http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog Author and Designer Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:50:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My mother-in-law passed away on June 2 from bacterial meningitis. Her passing was sudden and left her immediate family with bittersweet emotions. Four days after she died, I bought Journalution along with Beth Jacobs' Writing for Emotional Balance. I had started journaling in my early twenties, but fell out of ... http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2009/06/27/writing-to-heal/ Related posts:The True Meaning of Memorial Day ...2996: A Tribute to the Victims of 9/11 Marti posted about this effort on her blog, and I...Vietnam Memorial Wall I’ve seen many pictures of the Vietnam Memorial in... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2009/05/25/we-will-remember-memorial-day-tribute/ Yesterday was a very inspirational day that started off early. I’m not sure why, but I struggle to get up all week, only to spring awake on the weekends. As I was working on a design, I kept thinking about the bookmarkers I had mentioned in Friday’s post. There has ... http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2009/05/24/fiction-and-reality/ I’ve been working on Chapter 12 for what . . . a month now? It seems like longer. I had finished it two weeks earlier, only to accidentally erase it the moment I saved the next chapter. While the gist of the chapter remained in my mind, the ... http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2009/05/22/ideas-flowing-in-unexpected-places/ I came to bury one father and found out I had two. One is confirmed dead, and the other is presumed dead by a family I never knew. Both called themselves Bob. Though they looked identical, the subtleties were there. I thought I was the only one who knew, ... http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2009/04/18/flash-fiction-secrets-from-the-other-side/ I saw this lady's name in the number one spot on Twitter's trend list, but didn't pay any attention to it until a subscriber gave this lady kudos. So, I clicked on it and found myself watching Britain's version of America's Got Talent. The contestant's name was Susan Boyle. She ... http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2009/04/17/susan-boyle-i-dreamed-a-dream/ Twitter Today is an excellent radio show that covers a variety of topics to help you build solid relationships with the people on Twitter and in life. Often, I come away from this show feeling inspired and good about what I am doing. If you haven't listened to this show, ... http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2009/03/18/im-going-on-the-radio-tomorrow/ I wake up every morning, telling myself not to read the headlines. Last week was particularly upsetting because my state's teachers were preparing for the dreaded pink slip. While I've always had a sour feeling about California's public school system, my immediate reaction was outrage. This isn't the sector that ... http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2009/03/16/the-real-reasons-why-california-is-broke-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/ Can you imagine working at the following Company? It has a little over 500 employees with the following statistics: 29 have been accused of spousal abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud 19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have bankrupted at least two businesses 3 have been arrested for assault 71 cannot get ... http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2009/03/08/qualities-of-leadership/ In 2002, renowned Ghost Hunter , Carter Simms, was offered $5,000 to conduct a 3-day and 3-nihgt paranormal investigation of the infamous Masterson House . Twenty years earlier, Minister Joseph Masterson and his family were brutally murdered inside their home. With the aid of a videographer, a reporter, and spiritual ... http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2009/03/06/review-death-of-a-ghost-hunter/