A Mother's Cry-He's Still My Child & Sponsors presents..

A Pre-Mother's Day Program

This program is in an effort to bring a 160 diversified group of mothers together in unity. Mothers from all walks of life-the projects, home owners, young, old, school drop outs, colledge grads, as well as mothers who have lost children to violence, foster care, or prison. Many of these mothers I have presented to through my speaking engagements and others I have been encouraged by. I think it is important for us all to realize that regardless of what type of mother people think we are – we all have something in common – our children. Children are our future!

In a time where the economy is in an unacknowledged recession – gas and food prices are so high, we can’t stop living. It’s the time to come together and be more supportive and encouraging to one another.

This is an effort to allow networking, empowerment, and encouragement, among mothers. I truly believe in order for us to reach a child, we have to go through the mother. We all have something we can share with another mother i.e. strength, words of encouragement, education, a smile, or prayer. This event is the start of a mother-to-mother connection. Positive results, I pray, will take root and flourish.

The Pre-Mother's Day Program is planned for Sunday, May 4, 2008 from 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. at the YMI Culture Center-Asheville. A full course meal, door prizes and encouragement will be available. This is a sponsored invitation event.

This reading was submitted by:

Mother of two - Ms. Natalie King

The Two Wolves

The Two Wolves One evening an old German told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his Wise Old German Grandfather: "Which wolf wins?" The old Grandfather simply replied, "The one you feed."

If you have children, grandchildren or care about children, please read this!

D U S T I N G

First, I'm going to tell a little about me and my family. My name
is Jeff. I am a Police Officer for a city which is known nationwide
for its crime rate. We have a lot of gangs and drugs. At one point we were #2 in the nation in homicides per capita. I also have a police K-9 named Thor. He was certified in drugs and general duty. He retired at 3 years old because he was shot in the line of duty. He lives with us now and I still train with him because he likes it. I always liked the fact that there was no way to bring drugs into my house. Thor wouldn't allow it. He would tell on you. The reason I say this is so you understand that I know about drugs.

I have taught in schools about drugs. My wife asks all our kids at least once a week if they used any drugs. Makes them promise they won't.

I like building computers occasion ally a nd started building a new
one in February 2005. I also was working on some of my older computers. They were full of dust so on one of my trips to the computer store I bought a 3 pack of DUST OFF. Dust Off is a can of compressed air to blow dust off a computer. A few weeks later when I went to use one of them they were all used. I talked to my kids and my two sons both said they had used them on their computer and messing around with them. I yelled at them for wasting the 10 dollars I paid for them.

On February 28 I went back to the computer store. They didn't have the 3 pack which! h I had bought on sale so I bought a single jumbo can of Dust Off. I went home and set it down beside my computer. On March 1st, I left for work at 10 PM . Just before midnight my wife went down and kissed Kyle goodnight. At 5:30 am the next morning Kathy went downstairs to wake Kyle up for school, before she left for work. He was propped up in bed with his legs crossed and his head leaning over. She called to him a few times to get up. He didn't move. He would sometimes tease her like this and pretend he fell back asleep. He was never easy to get up. She went in and shook his arm. He fell over. He was pale white and had the straw from the Dust Off can coming out of his mouth. He had the new can of Dust Off in his hands.

Kyle was dead.

I am a police officer and I had never heard of this. My wife is a nurse and she had never heard of this. We later found out from the coroner, after the autopsy, that only the propellant from the can of Dust off was in his system. No other drugs. Kyle had died between midnight and 1 AM.

I found out that using Dust Off is being done mostly by kids ages 9 through 15. They even have a name for it. It's called dusting. A take off from the Dust Off name. It gives them a slight hig h f or about 10 seconds. It makes them dizzy. A boy who lives down the street from us showed Kyle how to do this about a month before. Kyle showed his best friend. Told him it was cool and it couldn't hurt you. It's just compressed air. It can't hurt you. His best friend said no.

Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air. It also contains a propellant called R2. It's a refrigerant like what is used in your refrigerator. It is a heavy gas, heavier than air When you inhale it, it fills your lungs and keeps the good air, with oxygen, out that's why you feel dizzy, buzzed. It decreases the oxygen to your brain, to your heart.

Kyle was right. It can't hurt you. IT KILLS YOU!

The horrible part about this is there is no warning. There is no level that kills you. It's not cumulative or an overdose; it can just go randomly, terribly wrong. Roll the dice and if your number comes up You die. IT'S NOT AN OV ERDOSE. It's Russian Roulette. You don't die later. Or not feel good and say I've had too much. You usually die as you're breathing it in, if not you die within 2 seconds of finishing 'the hit. That's why the straw was still in Kyle's mouth when he died. Why his eyes were still open.

The experts want to call this huffing. The kids don't believe its

huffing. As adults we tend to lump many things together. But it doesn't fit here. And that's why it's more accepted. There is no chemical reaction, no strong odor. It doesn't follow the huffing signals. Kyle complained a few days before he died of his tongue hurting. It probably did. The propellant causes frostbite. If I had only known. It's easy to say hey, it's my life and I'll do what I want. But it isn't. Others are always affected.

This has forever changed our family's life. I have a hole in my heart and soul that can never be fixed. The pain is so immense I can't describe it. There's nowhere to run from it. I cry all the time and I don't ever cry. I do what I'm supposed to do but I don't really care. My kids are messed up. One won't talk about it. The other will only sleep in our room at night.

And my wife, I can't even describe how bad she is taking this. I thought we were safe because of Thor. I thought we were safe because we knew about drugs and talked to our kids about them.

After Kyle died another story came out. A probation Officer went to the school system next to ours to speak with a student. While there he found a student using Dust Off in the bathroom. This student told him about another student who also had some in his locker. This is a rather affluent school system. They will tell you they don't have a drug problem there.

They don't even have a dare or plus program there. So rather than tell everyone about this 'new' way of getting high they found, they hid it.

The probation officer told the media after Kyle's death and they, The school, then admitted to it. I know that if they would have told the media and I had heard, it wouldn't have been in my house. We need to get this out of our homes and school computer labs.

Using Dust Off isn't new and some 'professionals' do know about. It just isn't talked about much, except by the kids. They all seem to know about it.

April 2nd was 1 month since Kyle died. April 5th would have been

His 15th birthday. And every weekday I catch myself sitting on the living room couch at 2:30 in the afternoon and waiting to see him get off the bus.

I know Kyle is in heaven but I can't help but wonder if I died and went to Hell. This Officer is asking for EVERYONE who receives this email to forward it to everyone in their address book, even Law Enforcement Officers. Even if you do not have children, you can still forward this to friends & family who do.

This is true. It is NOT A HOAX. You can check yourself at the snopes

Site listed below.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/dustoff.asp

I love learning. As an elder lady told me, "Knoweldge is power." One thing I have come to realize is that there are so many different schools and teachers in life. One that I recently learned about in my Negotiation class, while studying abouth the different school of ethics, sticks deeply in my mind.

"It's a Game" Poker School - is a school where the players are taught to ignore friendship and relationships and engage in cunning deception. It's about what's in it for me and making money! As I look around, especially at our youth - I ask myself - isn't that what is going on today? In the adults' eyes, they appear to be a gang - when it all actually, just as we see in this picture - it's just a group cunning and deceiving one another.

Our youth are exposed to schools of drugs, gangs, streets, sexual immorality, and so many other things that I cringe to think about. They are deceived to think they have friends or can trust that adult, when the truth is told, there is always a hidden agenda. This tells me - PARENTS, GUARDIANS, ADULTS - we need to be in some serious prayer with and for our children. There is power in prayer and it does change things.

My 3rd call to action for you:

Pray for the children and teach the children how to pray

It’s no longer acceptable to just grumble about how prayer has been taken out of the schools. Take the responsibility to teach your own children or the children around you how to pray. After all, you should be your child’s best teacher and it takes the committed village to raise a child.

If you liked my book, A Mother's Cry-He's Still My Child, then you'll love Daddy Who? This is a must see play! It may be acting - then again, maybe not? One thing for sure - it's someone's reality in life! I have seen it twice and am looking forward to seeing it again. Daddy Who? makes you laugh, cry, pray, ask why, and thank God. But most important, it empowers you to break the chains of bondage. Don't take my word...see it for yourself! Coming soon near you - and if not, request it at http://www.daddywho.net

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2008 Daddy Who? Tour Schedule

Jan. 12-13, 2008 at The Diana Wortham Theatre on Sat. at 7 PM & Sun at 5PM, Asheville, NC,

Jan. 19-20, 2008 at The Collenton Center on Sat. at 7 PM, Walterboro, SC,

Feb 17, 2008 at Greenwood High School Aud. on Sun. at 6 PM, Greenwood, SC

Mar. 1, 2008 at The Douglas Theatre on Sat at 7 PM, Macon, GA

April 13, 2008 at The Diana Wortham Theatre on Sun. at 5PM, Asheville, NC

April 19, 2008 at The Patriot Hall on Sat. at 5PM, Sumter, SC Live DVD Recording

May 10, 2008 at Lake Marion H.S. on Sat. at 7PM, Santee, SC (Pending)

May 24, 2008 at Martin Luther King Aud. SC State University on Sat. at 7PM, Orangeburg, SC

June 14, 2008 The Bell Auditorium on Sat. at 7PM, Augusta, GA (Pending)

June 28-29, 2008 at The Morton Theatre on Sat. at 7PM & Sun. at 5PM, Athens, GA

Jul. 13, 2008 at The Carolina Theatre on Sun. at 5PM, Greensboro, NC

Jul. 16, 2008 at St. Andrews Middle School on Wed. at 7PM, Columbia, SC (Congress of Christian Education Convention) Youth Night

Jul. 19-20, 2008 at The College of Charleston on Sat. at 7PM & Sun. at 5PM, Charleston, SC

Aug. 2-3, 2008 on Sat. & Sun. Dallas, Tx (Pending)

Aug. 5-6, 2008 on Tue. & Wed., Austin, Tx (Pending)

Aug. 9-10, 2008 at Ft. Worth Community Art Center on Sat. at 7PM & Sun. at 5PM, Ft. Worth, Tx

Aug. 12-13, 2008 on Sat. & Sun. Jackson, Miss. (Pending)

Aug. 15-17, 2008 at The Douglas Theatre on Fri. at 7PM, Sat. at 7PM & Sun. at 5PM, Macon, GA

Aug. 22-23, 2008 at The Douglas Theatre on Fri. at 7PM, Sat. at 7PM & Sun. at 5PM, Macon, GA

Aug. 29-31, 2008 at The Douglas Theatre on Fri. at 7PM, Sat. at 7PM & Sun. at 5PM, Macon,
GA

Remember, how important it is to empower; we may never truly know the impact of that empowerment to that person. YOU ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

This little movie is energizing! It helps you sit up a little higher and stand a little taller. From your heart, let some others in your life know that they make a difference, too! Smile! Hugs! High Fives!

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STRESSED! OVERLOADED! STRETCHED!

Well here is the cure ... just smile and say...

Dear Lord ... I know you're watching over me And I'm feeling truly blessed For no matter what I pray for You always know what's best! I have this circle of E-mail friends, Who mean the world to me;

Some days I "send" and "send," At other times, I let them be. I am so blessed to have these friends, With whom I've grown so close; So this little poem I dedicate to them, because to me they are the "Most"! When I see each name download, And view the message they've sent; I know they've thought of me that day, And "well wishes" were their intent. So to you, my friends, I would like to say, !

Thank you for being a part of all my daily contacts. This comes right from my heart. God bless you is my prayer today. I'm honored to call you "friend." I pray the Lord will keep you safe, until we write again.

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