Welcome to reality. Reality, you say? Yes. That time when it hits you that you're getting older and not younger. That time hasn't stood still for you or for anyone, for that matter. That moment you look into the mirror and see that gray hair, wrinkle, or stretch mark and ask yourself, "Now when did that happen?" Life is ever-moving, never-standing still. That realization that father time doesn't wait for anyone. In fact, your, "Wait! Hold still!" I still have some more living to do falls on its deaf ears! But what if we could just stop for a moment. Stop! And remember those good ole days. When you were young, full of life, and your whole life was ahead of you. Fun times. Innocent times. Fulfilling times. Joyful times. Your best times. Ah, the laughter as we threw caution to the wind! We can't go back in time, but what if we could try and relive even a few of those moments? What if we could recapture moments of times past, just a peek of what our lives looked like back in the day? Through Mama Said, What? quotes and showing you pictures of what we all enjoyed while growing up are my intentions to do just that. I hope you're able to sit back, enjoy, reflect, reminisce, and remember our yesteryears, our life, growing up!
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The study of leadership is gaining popularity as evidenced by the increasing number of leadership development programs in both corporate and academic enviroments. Therefore, the way that leadership is defined becomes important. Unfortunately, the majority of literature on leadership emphasizes a Eurocentric or Western perspective. This study explored the leadership-related thinking and practices embraced by a First Nations population in Canada: nehiyawak or the Cree people. As the research evolved, the study also ended up exploring both cultural differences with respect to knowledge and knowing and the ethical issues involved with permitting non-native researchers to study native groups. The latter issue arose because of the exploitation that indigenous groups have experienced when working with mainstream-culture researchers in the past. The proposal for the study indicated that the study would be built around qualitative interviewing, participant observation, and the largely inductive, coding-based analysis process commonly used in qualitative research. These pre-defined strategies were modified during the course of the study to ensure that the research was a collaborative effort between the Western researcher and the First Nations group that agreed to participate in the study. Procedures also were intentionally modified to reflect the recommendations of an emerging literature on indigenous methodology. Group members were familiar with this literature and viewed the methods described in it as strategies for reclaiming their group's traditional ways of knowing. The study revealed that the Indigenous nation that participated in the study is in a process of resistance, self determination and healing from the wounds of genocide. The study also demonstrated that the Western tendency to associate leadership with hierarchy and positional power is radically different than the relational and interconnection-oriented view of leadership that is traditional in Cree culture. Even more contemporary Western literature that emphasizes collaboration and a more relational view of leadership differs, in significant ways, from Cree ways of leadership which encompass an alignment of one's mind, spirit, and body, as well as the regular engagement in ceremony.
This book examines parenting in an unequal society and questions whether it is a key mechanism through which poverty translates into underachievement and reduced life chances in children.
An emotional and at times tragic conclusion to the Liberty Sands Trilogy, It's Never Too Late To Say... uncovers terrible family secrets that have long been buried. Holly Wilson has it all: a beautiful baby daughter, a son embarking on a new career, a new job in TV and an adoring boyfriend, Philippe, but her world is about to turn upside down
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