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The Crash That Killed Martin and Jennifer.

It seems like yesterday, but forever ago. Andrew and I were six weeks away from our wedding day and I took an extra shift at the café, hoping to earn a few more dollars to help make the day even more special for myself. Ordinarily, I didn’t like to work the Sunday daytime shift, but knowing the tips were usually very high I went with a smile in my heart. Who wouldn’t be happy six-weeks before marrying the most awesome man she had ever met in her life? It was about time for the “after church” crowd to hit. Coffee … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Introduction

I would like to take a moment and introduce myself as a blogger on the New Insurance Blog at Families.com. For the past five years my husband and I have worked very hard Adopting Siblings from our state foster care system and I am one of the Adoption b Bloggers. Prior to this life changing event my career has been Insurance. I look forward to refocusing and writing about the business I have been involved with for nearly 25 years. My first position in the insurance field started when I was 18 years old. I was hired by the most … Continue reading →

Treating Alcoholism

Let me say this up front: success in treating alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence is strongly linked to admitting that there is a problem and wanting to stop drinking. If you don’t want to stop drinking, all the treatments in the world aren’t going to do much good. Most alcoholics need to stop drinking completely. Initially, treatment will focus on stopping drinking and relieving symptoms of withdrawal. Some people can stop drinking on their own. Some can’t. Talk to your doctor — you may need anti-anxiety and/or anti-seizure medications to help you get through the withdrawal. Severe withdrawal symptoms like … Continue reading →

17 Years After Tragedy Strikes: In the Midst

This is part 2 of a 3 part series. To visit part 1, click here. As I sat sobbing in the store frightened that my friend was dead after being struck by a truck, the cashier just held me. She offered to call my mom and I gave her the number. I waited around twenty minutes. My mom didn’t come. I decided to head toward home when I saw my mom in the road with Joy and the paramedics. I selfishly felt hurt that my mom was helping Joy and there was no longer anyone to hold me. I learned … Continue reading →

Social Host Liquor Liability (Are You Having A Party?)

Car crashes are the number one cause of death for Americans between the ages of 4 and 34. There were 41,821 people killed in automobile crashes in the United States during the year 2000 with 16,653 (nearly 40%) of those wrecks involving alcohol use. The Holiday season is one of the most deadly times of the year to be out on the highways, or even in our own neighborhoods. If you will be, hosting a Holiday Party and serving liquor in your private home you might want to be sure you understand your responsibility and legal liability when it comes … Continue reading →

Christmas Cheer or Christmas Fear

I wish I could say this time of the year was a time for joy and celebration for everyone. For some it’s a reminder of their lack. To others it might be a reminder that their loved one is really gone. Some find this season to be a time when once contained emotions surface ready to be dealt with in a new way. Christmas should be a time a time to really put into perspective whose birth it is that’s celebrated on this day and what the purpose of His coming was really about. The Lord Jesus has become such … Continue reading →

The Price of Driving Drunk

I have shared the story of my own experience with the results of a repeat drunk driver. The loss of my father-in-law remains an emptiness in the whole family, especially during the holiday season. But the sharp pain of losing a beautiful 12-year old niece is raw and always will be for everyone who knew Jennifer. Everyday someone is arrested for driving under the influence, or driving while intoxicated. For some of these drunk drivers it won’t be the first DUI offense. The penalties for DUI, including the first offense, have increased nationwide since the late 1980’s with more the … Continue reading →