friends-helping-friends &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://wordpress.com/tag/friends-helping-friends/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "friends-helping-friends" Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:35:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[diet . . . what diet?]]> http://tuckerfamily.wordpress.com/?p=430 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:32:28 +0000 imaginecreation http://tuckerfamily.wordpress.com/?p=430 I'm sitting in front of my computer . . . the boys are sleeping, or should be anyway, and I'm tentatively "clocked out" for the evening. The "clocked out" bit gets easier as they get older and fall into nice little structured routines. :)

I did well today, diet wise, keeping it well under my calorie goals and worked out hardily in front of my tube to crazy blond Aussie and really really happy ab jam lady. She is pumped about abs! :) Not sure why the walk didn't work itself into the picture, except the boys were crabby this afternoon and I didn't feel the gumption to fight them into the stroller and make the best of it. That, the stroller bit, does not get easier as they get older. :( Bummer.

But currently I have a gigantic bowl of popcorn . . . I'd like to take this moment to thank my friend, Sarah, for creating an addiction to popcorn out of her generosity to buy me kernels once. Since I have been unable to resist a scrumptious bowl of popcorn . . . bowl is used loosely, as it more resembles a barrel than a bowl. :)

Nope, not ice cream, not chocolate, not even the whip cream and strawberries I bought on purpose as a ice cream substitute . . . nope, its the salty goodness of the popcorn.

Thank you, Sarah! :)

Thats really all I wanted to write about . . . making sure credit for the obsession is placed on the correct person, wouldn't wanna confuse anyone. And I definitely couldn't take personal responsibility, I'm American!

God Bless!

]]> <![CDATA[Our Mission]]> http://ourhopeplace.wordpress.com/?p=10 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:51:20 +0000 Sharon http://ourhopeplace.wordpress.com/?p=10 Miscarriage is one of the most devastating things that can happen to a woman.  There are over 1 million in the US each year.  You may have had one.  Do you know how many of your friends have had them?  It is something rarely talked about.  Why should women suffer in silence?  This blog is dedicated to friends to help friends cope, hope and heal.   We want to reach out to help change the world for the better; one friend at a time.  We are women who have experienced miscarriage and have gone on to heal.  This “miscarriage sisterhood” is a group we did not wish to join, but life doesn't always turn out like you plan.  We want women and their families who suffer from miscarriage to know they are not alone, we want to give  hope, and help change her world for the better.To us, there seemed to be a need to provide some guidance and tools as how to talk to and console a friend who has suffered a miscarriage.  While we found many technical experts and websites, all these miscarriage facts didn’t offer us any comfort, and they left us feeling cold and empty.  Other miscarriage sites allow you to pour out your emotions, this left us feeling drained.  We needed help, we needed hope, and we needed healing.  So here we are. Linda Layne, cultural anthropologist and author of Motherhood Lost: A Feminist Account of Pregnancy Loss in America, believes when a pregnancy is cut short, women are left hanging betwixt and between.  “Gift giving is a powerful way of offering support,” says Layne.  “By giving someone who has had a miscarriage a comfort item like those available through www.OurHopePlace.com, one offers concrete acknowledgment of a painful loss which, more often than not, is ignored or downplayed.”Miscarriage is all too common.  Almost one in four pregnancies end in a miscarriage.  There are almost one million miscarriages each year in the U.S. alone.  By sharing this information with you, we hope you find comfort  for yourself, your friend, or loved one.  Help us help women and their families.   

]]>