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Kathleen — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:54:13 +0000

Street Photography via Red Scott

Street Photography images courtesy of my loving son Red Scott!

Kathleen

Hey, there I'm Kathleen. My friends call me Kathy; to my kids I'm Momia. Life has afforded me many hats: Mom, wife, sister, friend, business owner... and most recently a midlife blogger. From college to marriage and babies, in the midst of business and wealthy boomers, midlife retrospection validates this extraordinary journey called life.

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Make a Difference|Support Safe Drinking Water for Children

Kathleen — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:45:43 +0000

A well-respected midlife woman and Christian friend once told me, “Water is the gift of life. It was given by God.” Speaking with great inspiration, she explained how she believed that children who drank plenty of clean water warded of all types of illness. I followed her advice and attest to her beliefs. My boys rarely contracted a flu or cold that traveled through out their classrooms. Did you know every day more than 4,000 children in developing countries die, simply because they don’t have clean drinking water? Join Proctor and Gamble in the Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program (CSDW) to provide clean drinking water to people who really really need it. P & G believes our help will make a difference and this now midlife woman wholeheartedly concurs.

GIVE HEALTH collaborates with the non-profit P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program (CSDW) to provide PUR packets in developing countries. Developed by P&G and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, PUR packets use some of the same ingredients as municipal water systems to remove pollutants from contaminated water. Since 2004, CSDW has provided over 3 billion liters of water to children in need in over 60 countries.

P&G’s GIVE HEALTH program works to provide clean drinking water to families in need.

PUR Packet Facts

The PUR packet is a powdered mixture that cleans contaminated water.
Proven to eliminate disease causing microorganisms.
Provide for the removal of more than 99.99999% of intestinal bacteria (including those that cause cholera), 99.99% of intestinal viruses (including those that cause hepatitis A) and 99.9% of protozoa.
Reduce diarrheal disease incidence in the developing world by up to 90%.
Remove dirt and other pollutants.
Make clean drinking water for the entire family, including infants,
Considered an effective technology by the World Health Organization.

Make a Difference

Supporting this effort is easy. Any one of these simple actions will inspire your network of family, friends, and business associates and help:

Use the photos, videos, and content provided in the yellow tabs in the embedded video player as an inspiration for a blog post.
Join GIVE HEALTH on Facebook
Look for the GIVE HEALTH P&G brandSAVER coupon booklet printed on June 5, 2011 in your local newspaper. Each coupon redeemed results in one day of clean drinking water donated (equivalent to $.02)

While you’re checking your facebook page, commenting on a favorite blog, or tweeting with your associates, share the CSDW program. Who knows a few minutes of your social networking time could perhaps help provide clean drinking water for an entire family!

**Hugs**

Kathy

Kathleen

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Osama Bin Laden’s Death – Easter Sunday?

Kathleen — Tue, 03 May 2011 04:51:59 +0000

Everyone has an opinion about the death of Osama Bin Laden. I, like millions of other Americans, was pleased to see that justice prevailed and know the world is much safer without him. Hubby first heard/saw it on Facebook. He says, “Hey Kath, Bin Laden is dead. Some just posted it on Facebook.” I laughed, “That is just stupid. Who posted that nonsense?” He replies, “Ummm DEAR, his voice elevated, you don’t understand as he moved toward the television and flipped to Fox News. “HE IS DEAD!” OMG, I immediately left the foodie post I was writing. The scroller read something like this – Osama Bin Laden was killed by us forces last week. The news was withheld pending release of DNA testing. President Obama would speak to the nation shortly.

As I am certain you are aware, President Obama explained that Bin Laden was killed earlier in the afternoon. President Obama spoke eloquently. He told us Bin Laden was killed TODAY. His speech was perfect.

“And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.

Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abad Abad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties.

After a firefight, they killed Osama Bin Laden and took custody of his body.”

Then within 24 hours, the body was trust into the sea. President Obama explained the remains had been handled in accordance with Islamic custom, which requires speedy burial. The Pentagon later said the body was placed into the waters of the northern Arabian Sea after adhering to traditional Islamic procedures – including washing the corpse – aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, the news media reported.

What about that scrolling message that claimed the incident happened one week ago? The burial could not be handled in accordance with Islamic custom had that been the case. Was it a case of loose lips or a cover up?

If it was a week ago, that could mean it was Easter Sunday. Would that not have been an even worse day to announce the death of this murdering, evil terrorist? Christ has Risen and the terrorist fallen? Of course it wouldn’t bother me one bit. Christ is King! However, add to an Easter Sunday death the week delay waiting for DNA. How many terrorist strikes might that have caused?

President Obama said today and who is to say otherwise, the neighbor on twitter? Maybe he was a paid plant to back up the time of death. We will never know the answer to these questions. Osama Bin Laden did not deserve the courtesy he was given and therefore the words of the President are good enough for me.

Sure does explain the difference in time, just saying. What do you say, think my theory is believable? Probable? Hog Wash?

Kathleen

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