HALLOWEEN SCREAM #Halloween

Halloween Scream ... My son, dgarnes1025 is now a grown man, but I find joy in looking back over his pictures when he was a boy growing up. It is amazing at times to me that I took all these pictures of him while he was young. Fifteen years ago we did not have technology like we do today, and I am thankful and greatly blessed that I captured the memories to last a lifetime. #LoveTG

 

 

SUCCESS

My sense of responsibility influences my work and successes greatly. I am one that takes ownership for my own actions. When I set goals in my work, family and personal environment, I complete them as soon as possible.  I am looked upon to handle special assignments and affairs because others know if I said I am going to do it, I am going to do it.  This has allowed me to be very successful in promotions and depended upon in order to handle important situations and issues.

I have been quite responsible in achieving my goals because I took ownership.  I personally had control over putting forth determination and my motivation has been my faith which has always carried me through. In areas where I set goals and I did not achieve them, I know that it was also at that time I was fully responsible. I look at it as my actions are my driving force to complete the goal(s). With God all things are possible.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not unto your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all things that you do and He will direct your path." ~Proverbs 3:5-6

I am a living witness what God will do. #LoveTG

Managing your Physical and Mental Health

The value of managing your physical and mental health is to maintain a healthy body to stimulate your body to function so that one can learn.  We as adults must have a diet and exercise plan in action to keep us moving and motivated.  In addition, determining what you must do to relax not only your body but also your mind.  Many people use meditation and prayer to assist with this activity to allow for one’s stress level to be controlled.  It is additionally important that we maintain a low level of stress and not spend time being stressed at a high level.

I compare the above stated activities to academic and personal success to say that in academics one will have to handle high stress levels, but it can be controlled by a method of personal relaxation.  Depending on your chosen type of relaxation, it will then determine your level of personal success.  For example, use positive attributes such as:  jogging, swimming, meditation or singing.  And negative attributes would be:  smoking, drinking, or not getting enough rest.  

Again, we make our own decision as adults.  We determine the outcome based on the rewards from our actions.  Whether those rewards are commendable or attackable, it is still what you have to handle at your own level of capacity.  That is why it is important to handle one’s stress level to maintain physical health and to have the mental capacity to maintain good health to receive an education increasing one’s academics.

#LoveTG

October: Domestic Violence Month

In closing for the month of October, my final facts on Domestic Violence

Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten.  Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. Most often, the abuser is a member of her own family.  Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women—more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.  Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.  Nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls who have been in a relationship said a boyfriend threatened violence or self-harm if presented with a breakup.

Domestic violence victims lose nearly 8 million days of paid work per year in the US alone—the equivalent of 32,000 full-time jobs.  Based on reports from 10 countries, between 55 percent and 95 percent of women who had been physically abused by their partners had never contacted non-governmental organizations, shelters, or the police for help.  The costs of intimate partner violence in the US alone exceed $5.8 billion per year: $4.1 billion are for direct medical and health care services, while productivity losses acount for nearly $1.8 billion.  Men who as children witnessed their parents’ domestic violence were twice as likely to abuse their own wives than sons of nonviolent parents.

#DomesticViolence

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Referenced from:  http://www.ncadv.org/files/DomesticViolenceFactSheet(National).pdf

 

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Active Reading in Education and Communication

When it is selected to read using electronic materials one can apply the four steps that are used in active reading by:

1. Previewing – get a big picture of what you are reading.  Look at the pictures, read any captains, review the titles and subtitles.  This can assist with a creation of a skeleton map or outline.  Try typing in a program that you may have downloaded on your electronic. 

2. Marking – one will need to use the cut and paste on the electronic or the highlighter pen if available.  Many times ne is allowed to underline, italicize or make the font larger.  I have even seen highlighting done electronically by using different color in the text, by changing the text font color. 

3. Reading with Concentration - If you are reading an electronic document on your computer, download the information that you need and disconnect from the network to keep you from easily going online and chatting, e-mailing, or using Facebook or other social networking sites.  Be sure to be in a location which is quiet and in enough light that you can see.  Also, locate yourself in an area free from music, television or any noise that may distract you. 

4. Reviewing – Look over your notes, or typed notes you have created.  Select ways to reteach or retell what you read.  Many times restating it out loud helps with comprehension, or you may want to be creative and design songs, or poems o remember the main points you read.  I have found that creating an acronym that defines my major points of information to helps remember as well.

Domestic Violence

No woman is to be abused emotionally, physically or sexually.  Like my page on Facebook Sharon Wilson Garnes Lambert, to support and advocate against domestic violence.  She will always be remembered and honored for her love.  My Mommy was abused in all three areas.

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In Memory of Sharon Lambert

I advocate against Domestic Violence in loving memory of a mother who taught her two daughters how to love! My mother, Sharon Lambert was murdered by her estranged husband, Michael Lambert on September 17, 2003, the night of #HurricaneIsabel, in Manassas, Virginia due to her husband killing her with his own handgun.

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"Increase in the Decrease of American Education"

I am an educator who has found that there is an "Increase in the Decrease of American Education". My goal is to transition to the national level to advocate for the education of our children. I realize that technology has increased, however, the social skills of interacting with people is causing our future generation to lack in necessary community skills to be leaders in America. I support moving FORWARD, however we must do so carrying our morals, principles and values from our past with us.