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Your Life is an Occasion – Rise to It!
by Janey Goude

Your Life is an Occasion – Rise to It! --Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Edward Magorium in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium If you haven't seen "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," you are missing a gem. I love this movie. In so many ways, it embodies what this blog Read More...

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It’s All I Know
by Janey Goude

Watching the movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium , I couldn't help but feel sorry for Mutant. He enters an environment where he is the outcast. In a world of imagination and creativity, he speaks a language of rules and regulations. When difficult times Read More...

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Gardasil Vaccine
by Janey Goude

Why is this "cervical cancer" vaccine not being advertised honestly? I watched a commercial with my teen daughter several weeks ago. When it was over I asked her, "Based on this commercial, should you receive the vaccine?" Her response was along the lines Read More...

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Bringing Balance to our Activism
by Janey Goude

Do pleas for help flood your inboxes and mailboxes? Just this week I received such an email, outlining the present plight and giving a call to action. This email even went so far as to include links that provided contact information, making it easier Read More...

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Living and Loving Well
by Janey Goude

Two weeks ago our friends received the call to go comfort a newly widowed expectant mother. At 1am that morning our friends embraced a woman--six months pregnant--who was facing the funeral plans of her husband while her baby--their baby--unassumingly Read More...

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Microchipping: It's Not Just for Fido Anymore
by Janey Goude

I'm not a big news buff, but by now my husband would have clued me in on something this sensational. Amazingly, he hadn't heard of it either. I just read an article on the use of microchips in Alzheimer's patients. Yes, I said IN. The same technology Read More...

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Most Embarrassing Moment
by Janey Goude

Everybody has those days. With four kids, I probably have more than my share! This particular day, it had nothing to do with my kids. I went through a drive-thru for a milkshake. A seemingly simple feat, but I'll admit I'm not your run of the mill milkshake Read More...

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Who is Doing Your Job?
by Janey Goude

I'm transferring my kids' care from the pediatrician to my family doctor. As with anything medical, paperwork precedes productivity. So, I took the completed release forms to the pediatrician. The next day, I received a call saying I'd have to pick up Read More...

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Human Error or Negligence?
by Janey Goude

Recently I received an email rejoicing that an unborn child had saved the mother's life. My joy was short circuited by my anger. The unborn child should never have been called upon to save her mother's life...that task was the responsibility of the ER Read More...

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Perspectives and Client Care - For Better or Worse
by Janey Goude

I recently read a letter to the editor in which an OT called PTs on the carpet for "pushing too hard." The author was a retired OT who had undergone physical therapy and felt her physical condition had been adversely affected by PTs who aggressively forged Read More...

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Balance in the Workplace: Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
by Janey Goude

I was in a car wreck two weeks ago-hit broadside in the rear passenger door where two of my girls were sitting. The policeman insisted an EMT check out my girls then shared, "The lady in the other car wants the paramedic to look at her ankle. It's really Read More...

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