An Irish Prayer for Teachers

O Lord,
Grant me your strength, so I will have courage in every situation;
Grant me your love, so I will never give up on anybody;
Grant me your wisdom, so I will show others the path to success;
Grant me your mercy, so I will forgive those who have hurt me;
Grant me your peace, so I will find the best in everybody;
Grant me your hope, so I will never give up;
Grant me your joy, so I will be thankful for all my blessings;
And Grant me your grace, so you will always be at my side.  Amen

Again, I couldn’t sleep last night,
butterflies in my stomach,
Exciting … today will be.
Did I say I love you?
Did I say Have a great day?

23 in this Irish family of mine
2 more watching down upon us
It’s the first day of school
My stomach in knots 

A new person at dinner; again
We took all his school pictures!
My dad owns Scholastic Photography
His first day of school was 10 days ago

My niece’s first day Teaching
at Turner Middle ... My daughter sharing teaching
Materials last night with my niece 

My daughter teaches in OlatheTitle One school,
and yes,She gets those students
Who need just a little extra

My married son from Wamego
Yes, we took all his school pictures!
I love all 6’7” of him … The big jock in a small town …
Choosing not to sign for collegiate sports 

Choosing to teach public school 
Coaching at a local public high school
46% of his students on free lunch
Celebrating with them at Graduation 

My grandson starts Kindergarten today
Last week he met his teacher and
saw his room. His comment was
 “They have a restroom with a door in his room”

 2^nd grade for my oldest grandson
His big excitement for the year …Colored pencils !!! 

Waiting anxiously to hear how school went today!

As you enjoy your vacation, especially on our lakes, please keep in your thoughts and prayers the Missouri State Trooper who is missing, his family and his fellow State Troopers. 

An Irish Police Officer's Prayer

Lord, I ask for courage

Courage to face and conquer

My own fears, Courage to take

Me where others will not go.

 

I ask for strength

Strength of body to protect others

And strength of spirit to lead others.

 

I ask for dedication

Dedication to my job, to do it well,

Dedication to my community,

To keep it safe.

 

Give me, Lord, concern for those

Who trust me,

And compassion for those who need me,

And please, Lord, through it all,

Be at my side.

Curtis R McClintonI was surprised and pleased to receive a call asking me to be Curtis' webmaster from a referral.  Yes, I saw the first game the KC Chiefs won the Super-Bowl with Curtis McClinton. He had 3 goals for his website; promote his abilities, sell DVD and CDs on-line,  and autograph football trading cads. The first time I heard Curtis sing the National Anthem, I cried.  I still cry. My element was piano and guitar.  I instantly was in awe of the Gift of Curtis' voice.   Curtis saved over $5,000 for a comparable HTML coded website creation and saved $400 on monthly hosting.  Video, audio, on-line shopping for less than $1,000 ... I am honored that he chose me to be his web master. Check out his website.  http://curtisrmcclintonandassociates.com/

As a female web master with grandsons, I was so excited to an excuse to have a fun, colorful and girly website to design for Mary Seilbolt ... Baby Rooms by Nana.  She is updating her website with some new items.   http://babyroomsbynana.com/   As a webmaster, it makes my day when the websites I design can be maintained by the client.  And then to see Mary see the free marketing opportunity of a Blog and FB ... this is why I choose to do with professional, quality websites.  Mary emailed me when she was in Hawaii and took an order from a new client in Texas!!!!!  You deserve to have a website that you can maintain and appear to semi-retire on a beach like Mary.  Cathy Weaver loves her grandson and she loves to tell the story her grandson said "GG I need my minky".  p.s.  You cannot get Minky fabric at your local JoAnn's. Cathe

The Worship Center of Kansas City Presents Recycled Blessings Giveaway A FREE CLOTHING & SHOE GIVEAWAY New & gently used items for children & adults, all sizes Open to the public
June 11^th10am-2pm
14900 W 106^th St Lenexa, KS 66215
(106^th & Lackman Rd) 
Cheryl TolbertCustomer and Community Affairs
Overland Park SRS Office
8915 Lenexa Drive
Overland Park, KS  66214
Phone:   ( 913) 826-7384
Fax:  (913) 826-7541
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God graced us with a perfect May day for the Pathway To Hope© Annual Golf Fundraiser.  This being my 3rd year as a family member to volunteer, I came home ecstatic! The positive energy, the generosity amongst the golfers, once again, overwhelmed me.
 
The golfers took off work and paid so that Pathway To Hope© can continue to provide the programs that educate me, other family members and our loved ones living with mental illness. Miracles were taking place yesterday!

Those golfers and those volunteers living well with their mental illness and participating in the tournament and no one could tell the difference. That’s the success of Pathway To Hope© … transforming lives of the mental ill.  http://pathwaytohope.org/

Thank you for participating!  Some faces I’ve seen for 3 years, and you have no idea that PTH provided me a safe place in the very dark years.  My son was homeless for almost 6 years. People ask me as a mother, how could I sleep at night not knowing where my son was; if he was eating, did he have shelter on the infamous Kansas blizzards with temperature negative double digits? 

Pathway To Hope© weekly family group meetings, education, and lots of prayers, PTH waited along side of me so when my son asked for help, as a family, we were ready.  My son is taking meds and it is truly a miracle he is with us today. A personal thank you from this mom.  Looking forward to seeing you again next year and invite a golfer or two~ Cathe

2011 National Police Week  http://www.policeweek.org/
An Irish Police Officer's Prayer

Lord, I ask for courage

Courage to face and conquer

My own fears, Courage to take

Me where others will not go.

 

I ask for strength

Strength of body to protect others

And strength of spirit to lead others.

 

I ask for dedication

Dedication to my job, to do it well,

Dedication to my community,

To keep it safe.

 

Give me, Lord, concern for those

Who trust me,

And compassion for those who need me,

And please, Lord, through it all,

Be at my side.

Bin Laden deceased ... God Bless America!!!!!

Thanks to our voluntary military, vets, military families, and most of all to those parents, like my son's friends who didn't make it home ... such a courageous role in the capture of Bin Laden, to protect us ... and may we always remember to thank you to my son's friends, Steve, Luke, John ... and your parents. As we celebrate today, let us not forget your loss and those lives on 911.

vickilindgrentax@aol.com  Vicki Lindgren  913.897.4167

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The Salvation Army’s Homeless Women’s Veteran Program is an on site facility. This program offers an apartment, meals, bus passes and a safe place to call home, while gaining stability and self sufficiency. It is a drug and alcohol free environment. Many needs are met directly and others are met in partnership with other agencies and the VA.

Other services offered by this program are:

ü       Strengths Based Case Management                                  
ü       Financial Management
ü       Employment Training
ü       Resource Referrals
ü       Documentation Assistance
ü       Life Skills Classes
ü       Career Counseling
ü       Education / Training
ü       Spiritual Guidance
ü       Discharge Planning & Follow UP
ü       Family Connections

 Contact:

 The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

4801 Linwood Blvd

Kansas City, MO. 64128

Jennifer Liles, MSW, LCSW

816-807-3379 (c)

Jennifer.Liles@va.gov

I hope you find yourself surrounded by family and friends this Christmas season.  If there is someone missing from your table, perhaps our active military keeping us safe, and for all First responders ... I offer this Irish Prayer for my brother.  For 25 years, we have worked our Christmas dinner around my brother's schedule.  Yes, he did and could be off shift rotation ... but this is what he enjoys. 

A Police Officer’s Prayer

Lord, I ask for courage

Courage to face and conquer

My own fears, Courage to take

Me where others will not go.

 

I ask for strength

Strength of body to protect others

And strength of spirit to lead others.

 

I ask for dedication

Dedication to my job, to do it well,

Dedication to my community,

To keep it safe.

 

Give me, Lord, concern for those

Who trust me,

And compassion for those who need me,

And please, Lord, through it all,

Be at my side.

Amen

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KC Premiere Night at the Movies Fundraiser ...  What night to remember for Pathway To Hope, http://pathwaytohope.org/news___events.html ... a non-profit transforming lives of those with Mental Illness! Over 250 in attendance saw a new face to Mental Illness.  They saw the red head who laughs about mental illness, aka Sharon Lawrenz Ex Dr, looking elegant and enjoying herself after fighting fiercely in court to protect and keep those living with mental illness out of jail on meds in treatment.  As I scanned the faces in the room I saw all listening intently as family members and survivors spoke on the video.  Sharing the Hope and smiling when our speaker was upstaged by Hope, our little puppy, a real Live Auction item.  Diamonds, a Puppy named Hope, generosity flowing throughout the room with friends … old and new … all in allegiance to change the look of Mental Illness with the work done by Pathway To Hope.org.  A huge thank you to God for putting Pathway To Hope in my life … my sons’ donated artwork on 250 programs and on the website.  A silent testament from a talented artist homeless for years due to mental illness, now in full charge of his illness and Recovery … his donated artwork throughout the room.  Don’t give up Hope.  Pathway To Hope is saving lives and transforming lives of those with mental illness and their families.  Hope, our puppy, went for over $1000 in auction.  You still have time to donate and share the Hope …  http://pathwaytohope.org/news___events.html  Cathe, Web master; PathwayToHope.org

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Sweet voices of children are always moving as you listen and watch the Kindergarten students sing and sign God Bless America.  I can’t think of a better way to Remember and Honor all our Veterans … active / retired … some in marked graves across the oceans  … some MIA … each so Brave to serve for us and our future!  You see, I was the last of those to be drafted teenagers … except I was a girl.  That wasn’t even an option for me.  Guys had to register for the draft or marry … Girls not allowed.  So much protest in the sixties ... my uncle Jerry drafted at 18; I lived with my aunt to help with her newborn babe.  In the days of B&W TV, on the national news each night as we ate dinner watching the soldiers brought home.  Coffins and more coffins draped in flags gently loaded with RESPECT by their fellow service men into hearses from the cargo of the airplane.  Johnson’s boys they were called.  Viet Nam vets still bonded so tightly today and yet, no one talks about what they went through. 

 

My father and uncle served in the Korean war.  They consider themselves a lesser soldier because the Korean was technically over.  Both still served their country … my new Aunt going home.  They had gotten married 3 days before my uncle went to basic and just celebrated their 57^th anniversary.  As we looked for the only 2 pictures of my dad in service, I found out my brother’s first  and true dream was to fly planes for the Army.  One problem, my brother is over 6 feet.  You had to be 5’9” or less to fly in the 70’s.  Now he is a first responder of a different kind.  I remember going to both cemeteries with my Grandmother with Poppies.  She had such a large family.  She lost all her bothers to wars.  Her only sister died when her petticoat caught on fire from the wood burning stove.  Guess you can tell we’re a large Catholic family.  In a few more years, I will no longer be around to remember what Poppies were for.  My grandson in 1^st grade and having to learn the Pledge of Allegiance not to be confused with the Our Father.  I have stood so serenely on the Pearl Harbor memorial … feeling I was trespassing.  Yes, you can see and it seems almost touch the boats where they sank that Dec 7^th.    Memorial Day is a day to remember fallen vets.  This Veterans day should be a holiday to say thank you to all Vets for their bravery.  I was pleased to be invited to a wedding at Ft Leavenworth.  Btw … you cannot Google to get directions.  Obviously those of us who made the clearance check had to bring lots of ID, were checked and double checked as we proceeded the caravan to the small chapel.  As I always do, I thank a veteran, police officers, fire fighters for their service.  When I was on the base, I got the smile and nod that said they didn’t hear thank you regularly.  I find it very interesting that we can see war “virtually” on CNN and yet, we are still kept from viewing our returning vets in their flagged draped coffins.  That’s  a disgrace to our fallen Veterans. Cathe

As a grandparent of a child, as the former Facility Usage Mgr for the Olathe School District for 15 years at the main office, Olathe Schools never cancelled schools during the day, regardless of the weather, as those children had no other way home. Perhaps there was no one home to go home to. Olathe Superintendents always put the Olathe students safety first ... coming next to my cubicle to ask if every student on every bus got home. Only then, would Administration leave. Everyone needs a paycheck. Put your dispute with the bus company and do not put our students, my grandchildren, at risk. That's very unprofessional. Students / children's safety comes first. Also to schedule this on the day the number in attendance was reported to the State of Kansas ... perhaps that didn't work out so well for you sick people who left children alone and in harm's way.

Pathway To Hope, Olathe KS, is having a walk-athon this Sat coordinated by their Survivor Group.  If you like to make a donation, you can go to their website at http://pathwaytohope.org/.  Follow the link and use the BLUE donate button.  Someone I love has a mental illness.  Thanks, Cathe

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