a "been-there" mom of six offers encouragement
to wives, young mothers, and those not so young,
and simple common-sense approaches to
the "ings" of life:
child-rearing (hints and helps), homemaking (all areas),
cooking (simple, cheap, and do-it-yourself)
making (toys and gifts), preparing (for the unexpected),
maintaining (sanity and peace in this increasingly crazy world) and more---
all aspects of making the most of making do on little---
and having fun in the process.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Why are Realists Called Alarmists?

Some of these photos are from happenings from this past week!  
Most within the past 12 months!
Two from 12 years ago.

I-5 bridge collapses north of Seattle

ReutersSavagery: One suspected attacker with a meat cleaver (circled) in hand walks towards his accomplice (also circled) as their victim lies dead in the road
Some global -----  Others Local ----  Many Personal
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Most caused by Nature's  unrest ---- 
Some by Mob unrest . . .
Others by Individual unrest 

WPTV Arizona highway cracked

NJ gas lines


National emergencies and local emergencies . . .
that affect many
     that affect some
           that affect one

that might personally affect YOU and your family!

Canadian freight train derails
Protests Spread Across Middle East

There are personal emergencies 
Millions losing jobs. . . 
Hundreds lining up for a limited number 
of available jobs




cfa ER appointments




Then there is the one that changed most everyone in one way or another

Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175, which departed from Boston en route for Los Angeles, is shown in a flight path for the South Tower of the World Trade Towers on Sept, 11, 2001. The North Tower burns after American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the tower at 8:45 a.m. (Robert Clark/AP/Aurora/Robert Clark/AP/Aurora)People flee lower Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, following a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. (Daniel Shanken/AP/Daniel Shanken/AP)


Emergencies, or in many cases even the prediction of  potential situations, often result in . . .



What if the emergency was one that, while causing no structural or physical damage anywhere, left us without the ability to do little-if-anything anywhere?  Think how a widespread or worldwide power outage would render the "computerized" world helpless!


WHAT IF . . . ?

Most of us have car insurance, home insurance and medical insurance "just in case." 

Life insurance provides for our loved ones after we die.

How much better to have insurance to help us and our loved ones endure any emergency we may encounter.

Does simply being prepared make us a realist   or an alarmist? 



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