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Ashley

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Barack Obama (hopefully the next President of the United States), Anderson Cooper (he is interesting, intelligent, and fascinating), Derek Jeter (because he is hot...my "because he is hot" list would be very excessive so I will just leave it with Derek), Billy Graham (what a humble amazing man of faith)....several other famous people and historians/heroes who have already past on.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
-Mark Twain
I don't know the key to sucess, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
-Bill Cosby
Life has to be lived - that's all there is to it. At seventy I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that, "This too, shall pass!"
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Music:

My taste in music is rather versatile. I like everything including classical, contemporary christian, rock, hip hop, country, etc....What I DO NOT like is heavy metal and rap!!

Movies:

I love movies...all kinds! These are just a few of my favorites: The Count of Monte Cristo, I Am Sam, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Guardian, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, All the Star Wars episodes, Spiderman (1-3, 50 First Dates, For Love of the Game, and many more.

Television:

I primarily watch news channels

Books:

The Bible, books on psychology, parenting, health/fitness, and biographies of famous people (specifically historians)

Heroes:

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure inspite of overwhelming obstacles. -Christopher Reeves

My Blog

Change

"Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind.  To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse.  To the hopeful it is encouraging because thi...
Posted by Ashley on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:53:00 PST

Obama and Healthcare

The United States is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, yet more than 46 million Americans have no health insurance. Too many hard-working Americans cannot afford their medical bills, and h...
Posted by Ashley on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:11:00 PST

Obama and Improving our Schools

  We are failing too many of our children in public schools. Right now, six million middle and high school students read at levels significantly below their grade level. Unfortunately, the deba...
Posted by Ashley on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:09:00 PST

Obama and family

  Strong families raise successful children and keep communities together. While Senator Obama does not believe that we can simply legislate healthy families, good parenting skills or economi...
Posted by Ashley on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:03:00 PST

Barack Obama, faith and politics

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid463869411/bcti d416343938 Click on the above link to watch Barack Obama as he is speaking to a church.  He speaks with integrity and sincerity of the ...
Posted by Ashley on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:31:00 PST

Children need you. . .

Too often we as adults completely miss an opportunity that could change the world.  That opportunity is to nurture and shape the heart and lives of our children.  Not just our own flesh...
Posted by Ashley on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:58:00 PST

Children Learn What They Live, by Dorothy Law Nolte

A poem to live by Children learn what they live by Dorothy Law Nolte If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If children liv...
Posted by Ashley on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:51:00 PST