About: Tara Lemieux
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Tornado Survivor Finds Dog During a TV Interview. {VIDEO}by Tara Lemieux on May 21, 2013 “I never lost consciousness and I hollered for my little dog and he didn’t answer, he didn’t come, so I know he’s in here somewhere.” ~ Barbara Garcia An elderly woman whose entire home was destroyed by the Oklahoma tornado found her pet dog amongst the devastation during a live TV interview. There is always [...] 3,226 views |
Tragedy in Oklahoma City: 51 People Confirmed Dead as EF-4 Twister Levels Homes & Schools.by Tara Lemieux on May 20, 2013 “When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways—either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.” ~ Dalai Lama XIV State Officials have just confirmed that 51 people have been killed in Oklahoma City today when the deadly EF-4 twister cut [...] 1,056 views |
What Warrant? FBI Demands ‘Wire Tap Ready’ Social Media Websites.by Tara Lemieux on May 19, 2013 Think your online information is safe with a password? Think again. Under newly disclosed documentation obtained under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, government officials may not always require a search warrant to sift through your most private emails, voice mails or even your most personal Facebook messages. In fact, it appears that some [...] 247 views |
Morning Decaf with a Big Surly Biker.by Tara Lemieux on May 19, 2013 “I like my coffee black, my beer from Germany, wine from Burgundy, the darker, the better. I like my heroes complicated and brooding, James Dean in oiled leather, leaning on a motorcycle. You know the color. (“Ode to Chocolate”)” ~ Barbara Crooker I had decaf with a biker this morning—an ominous and quite surly sort [...] 160 views |
The Power of Words.by Tara Lemieux on May 17, 2013 “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.” ― John Greenleaf Whittier I read through some of my older blog postings just the other day—and was amazed at what I had found. You see, some many months back I had created a ‘bucket list’ of sorts—a few [...] 565 views |
George Takei’s Response to “20 Young People Who Believe Marriage Should Be Between a Man & a Woman.” {Pictures}by Tara Lemieux on May 17, 2013 “Our adversaries call their campaigns ‘in defense of marriage’ or ‘in protection of marriage.’ Why are they so defensive and protective? Are their marriages so fragile?” ~ George Takei Oh, how I love George Takei—who has become, perhaps, this Nation’s most-outspoken (and brilliantly cheeky) advocate of same-sex marriage. This was his reply to the article, [...] 4,321 views |
Quote of the Day: From Molten Ball to Opera—This Earth Now Sings.by Tara Lemieux on May 15, 2013 “Four and a half billion years ago, the Earth was a flaming molten ball of rock and now…it can sing opera.” ~ Brian Swimme We are magnificent beings, you and I—even in this, our most imperfect form…as we stand here still, yet today, rising above when all else has failed. And in our hearts, we [...] 60 views |
What if I Forget How to Write?by Tara Lemieux on May 15, 2013 Sometimes I have the silliest of fears. It started quite innocently with a monster under the bed—but as I grew older these thoughts grew bigger as well. Today, I was worried that I might someday forget forever how to write. I mean, what if tomorrow all of this inspiration was gone? And, what if these [...] 184 views |
Ground Control to Major Tom: Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s Final Farewell to Space. {Must Watch Video}by Tara Lemieux on May 14, 2013 “Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.” ~ Carl Sagan We always knew he was a rock star of sorts, but yesterday’s final farewell video proves just this. In this video, Commander Chris Hadfield sings a most wonderfully revised version of the David Bowie classic, “Space Oddity” as recorded on board the [...] 1,024 views |
The Gift my Mother Gave to Me. (Heartwarming Video)by Tara Lemieux on May 13, 2013 “You can. You must. You will.” — Eunice Shriver These are the words shared by Kennedy family matriarch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and to her daughter, Maria Shriver. Her words were simple, but their meaning most profound—in that all things, when done with the fullness of heart, are possible. In this most beautiful video, Maria Shriver [...] 162 views |
On Mother’s Day: a Letter to the Daughter I Never Had. ~ Maya Angelouby Tara Lemieux on May 12, 2013 Today is Mother’s Day—and my self-appointed day of rest. I was greeted by the cheerful smile of my most beautiful daughter, who giggled as she said, “Today is your day, Mom!” Indeed, today is my day. And though, I’m not one for fabulously-flashy formalities…I do believe I will indulge in a day tucked away all [...] 1,198 views |
A Little Something My Mom Once Shared with Me.by Tara Lemieux on May 11, 2013 “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness and cause peace [...] 1,009 views |
A Miracle Amongst the Rubble: After 16 Days Buried Alive, a Survivor is Found. {Bangladesh}by Tara Lemieux on May 10, 2013 “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ~ Pablo Neruda After 16 days, working tirelessly to break through the massive rubble of the nine-story building collapse in Bangladesh—the rescuers here believed there to be no chance for any additional survivors. That is, until they heard the soft, clanking ‘tap’ [...] 165 views |
Love’s Final Embrace. {Heartbreaking Graphic Photo}by Tara Lemieux on May 9, 2013 “The strength of a man isn’t seen in the power of his arms. It’s seen in the love with which he embraces you.” ~ Steve Maraboli The most haunting image to emerge from the Bangladesh building collapse—two individuals sharing love’s last embrace. There is something about this image—it captures me, and draws me nearer. I feel [...] 4,161 views |
Embracing the “That Which is Not Yet Known.”by Tara Lemieux on May 9, 2013 “Faith is why I’m here today and faith is why I made it through.” ~ Jonathan Anthony Burkett I was struggling just a bit today, as I waited outside the yoga studio. My stomach was in knots, and dreading this class—the same one I had previously, so very much loved. I had worried myself silly [...] 108 views |
My Day with the Dalai Lama: elephant Meets His Holiness.by Tara Lemieux on May 8, 2013 “I am just a simple Buddhist monk, no more, no less.” ~ His Holiness, the Dalai Lama It was a moment I had dreamed of all my life, I reflected, as I was whisked through our first security gate and through to a side corridor leading onto the main floor of the Comcast Arena. Our [...] 1,929 views |
Scenes of Compassion From a Russian Dashboard Camera. {Video}by Tara Lemieux on May 4, 2013 “You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” ― Kahlil Gibran So often, we hesitate in helping others. We presume our hearts are just not big enough, or that what we might do couldn’t possibly have a much greater impact. At times, [...] 687 views |
Images of Peace Against the Backdrop of War: Commemorating the Kent State University shootings.by Tara Lemieux on May 4, 2013 “The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.” ― Mahatma Gandhi On a quiet afternoon, in a small Ohio university campus, students gathered upon a grassy knoll to protest President Nixon’s expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. The protest began peacefully at 12:00 noon, and marked [...] 182 views |
Is This the Most Offensive Commercial in History?by Tara Lemieux on May 3, 2013 Lots of controversy brewing this morning over the newest advertisement from PepsiCo, manufacturers of the popular drink Mountain Dew. The company is facing heavy criticism over what some have dubbed to be “arguably the most racist commercial in history.” In this particular commercial, a battered woman faces a line-up of potential assailants. Shaken, bruised, and [...] 3,405 views |
The Most Beautiful Example of Unconditional Love. {Video}by Tara Lemieux on May 2, 2013 “When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.” ~ Mitch Albom, For One More Day I remember the first time I looked into my mother’s eyes, and saw her most beautiful spirit. The way she smiled back to me, made me feel as [...] 2,638 views |
Be Amazing and Find Your Innermost Voice.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 30, 2013 “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. I remember once, some many years ago when my son was first attending day care. He was having a most difficult time adjusting to this, his newest transition. At just 3 years-old, I believe he was [...] 1,320 views |
Helping Does Not Make You Feel Good.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 30, 2013 “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” ― Charles Dickens The little boy from down the way, and who is just about 3 years-old, was recently told by his preschool teacher that, “Helping makes you feel good.” Imagine my delight when he offered to push my over-sized Rubbermaid trash [...] 113 views |
A Letter to the Guy Holding up the “You Deserve Rape” Sign at a Student Rally in Arizona.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 26, 2013 “I think that girls that dress and act like it,” Saxton told the Daily Wildcat, “they should realize that they do have partial responsibility, because I believe that they’re pretty much asking for it.” ~ “Brother” Dean Saxton, University of Arizona student (and the author of the “You Deserve Rape” sign) To the student holding up [...] 4,604 views |
“Always Be Batman”–A Little Girl’s Advice to a Soldier.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 26, 2013 “Always be yourself…unless you can be Batman. Always be Batman.” ~ Caitlin We all need a little lifting up in our lives, and more so when we’re so far from home. I remember many nights spent sniffling over my own homesickness–and during my very first few years in the Army. And, sometimes as a soldier [...] 429 views |
I Fell in Love With a Writer.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 25, 2013 “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ~ Anton Chekhov I accidentally fell in love with a writer. I was wrapped around her words, like a creature in the middle of a cyclone. And she spilled letters from her tongue like a clumsy schoolgirl lost in [...] 322 views |
The True Meaning of Friendship—As Told to Me by my Daughter.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 25, 2013 “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ~ C.S. Lewis I was so very proud of my daughter yesterday evening as we sat curled up and on our couch. We were settling into a night of ‘silly program watching’—something we [...] 546 views |
Best Marilyn Monroe Quote Ever.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 25, 2013 Born as Norma Jeane Mortenson inside a charity ward of a dilapidated Los Angeles County Hospital, this beautiful child would spend the first portion of her life facing great hardship. Her mother, mentally unstable and financially destitute, and her father, ‘unknown’—she would spend these first few years of her childhood moving in and out of foster [...] 2,214 views |
Is That Big Brother Peeking in at You Through Your Window?by Tara Lemieux on Apr 23, 2013 “All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.” ~ Gabriel García Márquez I had to update my employment records yesterday, including signing an amendment to my current background investigation. Having worked in this industry for over 20-odd years, I guess I have grown a little accustomed to the rigors of these reviews. But, [...] 844 views |
Whatever Happened to Arbor Day?by Tara Lemieux on Apr 22, 2013 “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” ~ Kahlil Gibran What ever happened to Arbor Day? I was sitting here watching a bird in the tree out front, and beside my window—it reminded me of a time, some so many years ago…when I was asked to be the caregiver for a tree. [...] 164 views |
Pray for China: Rescuers Struggle to Reach Survivors in One of China’s Deadliest Earthquakes.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 21, 2013 A 6.6 magnitude earthquake shattered the tranquility of a quiet provincial town in Lushan county, near the city of Ya’an in the southwestern province of Sichuan. Most of the damage was centered in the town of Lushan with over 200 deaths and 1,000 serious injuries, however, these numbers are expected to rise as rescuers continue [...] 341 views |
Never, Ever, Ever Forget to Play.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 20, 2013 “A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.” ~ Roald Dahl I splashed my way through the most massive of rain puddles, and just because I could. I splashed so hard with both of my feet, the water almost came up to my nose. And, as the neighbor was casting a [...] 895 views |
Finding Your Very Own ‘Calcutta’.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 19, 2013 “There is no they, only us. We’re part of the same fellowship called ‘the human race.’ We all hurt the same. We all love the same. We all bleed the same. We all need understanding and care.” – James Jennings In the hours, days and perhaps even weeks following this most horrific tragedy—you may find [...] 338 views |
Coping with the Boston Images—Amy Poehler’s Much Needed & Most Brilliant Response. {Video}by Tara Lemieux on Apr 19, 2013 “I wonder if we could soften our hearts and minds and our eyes. I wonder if we could give our eyes a break.” ~ Amy Poehler In the last few days, it seems we have all been bombarded to the point of a near overload as media images and videos from around the web make [...] 4,245 views |
Breaking News: Second Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect captured alive.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 19, 2013 Update: Updates: “The Terror is Over.” Pray for Boston. Quite the development in the Boston Marathon Bombing case. While most of us were still sleeping, CNN Reports that one suspect is dead, and another is still at large in a reported overnight police shootout in Watertown, Massachusetts. All Boston residents are currently still under police [...] 2,010 views |
Drink Your Tea Slowly.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 18, 2013 “Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the earth revolves…slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Some things in this life, really don’t need much further explanation. And yet, sometimes it takes life stopping us dead in our tracks for us to shut off [...] 163 views |
Giving Our Kids a Little ‘Shelter’ From This Storm.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 18, 2013 “I choose…to have…a good life.” These are the words recited each day, and between the long time, East Los Angeles elementary school teacher, Ms. Reifler and her most beautiful 5th grade students. She incorporated this essential aspect of self worth into her teaching curriculum, when not one…but two, of her young students confided with her [...] 403 views |
Facing Tragedy from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 15, 2013 “There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.” ~ Dalai Lama XIV I’m not yet ready to comment on the tragedy of this day. I think there will be many [...] 26,380 views |
Heartwrenching Video: A Soldier’s Last & Final Wish.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 15, 2013 “A lot of you cared, just not enough.”~ Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why Tomas Young has been paraplegic since an insurgent attack in 2004 in Sadr City. On the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, Tomas penned a letter to former President Bush and Vice President Cheney; that letter was featured in an elephant journal [...] 565 views |
Finding Humanity’s Vision.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 14, 2013 “To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognize their humanity and to assert your own.” ~ Lawrence Hill Today, I was reading over the most tragic story of a woman who’s 13 month old child was shot and killed—a victim of street violence and a robbery gone bad. Sherry West [...] 585 views |
A Little Advice on Being a Much Better Human.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 14, 2013 “Because you are alive, everything is possible.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh I stumbled upon this most brilliant passage and just as I was making my way towards awake. I had been feeling a little ragged and worn, the result of far too many bigger things on my plate. And though, these challenges, the ones I have [...] 632 views |
My Inside Most Innermost Me.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 8, 2013 “I am living, breathing freedom.” ~ Hiroko Sakai I was outside and wandering about today, enjoying my first ‘taste’ of spring and taking in all of the littlest of things, as I breathed in the joy of this day. I watched a heron gliding silently in and settling in to his place along the lake. And [...] 234 views |
The Space Between Listening & Hearing.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 8, 2013 “Why wait for the loss of hearing to appreciate sound? Turn off the white noise of your thoughts and start to listen.” ~ Bella Bathurst, Sound Advice I was reading an article online this morning, a most beautiful piece about a woman who developed a degenerative disease causing her to lose most of her hearing [...] 386 views |
The Necessity of Compassion.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 6, 2013 “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” ~ Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness Isn’t it amazing, how the smallest shift in perspective, can change simply everything? To hold compassion higher than anything else—and to touch humanity’s heart in only the most special of ways. Mind your thoughts, as you [...] 212 views |
The Brilliance of Silence.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 5, 2013 “Silence is sometimes the best answer.” ~ Dalai Lama Indeed, it is. I found myself yesterday, in just a small state of overwhelmed—my mind racing through the many millions of possibilities and ‘what if’ scenarios. And, with each new path, these thoughts kicked up so many, many more emotions. And, when I found myself in [...] 2,230 views |
Easy Vegan Brownies…Yum!by Tara Lemieux on Apr 4, 2013 “By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian will make a difference in the health of our planet.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology [...] 3,896 views |
We Are All Just Travelers Here.by Tara Lemieux on Apr 3, 2013 “We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.” ~ Paulo Coelho When I was a [...] 398 views |
Unbelievably Ripped 77-Year-Old Vegan Bodybuilder? Wow!by Tara Lemieux on Apr 2, 2013 I saw the most inspiring article today, ironically, as I sat waiting in yet another doctor’s waiting room area. I had just glanced up to view each of my ‘patient counterparts’—all sitting miserably about the room, with varying degrees of less than optimal health—and sadly, many of whom, I recognize from my own previous visits. [...] 5,129 views |
Gary Busey to Launch “Hot Hobbit Yoga”—Stirring up yet Another Hot Yoga Legal Mess. {April Fools’ edition}by Tara Lemieux on Apr 1, 2013 “Sometimes you have to run naked backwards through a cornfield at night to figure out who you are.” ~ Gary Busey on finding yourself Gary Busey, in yet another head scratching, noggin’ swirling ‘wtf’ moment—announced yesterday that he will be stepping boldly into the yoga arena to launch his own brand of yoga. This brand [...] 626 views |
What Does Love Look Like to You?by Tara Lemieux on Mar 29, 2013 “Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.” ~ Gary Zukay I watched a little boy today, as he held the hand of his baby sister. Every few steps, he would pause for a moment, pull her hand in just a little closer, and ‘whisper’ loudly something [...] 1,389 views |
Vegan “Cadbury” Eggs Recipe—Just in Time For the Holiday!by Tara Lemieux on Mar 29, 2013 Yummy, let me know how these turn out! Ingredients: 1/2 cup corn syrup or agave nectar 1/4 cup Earth Balance 3 cups vegan powdered sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 tsp salt yellow and red food coloring semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 tbsp coconut oil 1. Cream together the corn syrup or agave nectar [...] 1,853 views |
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