tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296533112024-03-21T12:57:21.529-07:00Krisscop's HouseYou don't have to get it perfect, just get it going!klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.comBlogger638125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-1546641892167349612024-02-09T18:44:00.000-08:002024-02-09T18:44:56.226-08:00Thailand 2023-2024<p> Hey! Hello there former Krisscop! Here you are 3 years into the future! Remember COVID? Remember serving with Team Rubicon, and All Hands and Hearts in Mexico for months in January 2021? </p><p>Now, here you are in THAILAND for 6 weeks! I swear! The things you are able to manifest! And what's that? In Marc</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrawmQ6Wdi7PT-cIBSjvYyfpC_59T7ypxbiqZK79LyiwwjGyrlIsQJwCLbDZ1k6yGomOx4MQICwnyEC-fEmKusczLSwjxezmxMrXxCXZ9nz4SQ6uFham1KiEQmnfaBaSnb2B0o9stiQrB7wbd_Ou21PHJFdxd8_w1k62eaNixgRC9QgCDIA9kn/s1280/WIN_20240125_08_45_58_Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrawmQ6Wdi7PT-cIBSjvYyfpC_59T7ypxbiqZK79LyiwwjGyrlIsQJwCLbDZ1k6yGomOx4MQICwnyEC-fEmKusczLSwjxezmxMrXxCXZ9nz4SQ6uFham1KiEQmnfaBaSnb2B0o9stiQrB7wbd_Ou21PHJFdxd8_w1k62eaNixgRC9QgCDIA9kn/w178-h100/WIN_20240125_08_45_58_Pro.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><br />h you go to Italy for 3 weeks?!! What kind of life are you living?! <p></p><p>How do I add pictures on here?? </p>klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-28784366215818779952024-02-09T18:41:00.000-08:002024-02-09T18:41:47.219-08:00Christian Counseling gig RIP 2024<p> <img alt="" class="wp-image-816 lazyloaded" data-sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw" data-src="https://www.ccmidmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-scaled.jpeg" data-srcset="https://www.ccmidmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://www.ccmidmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-1280x854.jpeg 1280w, https://www.ccmidmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-980x653.jpeg 980w, https://www.ccmidmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-480x320.jpeg 480w" decoding="async" height="1707" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw" src="https://www.ccmidmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-scaled.jpeg" srcset="https://www.ccmidmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://www.ccmidmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-1280x854.jpeg 1280w, https://www.ccmidmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-980x653.jpeg 980w, https://www.ccmidmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Donna-480x320.jpeg 480w" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; transition: opacity 400ms ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Donna" width="2560" /></p><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light" style="animation-duration: 0.2s; animation-timing-function: linear; background: 50% center / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -5px !important; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px !important; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="et_pb_text_inner" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Font 1", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Donna Kriss, MA, LPC</span></h2><h4 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Font 1", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Counselor</i></span></h4><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Donna has experience in a wide variety of fields before joining CCMM to focus on providing mental health services. She has worked as a Direct Care Worker, Field Agent for Parole Probation, Foster Care/Adoptive Recruiter, Elder Care Provider, and a court-directed Child/Parent Visit Supervisor. </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">She has an eclectic approach to counseling which focuses on Person-Centered and CBT approaches. Donna is active in numerous volunteer capacities within the Mid Michigan area and is passionate about helping people from a faith perspective. </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Donna works with children, adults, marriages, and whole family units to help create permanent change that will help them both now and into the future.</span></p></div></div>klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-47317624700192139882020-10-06T11:16:00.000-07:002020-10-06T11:16:32.004-07:00You are a BADASS book/audio<p> You are responsible for what you say and do, not for how others freak out about it. </p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wIOZ617q4&ab_channel=EntreChange</p>klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-29775902300447379472020-10-05T18:31:00.001-07:002020-10-05T18:31:47.229-07:00Folly Beach Day 4 2020<p> Perfect day at the beach. I worked a few hours in the morning doing Unemployment stuff, dealt with Nursing home stuff, and laid on the beach. Swimming in the ocean is incredible. It is highly underrated. There was a Mexican mom playing with her son. She was the perfect combination of cheering him on, and protecting him. He dropped his pail. She could have bent over and grabbed it before it floated away. He was crying. She encouraged him to step out and grab it. He was scared. He did it anyway. She cheered. I had a mom like that. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5r2HU-UD03skZdnJmw0c6GjJzmvBbpGgf-VJwRwzZi01AKW5Lvprhb5PDcoLtyeeooTrkmBYMxJZbrg2aiiKWNdcBfl3XD855pNNNB4waPh0-XcJxclXjMyLd72rpBi2UXGSg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5r2HU-UD03skZdnJmw0c6GjJzmvBbpGgf-VJwRwzZi01AKW5Lvprhb5PDcoLtyeeooTrkmBYMxJZbrg2aiiKWNdcBfl3XD855pNNNB4waPh0-XcJxclXjMyLd72rpBi2UXGSg/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-49643581607464538912020-10-03T14:57:00.000-07:002020-10-03T15:02:57.022-07:00I met a man on the pier Folly Beach<p> Robyn and I are both reading and studying. Its interesting how much though we are reading completely different books that the same phrase or idea comes up...Like how the two portions of the brain are separated in the cerebral cortex by the ## SPECIAL WORD . CORPUS CALLOSUM </p><p>So, I meditated. I ate a gummy. I relaxed. We had lunch. We ate at the hotel terrace. The waitress had been there since 4:45 a.m. with no end in sight. I got flank steak tacos. They were really good. </p><p>I went for a walk to the pier by myself while Robyn read. There were two white guys in this one area fishing and a black gentleman. I 'felt' compelled to stop. We spoke of things for quite a while, and I kept my distance. We naturally gravitated closer and closer. He was in the Charleston area doing the Lord's work spreading the gospel. He explained his 18-month program he completed after he got out of San Quentin. I really wanted to ask why but it simply didn't matter. WE were united in Spirit talk. He was living with a friend, not working and trying to do what was right. He asked me why I started talking to him. He was shocked. He said, in Charleston, even couples would walk to the side of the street even as a scrawny black guy as he was. He just couldn't understand it. I tried. I said...what if the white guy saw you as a threat, and he couldn't protect his woman from you. We talked about stuff like that for a while. </p><p>It came clearly to me, that his mother was alive, and that because of her prayers Jerome was where he is today. I told him that. He started tearing up. He said he knew his momma in Oregon prayed for him every day. He is 41 years old. I talked to him (I somehow want to sing Puff the Magic Dragon, and "<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff...</span>we talked of healing wax and other fancy stuff!). I shared how "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he". He asked me several times...WHAT does that verse say? WHAT DOES IT SAY??? It spoke to him. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeqRrikUzxcYafgFrgh4KmMfzjHOGcgGGqKlgwEqdlqhPfZwMoD3nqhCUDN2cw_FMs0FOyrLAw4F3qIvE7cW_fvKv7BVPRQL_v6gB8gvDnS_QLFrkLSZt0dsxAPvC1lejckHS/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="181" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeqRrikUzxcYafgFrgh4KmMfzjHOGcgGGqKlgwEqdlqhPfZwMoD3nqhCUDN2cw_FMs0FOyrLAw4F3qIvE7cW_fvKv7BVPRQL_v6gB8gvDnS_QLFrkLSZt0dsxAPvC1lejckHS/" width="240" /></a></div><br /> Positive affirmations. He was blown away with the idea of creating his own world with his thoughts. I 'channeled' the truth, that he would be married and with a baby calling him daddy in three years. Where did this come from? I have no idea. Well that's a lie, I am just starting to believe what Spirit does in me and thru me. Jerome asked me..."Why three years?? I said I didn't know that is just what came out of my mouth and things like that happen to me sometimes. <p></p><p>Jerome had traveled from California where he's been 20+ years. He said he just couldn't believe that God was taking him back here where he initially was born. Jerome was sweet, kind, an ex-convict, ex-prisoner, and a seeker. Our spirits met at Soul level, and it was a beautiful thing. </p>klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-41772014189283035672020-10-03T06:45:00.000-07:002020-10-03T06:45:13.838-07:00Folly Beach SC<p>I arrived at Robyn's from flying on Tuesday evening. We had a mediocre dinner at a fabulous waterfall place. I always feel home when I get here. Lots of anxiety before..but my arrival was smooth. </p><p>We left for the beach Friday morning. Stopped at a rest area so she could do her noon Zoom Soul Group meeting. I refound a cool geocache...literally, an ammo can in the woods. It was soaked inside but I didn't want to take off my sock to dry it. </p><p>Jet the big black poodle was happy to see me. Moe...such a little ole man doggie dog...tottering around to his bed. </p><p>The beach is amazing. Staying right at the Folly Beach TIDES hotel, second floor...its amazing and we are here until next Weds. I'm living my dream. Room 240. Right near the pier. </p><p>Stuart, the gentleman I met last summer while taking Helena to Denver actually happens to be in Charleston. I'm not sure if we will catch up with him or not. </p><p>I'm going to relax, eat cheap and listen to Spirit. Sounds like a pretty good place to start. </p><p>It's weird being a widow. Its weird not having to explain what I am doing, and making decisions that are best for only me. It was like that a lot of the time in the marriage, but I always had to consider Don, he just didn't want to have to work for anything. I get back Saturday in a week, and the next day is Kimberly Charbenau's book signing at the Comic Shop. </p><p>Then I'm supposed to go to Southern Ohio to meet up with the Other Donna from Legends, and a couple other ladies too. </p><p>I've been to Houghton Lake a couple times in the past few weeks. I met this really old Guy at Cops and donuts while waiting for someone else, Daniel Brata. Daniel loves to golf, gets into the holiness of it. We had dinner on the water, lovely spot. Cozy and warm inside. It was a little too brisk to eat outside. He has a nice little place, not on the water but near it, near a church camp. Daniel has a good soul, laughs a lot and is living a full life. He had a friend, a Judge that was somehow got into trouble. He resigned rather than face all the BS of writeups in the paper, investigations and all that. Daniel just believed the bad press. I told him...that the Judge did not owe ANYONE an explanation. He said that this Judge moved to Pensacola and was teaching Law at the Christian School. Daniel called him, and they had a great reunion on the phone, and the former Judge was going to call him today. That's a great thing, both of them were happy. </p><p>I helped my mentor Dr Parmer move a bunch of stuff out of her mom's storage. Two "Africaans" were there, and they were taking a bunch of stuff to Chicago for shipping to Africa. I gave Alex a tour of Mt Pleasant. He was so cute, about 80 years old. He was so delighted, he grabbed my hand, kissed it and thanked me for being God's servant. There was quite a discussion as to if he would be allowed to travel alone with me. He has called everyday and wants me to help him do a fund raiser for cement bags for a school he is trying to build in Africa. They are $15 a bag for Cement. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBy9j4vqI9H8v0e_DswgxS1UrEjUh4UeQ4ixTlDIJLM1eTv3BZaJ8y7XMC19wu4fybCug7jnIncLvDovPNGLzznnhVloiiIqQcLbIq2I0ENF8pwb31zZnzPTihZnrzE9YzsXZC/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="756" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBy9j4vqI9H8v0e_DswgxS1UrEjUh4UeQ4ixTlDIJLM1eTv3BZaJ8y7XMC19wu4fybCug7jnIncLvDovPNGLzznnhVloiiIqQcLbIq2I0ENF8pwb31zZnzPTihZnrzE9YzsXZC/w126-h168/image.png" width="126" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-42171117242082843802020-03-11T04:05:00.003-07:002020-03-11T04:05:58.745-07:00Jake Smith, Suicide by Cancer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jake killed himself. He set it up perfectly. He took care of every detail. He took his brother out to eat the night before.<br />
He cuddled up with his mom, my friend Lori. He pet his doggie Brody, had a picture taken with him.<br />
He entered his bedroom and shot himself.<br />
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Funeral Service<br />Friday, Feb 19, 2016<br />1:00 PM</div>
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Jacob J. Andrew Smith<br />Born: May 06, 1998<br />Died: February 13, 2016</div>
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Send Flowers<br />Jacob “Jake” J. Andrew Smith, age 17, of Charlotte, formerly of Ithaca passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016. Jake was born May 6, 1998 in Alma the son of Bradley and Lori (Brecht) Smith. He attended Ithaca Schools until 2012 when they moved to Charlotte. While in Ithaca he enjoyed playing basketball and football. Jake was currently a junior at Grand Ledge High School.</div>
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Jake enjoyed playing his guitar and video games. He had a passion for supporting his cancer families that were challenged with childhood diagnosis.</div>
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Jake is survived by his parents, Bradley and Lori Smith of Charlotte, his brother, Joshua Smith of Charlotte, his maternal grandparents, Jerry and Sharon Brecht of Riverdale, his paternal grandparents, Clayton and Patricia Smith of Dewitt, his aunts and uncles, Jodi (Ross) Jeffrey of Webberville, Gregory (Melisa) Smith of Flushing, Mark (Terri) Brecht of Riverdale, Jeff (Sheri) Brecht of Elwell and many loving cousins.</div>
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A celebration of Jacob’s life will be held on Friday, February 19, 2016 at 1 pm at the First Church of God in Alma with Pastor Steve Wimmer officiating. Interment will follow in Sumner Center Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday from 12 pm until the time of services at the church.</div>
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Memorial contributions may be made to the Pleural Pulmonary Blastoma Research, 111 Michigan Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20010 or at <a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ppbgeneticstudy.org%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3gMKtfFIdX62Vs4--Mu1RpDvkjaJXpSc74E4vy5F86uaiL2cfMNg8weDw&h=AT34F0lsPuJhEYBSIoLX_5cWQwOr84ifZb55rqH4KOGicfvzy018ru3toL1JTHhQPgLLMdCXkjgUmQSDAYBvLC8w_V4zsFpYwMsAzQZ_vaGX83kjw0E1Or0Trc7GOC-NrzAD2w646Ivb2rcX5gRwrAY88o_UlUjKkCYBp-B8M5k" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.ppbgeneticstudy.org.</a></div>
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SERVICES<br />Funeral Service<br />Friday, February 19, 2016<br />1:00 PM</div>
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The aftermath as in any unexpected death is worse when it is suicide. The "why's" take over, the How could I have knowns, what could I have done differently will haunt a family until the end of their days.<br />
Jakes funeral brought together a group of people who had at one time been very close through small groups that met weekly. Lori and I bonded over a statement that I drank alcohol in a predominantly Baptist non-drinking environment. <br />
Even writing this years later (It is 2020 now) I remember you.<br />
I remember how you were in the very same emergency room as my daughter Joy Linn. Both of you had what we thought was pneumonia, but yours was much worse. The cancer had invaded the lining of your lung. The years of treatment took it out of you. Your parents fought for your life.<br />
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I didn't know this young 16 years old who ended her life. By accounts, she had been researching how to suicide for a couple months. She was very popular and beautiful. She was on the competitive cheer team, and many extracurricular activities. Her stepmom passed away and her mom is hospitalized for undisclosed mental health issues. I may not have all the details correct.<br />
What should have been a small event took over. She 'got caught', aka, willingly took the fall for a couple friends and herself with vaping pens. Vaping is a newer electronic way to smoke or use "dab", oil-based marijuana. Reports are that one of the girls involved told the hall monitor (Her sister) about the girls in the bathroom. Her father, a professional immigrant from South Africa was brought to the school. She went home and was in her room when her dad went fully off on her, screaming and yelling how she had "disgraced" the family. He is from a very shame-based society. While he left her room to cook dinner, she went out to the garage and hung herself. Her dad, looking for her, couldn't find her, called several friends to see if she had been picked up. He later found her, cut her down and tried to do CPR.<br />
Her funeral was a huge deal at the Potter's House Church where she attended. The local High School where she attended class, adjusted exams for the entire school, and released kids for the day.<br />
All of this is horribly sad. A life cut down, lost opportunity, a community grieving.<br />
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There was more. Immature inappropriate snap chatting occurred resulting in more hurt feelings and drama. There's nothing so horrific that Social Media can't make it worse. These are not really my stories to tell. Families lives ripped apart. Threats, school and police involvement all make it worse.<br />
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Suicide.<br />
I've thought of it before. Decades ago when I was so abused I literally wasn't thinking straight. I remember sitting on the side of my bed when I had come back to my mom's house wondering, "What should I do next?...Wash my hair or eat breakfast". That broken-down where the simplest decisions are too heavy to bear.<br />
I had lost all that was known to me...a "Godly spouse", the perfect high school sweetheart marriage, and the dream of being better than my mom, a thrice divorcee. This lead me to accept situations later on in life that had I not had this background, I could have made better choices for myself.<br />
When a history of abuse is present, the roots go deep.<br />
I feel for this girls family, for her Cheer mates, her classmates, the counselors at her school, her siblings, her church family, her dad, our community.<br />
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<br />klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-10479936395140033712019-05-19T22:59:00.000-07:002019-05-19T22:59:07.892-07:00Videos from a dying dad and husband<br />
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An incident at work..Officer Brown not helpful. Confrontational and beyond rude. klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-49612164392223827202018-10-08T08:36:00.003-07:002018-10-08T08:36:54.353-07:00Date Rape drugged So, in the news is the discussion of a high judge going for the Supreme Court, a Lifetime appointment, that is accused of assaulting a woman in high school. Her (Dr Ford)'s testimony was compelling.<br />
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I have friends on both sides. Attornies believe her. Others say that Dr Ford is being used by the left as she was formerly employed by the Clinton's. None of that really matters. Every abuse story is true by the person telling it. My friend Cynthia is telling a lot of her stories on Facebook. This is one of mine.<br />
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I went to Rubble's the bar in Mt Pleasant Michigan with Shelly Patton, and my friend Lori Smith. Shelly's husband Clay's band was playing. I had not drunk any alcohol before going.<br />
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I ran into a guy that was in my brother's school class. His name is Scott Theisen. He asked who I was there with, and for whatever reason..I said..Nobody..I'm on my own tonight!!<br />
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Scott Theisen so graciously (!!) said he would take me outside to get some air. I was feeling very jello legged. I didn't know nor could I stop anything from happening. I wasn't thinking clearly nor even having a thought process.<br />
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Scott Theisen took me to the side of the building. I sort of recall my pants were down around my legs and my face being pushed into the brick side of the building. I remember him trying to fuck me from behind. His penis was trying to enter me. I couldn't talk, couldn't fight back, couldn't move.<br />
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All of a sudden, Thank God...(Literally thank GOD), I started to vomit. and Vomit. AND VOMIT.<br />
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Somehow..he stopped, my pants got pulled back up and I found myself in the bathroom at Rubbles. I was VOMITING.<br />
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Shelly came to check on me..laughing. Lori..came to check on me laughing...assuming I was drunk. I kept trying to tell them that something was wrong...I hadn't drunk anything..I wasn't drunk. "TINY" the huge obese bouncer, so kind and giving even came to check on me. I was still puking.<br />
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I eventually went out to my van, Lori eventually came out with me. Scott Theisen the rapist was pacing up and back and forth on the sidewalk. He attempted to talk to Lori who was having none of it. I called my spouse for a ride for us. We have a deal, need a ride anytime anyplace, no questions asked. I had never had to use it. He came and got us.<br />
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I was embarrassed. I was scared. I was freaked out. I was a University graduate and couldn't understand what had happened to me.<br />
The next morning...It was little flashbacks of memory.... there was not a long memory of thought. There were broken sequences that helped me try and put together what happened. I tried to piece it together. I didn't call the police, I didn't even think of that then.<br />
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Now, years later I see him around, mostly at Stan's diner where I eat frequently at lunch. I want revenge. How many others did he do this to? I know I wasn't the first, he was too smooth. He put a date rape drug in my drink. He took me outside, to my peril. I did not give consent. I had no will power to stop. I couldn't stop him. I remain pissed.<br />
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I've taught my daughters to keep tabs on their drinks. I tell my friends. Tell yours.<br />
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klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-11557207218637269072016-09-18T06:47:00.000-07:002016-09-18T06:47:14.814-07:00Movin on down the road...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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THIS kid. From a baby ballerina that cried for weeks during her first few dance lessons, to a star in her own show, THIS kid.<br />
She graduated from High School with multiple honors, has a free ride at Central Michigan University and is incredible.<br />
This summer, she spent 6 weeks in Guatemala, being a mentor to a 16 year old girl that went with her. She worked very diligently both to the people there, and the ones at Flames of Fire ministry. (http://www.flamesoffireministry.org ) <br />
She helped with food, traveled on dirt two tracks, went hungry and grew.<br />
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THIS , is what every mom hopes for her child, that they grow beyond their circumstance, beyond their limited local vision.<br />
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<br />klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-44414325995409115932015-11-08T17:55:00.001-08:002015-11-08T17:56:11.904-08:00Airport John<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This, is AIRPORT JOHN. The photo was taken by Holly MaHaffey on a photo shoot at the Mt. Pleasant Airport. I had suggested the article on Leni, the AIRPORT DOG. He died the August after this photo was taken. <br />
John, is currently in the hospital after having a Stroke of sorts. He is/was an amazing guy. Friend, kind, funny, but not without his demons. I fear he will die. I fear he won't. <br />
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YOU Raise me up to more..than I can be.<br />
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<br />klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-62676200210818364272015-09-26T02:09:00.000-07:002015-09-26T02:09:25.546-07:00Grad StudentI decided with my recent broken leg adventure, that once again, only I am in control of what I do with my life. This of course is influenced by the kids, money, yeah..maybe I am NOT in control of my life.<br />
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It is on the same leg as I crushed in 1998. the top portion is the "old "L " Plate and screws, the bottom is the L shape and 14 screws I got recently. My ankle is really acting up not liking the new hardware I think I have to blow some sage over it, and try to get it to accept it. NO hardware will ever be coming out. </div>
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While laying in the hospital bed in my living room, I decided to start Graduate School for Counseling. I had two six week classes this summer, and have 3 classes (9 credits which is like carrying 18 undergrad credits) now. </div>
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It's another journey. AND...I feel like I am EXACTLY where I am supposed to be and that is the first time in years that has happened. It's not about being "mom" or "Sort of some wife that isn't a wife", its about ME. And...that feels pretty damn strange my friends, pretty strange. </div>
klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-19936593968694613012015-09-26T02:03:00.000-07:002015-09-26T02:03:46.050-07:00FreindshipI don't have a lot of friends. That's ok, just saying it like I feel it. I do have people I can call on. Well hell, to be truthful, I wouldn't have to call them, the calls would be made for me.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYb4XWQU3IIWejvazsRfXm7dcu0R12lRUkXc7zMuOJ5-6TZFzwcCY_ZhLE4A4CR0x_7WRrz00rRWsKf1jieKXco9hq2D0Wg3rdLWJ24-FiRJ8tJweUA0i-BovZpzZvgfr2B2I9/s1600/The+secret.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYb4XWQU3IIWejvazsRfXm7dcu0R12lRUkXc7zMuOJ5-6TZFzwcCY_ZhLE4A4CR0x_7WRrz00rRWsKf1jieKXco9hq2D0Wg3rdLWJ24-FiRJ8tJweUA0i-BovZpzZvgfr2B2I9/s200/The+secret.jpeg" width="157" /></a>This picture is of friends. Lori and I were very close for a long time. We met in a church "small group" that was meeting at my house at the time in St. Louis. We mentioned "beer" one night...and after that we laughed and had a blast. Something happened, her son got cancer (and lived), at a time when my youngest was diagnosed with Pneumonia (again). There was some break in the friendship, I don't know over what now, but it was renewed once when we discussed the book "THE SECRET". This book was instrumental in changing the way that many of my "fundamental" friends "saw" the Universe, and God, and how things happen. Great phrases that only now while I'm writing I had forgotten where they came from --"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: magenta;">You do not have to create what you want - it already exists"</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"> "</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">This OTHER Angie, She is simply amazing. She has taught me so much about being real, and even when I told her some really freaky stuff, didn't freak out. When I think of her, I smile. How cool is that. I can't think of a time that I didn't want to be better around her. One thing is...She simply GETS me. She understands my complex relationship with God, the Universe, the Auras, My Dreams that come true, and how I can still swear and be very spiritual. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">THIS Angie, cracks me up. She is meticulous in her work, which helps me want to be. She is methodical and will keep </span></span>investigating<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> until she turns over the pebbles that are hidden under the rocks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">We actually have a pretty long history. As any woman knows, there are defining moments in life. I can say...Hey I knew her "BEFORE" She had kids! BOOM. There it is. That is one thing. We were traveling for a fundraiser and she was "heavy with child". I caught her a couple times out of the corner of my eye, and she was sort of sickly green all around her. Nobody seemed to be noticing that this HUGELY Pregnant woman was in crisis. I don't even know if SHE got it. It was very disturbing. Well, we worked closely together for about 2 years. Then, the gig we had was up and I sort of lost her for a while. </span></span></div>
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We have recently been being more faithful to our friendship, and that makes me happy. It's 5:05 in the morning, I don't think I will sleep tonight, but I"m done writing for now. I'll come back and edit later. </div>
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Continuing to investigate The Mide Society, Eddie Benton ..very interesting stuff. klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-37554290990778650522015-03-12T11:12:00.002-07:002020-10-03T15:01:13.057-07:00Break a Leg sister....<div class="hnews hentry item" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.652px; position: relative;">
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It sounds like a joke: The lead actress in a play about a stand-in actress replaced by a stand-in.</div>
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Yet that was the exact situation the Broadway Theatre in Mt. Pleasant dealt with when Donna Kriss, star of the murder mystery spoof “Acting Can Be Murder,” broke her leg 10 days before the shows opens Friday.</div>
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As a result, actress Kendall Farnum took over for Kriss in the role of Dolores Gordon, an understudy in the murder mystery play “Which Butler Did It?”.</div>
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Within the first three minutes of “Murder” – no spoiler warning needed- Dolores kills the lead actress of the play-with-in-a play and usurps her role. This kicks off a murder mystery on the set of a murder mystery.</div>
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Farnum, previously cast as the play-within-a-play’s director, said she feels OK about memorizing 300 lines worth of dialogue within a small window of time.</div>
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“The lines are just – some of it I had, because I was in a number of scenes already with Donna [playing] Dolores, so some of those exchanges were [between] us, so I had the general gist of some of it anyway,” Farnum said with the show’s script in her hand.</div>
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Farnum said she has prepared for her first-ever lead role by looking at the script when she wakes up in morning, another point each afternoon, and at night to prepare for her new part.</div>
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“I try every time I look at it [to] have another section that I know what’s where,” Farnum said.</div>
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The director of the actual play, Broadway staple Cindy Kilmer, describes the show.</div>
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“It’s a farce and a spoof of murder mysteries,” Kilmer said. “The curtain opens and somebody makes a confession, but the mystery is not who killed the person, the mystery is [about] what’s become of the person’s body and whatnot.</div>
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Kilmer said she asked Kriss’ permission before beseeching Farnum via text message to take on the part the production’s plot largely revolves around at the eleventh hour.</div>
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“I said [to Kriss] I needed her blessing. She said, ‘By all means, that would be great,’ so it’s been a Herculean effort for Kendall to learn 300 lines in 10 days,” Farnum said.</div>
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Despite the friendly faces and laughter emanating throughout the theatre during rehearsal, Kilmer said mounting a show with a massive last-second casting change added more challenge to the already daunting task of directing a comedy with a large cast.</div>
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“I would say the stress levels are higher than any shows I’ve ever done before. We’ve never had a person actually not be able to do the play they’ve been training for for weeks, so this is a first. So yeah, stress levels have been running kind of high,” Kilmer said</div>
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Kilmer glances at her surroundings as she speaks, as stage hands prepare lights and set pieces and cast members dressed as maids and ghosts scurry across the stage. As the old saying goes, the show must go on.</div>
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“It’s been going really well. Kendall’s a champ,” Kilmer said.</div>
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Kilmer’s nerves deflate for a moment. “She’s doing really [well,]” Kilmer says with a laugh of relief. “I’ve been just astounded by how she’s been able to step into that part.”</div>
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Others in the 17-member cast include Gail Caleca as Isabella, an actress who discovers her husband is having an affair, assistant director Lindsey Read-Smith as the play-within-a-play’s director – the part Farnum was originally cast for – and Mount Pleasant High School foreign exchange students Mo Wagner and Alfonso Boron Martin, from Germany and Spain, respectively, in their English acting debuts.</div>
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Wagner and Martin got involved with the show through Kriss, their host while they stay in the U.S.</div>
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“I imagine you said they needed a sexy guy, and Donna said, ‘I know who!’ Martin jokes as the nearby cast erupts into laughter.</div>
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Considering the play’s subject matter, the irony of how Farnum was cast is not lost on the cast, as Kilmer’s husband Bruce, a frequent flier in shows his wife directs, often appearing in some role or another, points to the new leading lady in a mock accusatory fashion.</div>
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“She broke the lead’s leg so she could get the part,” Bruce jokes to Farnum. “At least you didn’t murder her.”</div>
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“Acting Can Be Murder,” will be held at the Broadway Theatre, 216 E. Broadway St., Mt. Pleasant, on March 6, 7, 13, 14 at 7 p.m. and March 8, 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets available at Ric’s and Aces of Diamonds for $8 or at www.friendsofthebroadway.com for 8.50.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 11.326px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAlZuf6GNBU6ZlH8WKDxiQCTpmLHMky46xpa5FwWBOjeiFhiR-5ot4UIUwFHer5i_Ko0sQkx2FyhdTEjvHIqsgDIPdpLKXqpl0IDVc2TUJAjSkVKc2rnjqZMQz945AdC8cfde/s1600/IMG_7777.PNG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAlZuf6GNBU6ZlH8WKDxiQCTpmLHMky46xpa5FwWBOjeiFhiR-5ot4UIUwFHer5i_Ko0sQkx2FyhdTEjvHIqsgDIPdpLKXqpl0IDVc2TUJAjSkVKc2rnjqZMQz945AdC8cfde/s320/IMG_7777.PNG" width="213" /></a></div>
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Volunteerism Project: Profiles of altruism<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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our community for a project recognizing the many altruistic people doing good
things in the community. Nominations from Clare, Isabella and Gratiot counties
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Sherry Pulverente of Mt. Pleasant, for her work with small business networking
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Nomination: “Donna is the unofficial ambassador of Mt. Pleasant, via our airport,
and puts many many long hours into making this town a better place. For all her
work at the airport, her work with kids who need that extra help, feeding
hungry people, and her pleasant chit-chat for all traveling into our city, she
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I attended CMU and graduated with a Bachelor of Science. My time at CMU was extended as I took on various life events. I finished my degree in 1991 having started it after high school in 1978. It was one of my most successful goals I completed.</div>
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I have worked using my degree for over 20 years in various State Agencies and privately. Each of my experiences would have benefitted from having a Masters in Counseling degree. The time for me, is now. My children are of an age they do not need my constant intervention, and I desire to continue and complete this goal. </div>
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I was a “Resident Care Aide” for the State of Michigan at the Mt. Pleasant Center working with clients with various degrees of mental illnesses. I cared for clients in the least restrictive environment while helping them maintain a sense of dignity which was my goal (and the law). This involved doing IEP’s (Individual Educational Plans), personal care and activities of daily living, along with medical treatments. I was thrilled to continue this position at the Michigan School for the Blind while it was located in Lansing Michigan. I worked in a school setting with Visually Impaired (and Multiply Impaired) Students in all grade levels. I have a son with Autism-(Asperger Syndrome) with whom we had to navigate the school system involved with his education. He is currently a Junior at a State University. I have mentored many parents helping them with their child’s needs and getting school systems to assist them.</div>
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I have been a State of Michigan Department of Corrections Parole/Probation Agent in the City of Saginaw and surrounding counties. Involved in this work was everything from counseling on jobs, relationship issues, employment options, drug addiction and civic duties. I enjoyed working within the Court system and seeing Offenders better their own situations. I currently work in Attorneys’ Offices, with cases ranging from Criminal to Civil, from child protective services (CPS), divorces, custody, bankruptcy, Heroin/Crack/Methadone users which then involve the entire family. It will be with these types of families I will continue to work with after my Master’s completion.</div>
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I have worked as a Foster/Adoptive Recruiter/Trainer. My heart is here. I taught parenting classes for the Court system-everything from training adults in the Michigan based Adoptive courses to “Love and Logic” parenting classes both for the Courts, individuals and in School settings for parents and teachers.</div>
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I taught for 7 years at Davenport University in the Criminal Justice Program. My involvement was instructing in Introductory Courses that Corrections Officer’s are required to take (Introduction to Corrections, Prison Life, Deviant Behavior, and also Personal Communications (Speech)). </div>
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I taught American Sign Language (although I am not licensed) through Gratiot-Isabella RESD ITV Program for 2 ½ years. I had perhaps one “live” class of students in front of me and 1-2 on TV monitors across the State. Schools included Dewitt, Central Montcalm, Breckenridge, Carson City, and Fulton. I also volunteered at St. Louis Michigan Alternative School.</div>
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I have been fortunate to have received many hours of training in Leadership Skills. Through the National Children’s Defense fund, I was an “Emerging Leader” of the Class of 2004. The Emerging Leaders project trained us to be social change activists. <span class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">We traveled to Washington DC several times and studied how to approach Lawmakers on the Hill and frame messages so they can be heard quickly.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div>
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My goals for completing my Master’s program are to continue Public Service. While not employed I always stayed busy volunteering in a Food Bank Program, Schools, Churches and supporting families. There is a huge need for compassionate trained personnel in this field. I see my future role continuing to do much the same my life path has already brought me. I want to be able to counsel women to make better life choices, to be able to give themselves better options and improve the lives of their children. I have worked counseling Felony Offenders to take parenting classes to regain custody of their children, and have worked with Foster families to gain skills needed for working with the children of Offenders. I have also had to guide both sides of families when a final placement of adoption was needed. My Master’s degree will assist me in doing this more effectively.</div>
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I love CMU. I love the Mt. Pleasant area. I want to attend classes and be involved in Campus activities and that is why I chose CMU over other learning programs. I look forward to beginning classes and starting this new chapter. </div>
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Donna Husted Kriss<br />Foreign Student Host Family Recruiter<br />Mt. Pleasant Airport Advisory Board<br />International Relations Council Board<br />Love and Logic Facilitator<br />Gratiot County Leadership<br />Children's Defense Fund Emerging Leader<br />Michigan Children's VOICES<br />Mom </div>
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klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-52128064197740386262014-11-20T07:36:00.000-08:002014-11-20T07:36:12.317-08:00Foreign Exchange StudentsSO. We have TWO foreign exchange students in our house along with my Senior Student and Freshman Daughter. One girl Mo is from Germany, Sani is from Finland. It has been eye opening. I have learned the truth, that I HAVE GREAT KIDS. My girls have given up, given in so much for these other two girls...have shared friends, lunch tables and dance lessons.<br />
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I know they are also learning that you don't always get much return on investments. One girl started immediately complaining about her room. The carpet was icky. (we tore it up). Then, The floor is worse now than it was with the carpet. (we got an area rug). Her infectious negativism is affecting the other. But...then we find out what the REAL problem is..and it is she is VERY homesick. Her Grandpa has cancer and she is afraid he is going to die.<br />
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Then..they both requested to "move"...which is an entire process in and of itself. They have to investigate, and inspect and question. It really sucks. It sucks because I have offered the Absolute BEST we have, and someone finds it not good enough. It is not even a "sort of " slap in the face it IS a slap in the face.<br />
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Then, Last night Finland Girl has a Cross Country end of the year dinner. We all go to support her. She announces that her mom approved for her to go to Hawaii for 8-10 days in February. That just again shows that these exchange students are Way out of my league for money. I wasn't trying to compete, but the best we have I am sure really is FAR below what they have at home. Lesson Learned. I'm sure I have many more to learn.klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-12184527571610539872014-11-20T07:27:00.002-08:002014-11-20T07:31:27.943-08:00States I have been too... I Think<a href="http://m.maploco.com/visited-states/mine.php?states=AL-AR-AZ-CA-CT-DE-FL-GA-IA-IL-IN-KY-LA-MI-MN-MO-MS-NC-NE-NY-OH-OK-OR-PA-RI-SC-TN-TX-WA-WI"><br /><a href="http://m.maploco.com/visited-states/mine.php?states=AL-AR-AZ-CA-CT-DC-DE-FL-GA-IA-ID-IL-IN-KS-KY-LA-MA-MD-MI-MN-MO-MS-NC-ND-NM-NV-NY-OH-OK-PA-SC-TN-TX-VA-WA-WI-WV"><img border="0" src="http://map1.maploco.com/visited-states/ml/AL-AR-AZ-CA-CT-DC-DE-FL-GA-IA-ID-IL-IN-KS-KY-LA-MA-MD-MI-MN-MO-MS-NC-ND-NM-NV-NY-OH-OK-PA-SC-TN-TX-VA-WA-WI-WV.png" /><br />Create Your Own Visited States Map</a></a>klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-24716386112555989932014-08-05T10:00:00.001-07:002014-08-05T10:00:43.223-07:00Sara and Carl and Baby Katherine Joy<span class="updateOrganizer" style="background-color: #d3c3a9; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">by Emily Hanson</span><a href="https://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/in-memory-of-katherine-joy/213237" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;" target="_blank">https://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/in-memory-of-katherine-joy/213237</a><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sara gave me permission to share their birth story:<br /><br />"On Wednesday July 30th at around 730pm. Sara went into active labor. However it became clear to Sara somewhere around 10pm that safest place for her to be was the hospital. So Carl helped Sara into the vehicle to get to the hospital. On the way there however the contractions became to intense for Sara to bare while in the car. They pulled over and immediately dialed 911. Ambulance came to her rather quickly but to everyone involved it just looked like a normal laboring pregnant woman. Sara continued to feel intense contractions but knew something wasn't right. They rushed her to the closest hospital and performed an ultrasound to find that baby Katherine no longer had a heartbeat. A doctor ordered an emergency c section and they rushed Sara back into the operating room. Once the surgery began the doctors found that Sara's uterus had ruptured causing baby Katherine to come out of the uterus and slide into the upper abdomen. Baby Katherine was born at 12:10am on July 31st. The doctors tried to bring her back but it was too late. They focused next on Sara's life and on saving her fertility. We are so grateful that the Lord spared Sara's life but we grieve a deep grief for her baby Katherine loss."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">Our precious Katherine Joy...born into her heavenly Father's arms July 31st,2014 12:10am, 10pds 7oz. I</span>klasieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127227186034658114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29653311.post-37488129981881658952014-06-21T11:57:00.002-07:002014-06-21T11:57:49.779-07:00Changes - Great teachers Ms. Finding <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We recently went back to Kalamazoo where we lived for transition year. It was a miserable time for me most of the time. I was caring for my mom, had a great job for 7 weeks, Spouse went wacko. In the midst of all of this though was a person who cared for my daughter. My tears are starting to squirt as I type. Ms. Finding was the Video production instructor at Milwood Magnet School. http://milwoodmagnetschool.org/</div>
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I was crazy that year. I had moved down there because I got a great job with a local agency. After I had completed WAY more work in a very short period of time, they "Lost Funding for the Job". I had already enrolled my 3 kids in the school system, signed a $1100 a month year lease, and moved. Ms. Finding was the grounding force for Helena all year. </div>
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We recently went back. My oldest son, WILL is transferring from Mid Michigan community college to Western. He's finishing up his last math class now. By Transferring, he was have completed his Associates, and is going into Broadcasting and Journalism. </div>
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He learned enough to be comfortable in Kalamazoo. </div>
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He wants to get out of Mt. Pleasant. </div>
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He will do great. </div>
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Helena is doing great. Joy little one is doing great. I have been BLESSED by great kids, and their great teachers. I know that Ms. Findling, helped save my daughter that year, and I will be forever indebted. </div>
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