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way? Still looking for awork from homebusiness? Click here to see how you can have a home based travel business from your home or add extra income to your existing business. We help share your business stories on video. See howThe Diaper Baker Ten years ago Angie attended ababy showerwhere the mom-to-be received a diaper cake. It was a tower of diapers. She thought to herself "Now there's a gift that she REALLY needs". Diapers Diapers Diapers!! A few years later her daughter found out she was pregnant with Angie's very first grand-daughter. As a proud grandma-to-be, she wanted to give her daughter the most memorablebaby showerEVER!! She went out and bought everything you can think of....new baby clothes, socks, shoes, booties, hats, mittens, toys, teethers, rattles....and let's not forget the diapers!! You name it and Angie probably bought it!! She decided she was going to create a diaper cake for her daughter'sbaby shower. She did it just as she had seen years prior at the shower she attended. As Angie placed the final tier of diapers on top of the cake she stepped back and thought to herself "Not the most ATTRACTIVE thing, now is it?" Yes, it's definitely useful, but very boring. It was then that she glanced down at all of the shopping bags she had accumulated filled with the items mentioned earlier (bibs, socks, shoes, teethers, etc.) and thought "What if I could make a diaper cake FILLED with all of these items that radiated beauty???" Angie's mind was racing with different thoughts and ideas. She wrapped the tiers of the cake with plush blankets and hooded towels, the top tier with burpcloths and washcloths. She placed an 8 oz bottle in the center of the diapers, holding the tiers together. She began adding on all of the items, plus more, and when all was said and done Angie had this absolutely adorable, beautiful diaper cake before her. She placed it on the table as she began decorating for herbaby shower. Angie's younger daughter was the first to arrive and continuously complimented her on the CENTERPIECE she had made. Centerpiece???? Wow...she was right. Not only was this a unique gift, but it was a gorgeous centerpiece!! Two gifts in one! FANTASTIC!! The guests started to arrive and one-by-one Angie was getting asked where the centerpiece was purchased from, where did she find such an exquisite gift, was that a cake made of diapers??? Everyone was amazed at her work!! Angie's daughter was the last to arrive as it was a surprise shower for her. The look on her face was priceless when she saw the gift / centerpiece her mom had made for her. Tears filled up in her eyes with a smile ear-to-ear. Angie admits as a mother, seeing your child (regardless of their age) that happy gives YOU complete joy. Angie decided then and there that she wanted to give others the same feeling that her and her daughter had....and The Diaper Baker was born!! Since then, The Diaper Baker has excelled and Angie continues to help make the miraculous event of parenthood even more memorable with her unique creations!
Angie
Missing
Children
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"I started
working online because I wanted a place to write and begin
sharing my interests with others after the birth of my first
son....so I created a parenting resource site as a hobby, then
to supplement staying at home and my site I began designing
t-shirts for family members/parents and kids oncafepress. I
later ventured into affiliate marketing and selling gifts and
party supplies. Since then I have ventured into hosting my own
moms social network and talk show for moms. All of these things
are things I enjoy during my mommy time..or what I like to call
mamas time out. I eventually hope to focus more on my
writing/blogging and eventually making a living from writing or
doing product reviews. Woo...that turned into a long
commentary...hope not too long "
If you had met Oscar when he first came into theadult day carecenter, you would have seen a very tall man, in his early 70’s, who slumped his shoulders, kept his eyes focused on the floor, and gripped his wife Mary’s hand as she urged him into the building. His diagnosis was Alzheimer’s disease. You would have seen that the receptionist of the day center would come out from behind her desk, every morning, and give Oscar a hug – even though his arms would stay by his side and his eyes never strayed from the floor. You would have noticed that as Oscar got seated, that every single day the kitchen workers would serve him coffee just the way Mary said he liked to drink it, even though he never acknowledged them and barely sipped at the coffee. You would have seen personal care assistants and volunteers greeting him, smiling at him, hugging him daily – and you would have see that Oscar barely seemed to notice. You would have heard the activity director invite him to participate in activities – although he not only did he not participate, but he never even responded to her. After lunch, you would have seen the LPN (the center nurse) escort Oscar into her office, just to keep him company and chat with him while everyone else was involved in the center fun – although he never chatted back with her. Although Oscar didn’t respond – day after day, week after week, month after month the staff at the adult center showered him with love until slowly Oscar did begin to open up. A word here. Eye contact there. A shadow of a smile. And as he continued to open up, the nurse and others began to notice that his symptoms were not in line with those of people who have Alzheimer’s disease. Oscar was re-evaluated by his doctor, and it was found that he indeed did NOT have Alzheimer’s disease. He was suffering from clinical depression – the symptoms of which can sometimes look like AD. His doctor changed Oscar’s medication and began treating his depression, and then Oscar really opened up. He smiled more. He laughed easily. He participated in center activities. And became more of the man his wife Mary had known and loved. Soon it became evident that he really didn’t need to be a participant in anadult day carecenter. So the staff at the day center held a graduation ceremony for him – complete with a cap and gown, speeches, pomp and circumstance, and a diploma. Oscar graduated from center participant to center volunteer. Every Thursday morning he would volunteer to lead the trivia session at the center, and on Thursday afternoons he would accompany me (the activity director at that point) and a few center participants to the fifth grade classroom of a local elementary school. I was amazed as I watched these kids sit mesmerized as he led the other elders in teaching the children what it was like when they were in fifth grade.
As you can
imagine, Oscar became a local celebrity. His story was in the
paper and on television. He was in local parades. He won
volunteer of the year and several other awards. And he was
having a ball. I will never forget going to that funeral and sobbing in Mary’s arms – and her pulling away from me and telling me “Stop. He had two wonderful vibrant years of his life that he wouldn’t have had without all of you at that day center. And for that I will be forever grateful.” I watched as the fifth graders piled into thefuneral homewith pictures they had drawn, and lay them one by one in Oscar’s coffin. I thought to myself, “he is teaching them even now.”
And I have
to wonder, if that receptionist had stopped hugging Oscar daily
because he never hugged her back, if the day center staff and
volunteers stopped giving him coffee and daily greetings, and
if the activities director had stopped inviting him to join
because he never did anyway, and if that nurse had never
brought him into her office – if the story would have turned
out the same. You may not work in healthcare. Perhaps in your profession you do not get to see this kind of visible impact when you interact with your customers, as the day care center staff saw with Oscar. But make no mistake, with every interaction you have with customers, co-workers, and others you meet in your daily lives – you have an impact. With the very next person in front of you - you have a choice in the kind of difference you will make in that person’s day. You have that choice regardless of how they are behaving. You can choose to be surly, and make them feel worse about themselves. You can choose to be disengaged, and make them feel as though they aren’t worth your attention. Or…you can choose to smile, look them in the eye, call them by name, and cater to the need we all have to feel important and special and noticed. While you may never see the difference that you make in their day – understand clearly that the choice you make with the very next customer or co-worker in front of you has an impact! Choose to make the moment extraordinary.
Copyright,
2008 Finding Laughter Seven years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer and with the aide of clown noses and my sense of humor, I was able to survive and thrive through surgery and subsequent treatment. And then in April of 2007, the god ofpancreatic cancerpaid me a visit. Once again, following many surgeries, comedy and faith came to the rescue. I remain 11 feet above the ground initiating this newinternet marketingbusiness with a mission to conductteleseminars and create ebooks that inspire people to live with joy and kindness, have a love affair with life, and Live Life Laughing; always in the NOW! These are habits I adopted that led to my transformation after having lived through pancreatic cancer, pancreatic surgery and learning how to live as a type I diabetic without resentment, anger, and fear.
– I deliberately focus on seeing
beauty and good in the world. I am fully at peace, living a life full of fun, joy, fulfillment, love, and working everyday either writing articles and new e-books about happiness, play, and living fully in the moment or giving presentations on how to “Live Life Laughing.” I forgot to mention, I gave up the fear of dying from cancer. I choose to be alive while I am alive. You can too. You don’t need any more stress than you have already given yourself. I discovered these habits only work if you are ready to take action and practice. There is no magic pill; only the acceptance of life as it comes to you, the readiness to be attentive to and aware of the present and letting go of becoming too attached to expected outcomes. If you allow yourself to exhibit kindness more often, and let go of having to be right, of having to have the last word, of complaining about everything, and let go of needing permission to laugh and have fun, you can live a joyous life filled nurturing what is deepest and best in yourself. Love yourself; you are perfect as you are right now!
Roz Trieber The Getaway Girl It can be very difficult for people to move on from a tough situation, but I am a firm believer thatwhen life hands you lemons, make lemonade! A few years ago, I went through a very rough time in my life. After nearly five years of marriage, I was divorced and single again. Then, one year after my divorce, I was unexpectedly fired from a job that was my life. I put my heart and soul into this job and worked 10 hour days, six days a week with the intention of climbing the corporate ladder. I found myself alone and jobless and felt completely devastated. I felt like a failure and did not know what to do next. I spent many days in bed crying and feeling sorry for myself. In order to cope, I planned several girl getaway trips. My friends and family were supportive and knew these trips were a way for me to deal with the fact that I felt my life had just been knocked off track (or so I thought).
As we did
more and more of these girl getaways, I found a niche in the
travel market. At that time, there were no city-specific travel
guides for women. I looked for the guides far and wide. Where
could a group of girls find where to stay, what to do, where to
eat and where to have a good time in a new city? I knew if I
was in need of these travel guides, other women must be as
well. I soon found myself writing the first in a series of
city-specific travel guides for women, the Girls Getaway Guide
to Orlando: Leave Your Baggage at Home. Today, I am a twice-published author (more to come) with books in Barnes & Noble, and I plan girl getaways to help women move on and rejuvenate themselves after a dramatic life event. Who would have thought that from my “depths of despair” would be a way to help other women conquer their own tough times? It just goes to show that if I can do it, anyone can.
My tagline
is “Leave Your Baggage at Home” since we all have it and all
need time to getaway and focus on ourselves.
Casey Wohl,
Author/The Getaway Girl™ Nature's-Pharma
I started Nature’s Pharma® in 2002 as a distributor of high quality health and beauty products. Through partnerships with manufacturer’s and leaders in the fields of Dermatology,Plastic Surgery, and Aestheticians, I had access to some of the most cutting-edge products and procedures available to the consumer. Like most consumers I fell prey to all the beautiful ads, celebrity endorsements, infomercials, etc. While some of the products appeared to be promising initially they were not effective long term. I also discovered there was no loyalty to any brand ofskin careproducts, not even by me and I was selling some of the best on the market! What to do???? I started a list of qualities that I wanted in a product, and questioned my family, friends, and customers, and began my research. At the top of the list we all wanted something easy (not an 8 product “system”), preferably with natural ingredients, affordable, that worked! My research led me to a biochemist with several U.S. and European patents using 100% natural ingredients to help me develop the Nature's Pharma® brand of targetedskin careproducts. Today, most manufacturers of beauty and medicinal products for topical application claim that their products are based on naturalactive ingredientsand therefore have biological activity. In reality, these products have low biological activity since they contain waxes, mineral oils, ionic chemical surfactants, preservatives, thickeners, polymeric gel (or emulsion) formation and other polymeric materials. These materials actually block pores on the skin and block active centers of naturalactive ingredients, thereby significantly lowering the effectiveness of the naturalactive ingredientsin the products. The secret behind the success of our products lies in our unique technology. Our natural products contain only natural biologicalactive ingredients, natural non-ionic surfactants, natural emulsion-formation substances, natural preservatives, natural thickeners and natural antioxidants, which do not block active centers of natural biologically active ingredients, do not block skin pores and provide high transdermal penetration of biologicallyactive ingredientsthrough the skin. Dermatological science has given us a wealth of new cosmetic and surgical technologies that help prevent and correct the visible signs of aging. Because most of us would like to avoid surgery, the best strategy for keeping skin looking its youthful best is to manage the earliest signs of aging. By combining the best of science and nature, each of our formulations contains more than a dozen natural ingredients (plant oils, herbal extracts and natural micro encapsulatedactive ingredients), which have been very carefully chosen based on US and European clinical research studies for their healing powers and absence of side effects. In 2007, after 2 years of testing the products we are proud to launch Nature's Pharma~ Healing Skincare®, with the belief that consumers want results, not frilly packaging or overblown hype. And we've found that consumers andskin careprofessionals alike agree! http://www.natures-pharma.com
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