids occasionally came home with a bloodied nose or a ripped shirt. Now parents are finding them hanging in their own closets, shamed into killing themselves by their peers.
I was bullied terribly as a pre-teen and teenager. When Phoebe Prince took her own life, I wrote my story for the very first time. It's an ugly part of my past, but sometimes it's important to look at all the wrongs in the world so that we can make it right. Unfortunately, I don't think the kids who bully read the Huffington Post, but maybe you're the parent of a teen and you don't really know if your kid is a bully. Maybe you yourself were a bully, and you've passed that on to your kid. I believe bullying begins at home: a happy kid in a loving family probably won't go to school and mercilessly tease another student."
Please read the full story at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-dublin/a-survivor-of-bullying-sp_b_754457.html
Bullying has always existed. We know this. It's Darwinian: survival of the fittest. But high school is hard enough to survive without worrying that someone is going to beat the everliving snot out of you, or go on Facebook to post awful pictures of you from a party. It used to be that the bullied kids occasionally came home with a bloodied nose or a ripped shirt. Now parents are finding them hanging in their own closets, shamed into killing themselves by their peers.
I was bullied terribly as a pre-teen and teenager. When Phoebe Prince took her own life, I wrote my story for the very first time. It's an ugly part of my past, but sometimes it's important to look at all the wrongs in the world so that we can make it right. Unfortunately, I don't think the kids who bully read the Huffington Post, but maybe you're the parent of a teen and you don't really know if your kid is a bully. Maybe you yourself were a bully, and you've passed that on to your kid. I believe bullying begins at home: a happy kid in a loving family probably won't go to school and mercilessly tease another student."
Please read the full story at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-dublin/a-survivor-of-bullying-sp_b_754457.html
Monday, October 4, 2010
Are You Ready?
Friday, November 12, 2010 7:00 PM - 11:30 PM PST
Rolling Hills Community Church
3550 SW Borland Rd
Portland OR 97062
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Above The Golden State
I pray for peace like rivers flow
I pray for joy like fountains glow
I pray for truth and grace over me
I pray for strength, this hope I believe
A faith that moves the mountains to seas, yeah, yeah
But most of all
I pray for love like Yours for me
Friday, October 1, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Success: The Love Project
This started with a single tattoo for a friend.
Her love tattoo for a $25 donation to To Write Love On Her Arms.
When it became two, I made a goal. $500
It has been surpassed and the calls keep coming.
Thank you. Each and everyone of you. ♥
For more information on To Write Love On Her Arms check out: http://www.twloha.com/
For more information on The Love Project check out: http://www.facebook.com/inkslinginmama
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
What I learned this summer...
In this room...
With this view...
With these wonderful people...
[Photo taken from TWLOHA Twitpic]Learning some of the most important things I'll learn all year.
I plan to put it to good use ♥
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Love is so powerful because being loved causes one to love oneself. Nothing contributes to the self-image more than being loved by another. When the words, "I love you" are expressed to you for the first time, your world blossoms, your heart glows with inspiration, confidence and thoughts of the mountains you can move. It’s more than an emotional kick; suddenly you like yourself more than you ever have before.
Robert Conklin
Please help me support American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Even the smallest donation makes a difference. ♥
Go to: http://afsp.donordrive.com to donate.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
National Suicide Prevention Week + TWLOHA
To Write Love On Her Arms shirts and/or wrote "Love" on their arms
to show support for National Suicide Prevention Week.]
♥
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Will You Take A Walk With Me?
Event Details
Where:Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront Portland, Oregon
Starts: 10/17/2010 @ 2:00pm
Ends: 5:30pm
Check-in Time: 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Registration Cutoff: 10/16/2010 11:45PM
Donation Cutoff: 12/31/2010 12:00AM
Contact: Kathryn Clark
Phone: 503-821-9200
E-mail Address: Kathryn.clark@ymail.com
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Excited
Nine more days until the Move Community Conference.
Nine super-dee-duper, fun filled, action packed, totally life altering days.
I am going to love every second of it. ♥
Nine super-dee-duper, fun filled, action packed, totally life altering days.
I am going to love every second of it. ♥
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
I Have A Dream
They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer! “Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, ‘A wild beast devoured him.’ Then let us see what will become of his dreams!”
Genesis 37:19-20
Sunday was the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. A speech that will forever be remembered by our generation and future generations,
we have not forgotten his dream...
Monday, August 30, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
The Spirit of Aloha
The literal meaning of aloha is “the presence of breath” or “the breath of life.”
Alo: meaning presence, front and face
Ha: meaning breath.
Aloha is a way of living and treating each other with love and respect. Its deep meaning starts by teaching ourselves to love our own beings first and afterward to spread the love to others.
According to the old kahunas, being able to live the Spirit of Aloha was a way of reaching self-perfection and realization for our own body and soul. Aloha is sending and receiving a positive energy. Aloha is living in harmony. When you live the Spirit of Aloha, you create positive feelings and thoughts, which are never gone. They exist in space, multiply and spread over to others.
Alo: meaning presence, front and face
Ha: meaning breath.
Aloha is a way of living and treating each other with love and respect. Its deep meaning starts by teaching ourselves to love our own beings first and afterward to spread the love to others.
According to the old kahunas, being able to live the Spirit of Aloha was a way of reaching self-perfection and realization for our own body and soul. Aloha is sending and receiving a positive energy. Aloha is living in harmony. When you live the Spirit of Aloha, you create positive feelings and thoughts, which are never gone. They exist in space, multiply and spread over to others.
[Photo Credit: Sandi.B Photography]
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
We All Need Heroes
Jamie Tworkowski.
As mild mannered as Clark Kent.
But he's a super hero, trust me.
[I hope one day I have a cape like his]
As mild mannered as Clark Kent.
But he's a super hero, trust me.
[I hope one day I have a cape like his]
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Let's Go To The Show!!!!
Tenth Avenue North with Addison Road and special guest Matt Maher
Oct 23
Saturday
7:00 pm
Rolling Hills Community Church
3550 SW Borland Rd.
Tualatin , OR 97062
Tenth Avenue North tickets on-sale now! Get yours early so you can be sure to snag the seats you want.
Tickets:
Premium - $27
Reserved - $17 - $22
+ service fees
Group Ticket Pricing Available
Get your tickets through Ticketmaster today.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Press Release from Kids v Cancer
Kids v Cancer Supports the “Creating Hope Act of 2010” S.3697
Washington, DC (August 4, 2010) – Kids v Cancer applauds Senators Sam Brownback (R-KS), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Al Franken (D-MN) for their dedication to curing childhood diseases and supporting the “Creating Hope Act of 2010.”
The Creating Hope Act of 2010 will encourage the creation of new drugs for underserved children who suffer from serious and rare medical conditions, including life-threatening cancer, by providing a voucher to pharmaceutical companies who develop such drugs. This voucher would be used to expedite FDA approval for any other drug—including a blockbuster drug -- which would allow that drug to be delivered to market faster. The voucher would constitute a strong, market incentive for pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs for children with serous and rare diseases, such as cancer. The Act builds on the “FDA Amendments Act of 2007,” which established a voucher for drug development for neglected tropical diseases.
** Over the past 20 years, the FDA has approved only one new drug expressly developed for a pediatric cancer (vs. approving “hand-me-down” drugs developed for adult cancers).
** Still, 22 million children in the United States suffer from nearly 7,000 rare diseases (defined as having a prevalence of 200,000 or less). Of those 7,000 diseases, only 200 have drug treatments.
“A priority for Kids v Cancer is to incentivize pharmaceutical companies to develop treatments for children with cancer and other rare diseases,” said Nancy Goodman, Executive Director of Kids v Cancer. “This legislation will not cost the taxpayers anything and will create a significant incentive to companies only when they develop a drug for children with devastating diseases, including life-threatening cancer,” she continued.Ms. Goodman’s 10-year old son, Jacob, died of brain cancer in 2009
The “Creating Hope Act of 2010” will also add Chagas disease to the list of neglected tropical diseases and close a loophole in the 2007 FDA legislation that allowed pharmaceutical companies to receive vouchers for the introduction of existing drugs to the U.S. market.
KIDS V CANCER promotes pediatric cancer research by identifying structural impediments at key junctures in the research process— access to funding, tissue and drugs – and developing strategies to resolve them. Kids v Cancer seeks to improve the research infrastructure to increase the prospect that every promising idea is fully explored.
For more information on the “Creating Hope Act of 2010,” please visit www.kidsvcancer.org
Washington, DC (August 4, 2010) – Kids v Cancer applauds Senators Sam Brownback (R-KS), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Al Franken (D-MN) for their dedication to curing childhood diseases and supporting the “Creating Hope Act of 2010.”
The Creating Hope Act of 2010 will encourage the creation of new drugs for underserved children who suffer from serious and rare medical conditions, including life-threatening cancer, by providing a voucher to pharmaceutical companies who develop such drugs. This voucher would be used to expedite FDA approval for any other drug—including a blockbuster drug -- which would allow that drug to be delivered to market faster. The voucher would constitute a strong, market incentive for pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs for children with serous and rare diseases, such as cancer. The Act builds on the “FDA Amendments Act of 2007,” which established a voucher for drug development for neglected tropical diseases.
** Over the past 20 years, the FDA has approved only one new drug expressly developed for a pediatric cancer (vs. approving “hand-me-down” drugs developed for adult cancers).
** Still, 22 million children in the United States suffer from nearly 7,000 rare diseases (defined as having a prevalence of 200,000 or less). Of those 7,000 diseases, only 200 have drug treatments.
“A priority for Kids v Cancer is to incentivize pharmaceutical companies to develop treatments for children with cancer and other rare diseases,” said Nancy Goodman, Executive Director of Kids v Cancer. “This legislation will not cost the taxpayers anything and will create a significant incentive to companies only when they develop a drug for children with devastating diseases, including life-threatening cancer,” she continued.Ms. Goodman’s 10-year old son, Jacob, died of brain cancer in 2009
The “Creating Hope Act of 2010” will also add Chagas disease to the list of neglected tropical diseases and close a loophole in the 2007 FDA legislation that allowed pharmaceutical companies to receive vouchers for the introduction of existing drugs to the U.S. market.
KIDS V CANCER promotes pediatric cancer research by identifying structural impediments at key junctures in the research process— access to funding, tissue and drugs – and developing strategies to resolve them. Kids v Cancer seeks to improve the research infrastructure to increase the prospect that every promising idea is fully explored.
For more information on the “Creating Hope Act of 2010,” please visit www.kidsvcancer.org
Ahhhh, Seabird how I love you...
'til We See The Shore
I promise with my life, I will bite my tongue
And I won’t say a word, ‘til all the listening is done
And hold onto these memories, the ones that drive you away
Sing ‘til your heart hurts, then sing some more
Don’t stop singing ‘til we see the shore
Sing it loud and clear, I promise you
Someone will hear you sing
Sing it without the fear, ‘cause I promise you
The whole world will hear you sing
I promise with my life, I will bite my tongue
And I won’t say a word, ‘til all the listening is done
And hold onto these memories, the ones that drive you away
Sing ‘til your heart hurts, then sing some more
Don’t stop singing ‘til we see the shore
Sing it loud and clear, I promise you
Someone will hear you sing
Sing it without the fear, ‘cause I promise you
The whole world will hear you sing
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Never Say Never
[7.14.09]
Carter and I woke to find the Aurora Borealis rippling in the night sky over Salem, Oregon. It's not the first time, or the last. Nothing is impossible.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
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