Archive for the ‘women’ Category

• An you thought Scrooge was bad

  Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

  Who ever said that no good deed goes unpunished was oh so right. When a group of Washington high school football officials decided to donate their pay checks to the Susan G. Koman foundation for breast cancer research and to use pink whistles at the next game, little did they know that they would be [...]

• We are winning

  Monday, October 4th, 2010

  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. This is the time of year when women are asked and encouraged to go get their mammograms. But better yet, they should get theirs while taking someone they love with them. All around the country there are activities to bring to the forefront the need to save lives.   [...]

• A Stop along a Nurse’s Journey

  Thursday, September 16th, 2010

  MY career in nursing has taken many twist and turns. Some stops are as vivid today as the day they happened and many increased my knowledge in nursing. Others thought me life lessons which helped me in all areas of my life. As a nineteen year old student nurse, I was assigned to a patient [...]

• Wanting to be a mom doesn’t mean you should be one

  Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

  I was raised with a strong sense of responsibility and developed a deep maternal instinct. These two virtues can cause me to grind my back molars down to nubs when I witness people that lack either of the two virtues. After reading today’s Parade section about a young woman who desired to become a mother [...]

• Deadly triangle

  Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

  Jealousy is a very human emotion that allowed to run unchecked, can bring about results that can change the course of many lives for ever.   A current case in Florida is an example of this. Rachel Wade is being sentenced for killing a rival over the love of a boy. This handsome young man [...]