Never Give Up, Always Move Forward
Saturday, September 17, 2011
School Year
Hi my name is Elizabeth Benson and I'm Cheryl Bensons daughter.I am in 3rd grade and I am eight years old almost turning nine in 3 months!I am going to try out for Volleyball and I hope I can make the team because it seems really fun!!!!!At the Later Elemantry school thats were I go in tecnolghy our tec teacher we got to use Apple computers and he took really cry funny pictures:).And feel free to write any comments or anything like that and read my story.True story :)
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Everything Happens For A Reason: Soul Searching..My Daughter's Heart
Everything Happens For A Reason: Soul Searching..My Daughter's Heart: "There is a lot going on in the world around us lately with the earthquake and Tsunami that devastated Japan. The moon was the closest to th..."
Soul Searching..My Daughter's Heart
There is a lot going on in the world around us lately with the earthquake and Tsunami that devastated Japan. The moon was the closest to the earth that it had been in some 18 years last night if you had a chance to step outside and take a look. I've always thought the moon was the one thing that kept all of us a little closer on this big earth we share. No matter where we are, it's the one thing that always remains the same for all of us and that brings us all a little closer. I guess we were all just a little closer last night. Some say the moon being closer was a possible cause for erratic weather phenomenon or changes in the techtonic plates in Japan that caused the Tsunami. I'm not a scientist, so I cannot answer that question but it made me think or shall I say it made me do a little soul searching.
The most important of life's battles are the ones we fight daily in the chambers of the soul. I think that is so very true.
The innermost workings of my daughter's heart always pulls life into a little clearer perspective for me. The trueness of her spirit and her love are so genunine. Sometimes, we listen so hard for God's guidance in our world of troubles that we don't hear the messages in front of us. Here's what she says:
My heart makes me think of love.
Love makes me think of God
God reminds me of Jesus
Heaven makes me think of angels
Angels bring us love
Love is important
God Loves us
God loves everyone
God is the love in my heart
The most important of life's battles are the ones we fight daily in the chambers of the soul. I think that is so very true.
The innermost workings of my daughter's heart always pulls life into a little clearer perspective for me. The trueness of her spirit and her love are so genunine. Sometimes, we listen so hard for God's guidance in our world of troubles that we don't hear the messages in front of us. Here's what she says:
My heart makes me think of love.
Love makes me think of God
God reminds me of Jesus
Heaven makes me think of angels
Angels bring us love
Love is important
God Loves us
God loves everyone
God is the love in my heart
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Everything Happens For A Reason: Trust and Your Supplier in the Industry
Everything Happens For A Reason: Trust and Your Supplier in the Industry: "In today's economy, working with a supplier you trust is not only neccessary, it is mandatory. The relationships we nuture in business, par..."
Trust and Your Supplier in the Industry
In today's economy, working with a supplier you trust is not only neccessary, it is mandatory. The relationships we nuture in business, particularly those where we work with a multitude of distributors is based on trust.
We're not going to be effective if our distributors aren't happy with our products and services. We need to focus on being a part of their solution and not part of the problem.
Secondly, we must foster trust between our products and their business relationships. At all times, we respect our distributor relationships and need to convey our vision of providing products and services that enhance their own individual relationships with business partners. In this way, we become a "building block" to success.
Keeping our business partners/clients informed of new techology and allowing them to get to know us on a personal basis allows us to build relationships based on trust, information and a need to "strive to thrive" for both of us. Mutually benefical relationships are necessary in this tough economy to survive.
One thing I have realized in manufacturing, is that if we wish to thrive, then we must extend this enthusiasm and trust to our customers as well. Linking hands with our suppliers to be successful in the marketplace is one way we can all get ahead. To take a quote from Gulf Crane that I particularly like: "We're all in this together."
We're not going to be effective if our distributors aren't happy with our products and services. We need to focus on being a part of their solution and not part of the problem.
Secondly, we must foster trust between our products and their business relationships. At all times, we respect our distributor relationships and need to convey our vision of providing products and services that enhance their own individual relationships with business partners. In this way, we become a "building block" to success.
Keeping our business partners/clients informed of new techology and allowing them to get to know us on a personal basis allows us to build relationships based on trust, information and a need to "strive to thrive" for both of us. Mutually benefical relationships are necessary in this tough economy to survive.
One thing I have realized in manufacturing, is that if we wish to thrive, then we must extend this enthusiasm and trust to our customers as well. Linking hands with our suppliers to be successful in the marketplace is one way we can all get ahead. To take a quote from Gulf Crane that I particularly like: "We're all in this together."
Friday, February 25, 2011
Mattawan Alum Brings Hope For The Families Of Three Missing Women From 1992
A nearly 18-year-old mystery may be put to rest soon with the help of a vision from Mattawan's Ken Young. Stacy McCall and Suzie Streeter graduated from Kickapoo High School June 6, 1992. At the time, Stacy was 18 and Suzie just 19-years of age. Apparently, they planned to celebrate graduation with friends; however, the next morning, the girls (along with their mother, Sherrill Levitt) had vanished. A full investigation ensued and the three were never found, leaving the case classified as an "unsolved mystery."
If you went to Mattawan Schools in the 1980's, you will undoubtedly remember Michelle Bowman. Michelle was killed in an unfortunate accident while waiting for the bus to go to school one foggy morning. A rememberance of Michelle can still be found in the halls of Mattawan High School to this date. Ken Young decided, on April 10, 1986, while on leave from the Army, to visit Michelle's grave. He didn't have access to a car and decided to walk the round trip to Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park in Kalamazoo. Ken told me "It was a perfect day and my walk took me past the area where she used to live." He also told me "When I did this, I honored her grave and this opened some doors. One of them was my vision with Stacy McCall on November 15th, 1998. Without Michelle, my vision with Stacy never takes place."
In Ken's vision with Stacy McCall "everything that she has shown me has either come true or is in the process of coming true. It took time to understand the vision. In April 2002, I figured it out. If I interpreted the vision correctly, the women were buried at Cox Hospital South in Springfield, MO. I wrote the Springfield Police Department in 2002 and again in 2004 telling them that I believed the women were buried there based on my vision with Stacy McCall."
Ken met reporter Kathee Baird in February of 2006 and shared his story with her as well. Kathee is a crime reporter with a blog she maintains and has the story on her website as well. During this time they worked together to sort out Ken's vision and the facts of the case, they received an offer by a man named Tim Gray. He claimed that he had a prototype GPR type of technology that could find human remains. Ken and Kathy took a chance and made arrangments for tim to come to Springfield to do some scans. He was to arrive in Springfield on April 17th. A week earlier, on April 10th, 2006, Ken visited Michelle's grave. He had not been there in 20-years. Kathee and Ken talked on their cell phones for several minutes during his visit to Michelle's grave. A week later, Tim Gray's instruments detected three anomalies at the Cox Hospital South Parking Garage. Unfortunately, this was not documented on video at the time.
A couple of months later, reporter Kathee Baird contacted Rick Norland to come down and do another GPR scan and this time, to have the event videotaped. He confirmed that the results were consistent with three graves. The video link is on You Tube with several other related videos on the disappearance of the three women from Kansas City, MO.
Despite the evidence consistent with anomalies under the parking structure, the police went on air and stated there would be no further investigation (February 2007). This past summer, Springfield, MO got another Police Chief, Paul Williams who has re-opened the case with new interest. Currently, Williams is considering bringing in national cold case investigators to bring peace to a family in Missouri who has had no answers to the whereabouts of these three women in the past 18-years.
The case of the "Three Missing Women" will be featured on an upcoming television program "Disappeared" on March 7th on the Investigation Discovery Channel.
If you, or anyone you know has any information on the disappearance of these three women please contact CRIMESTOPPERS at 417-869-TIPS (8477) or the Springfield Police Department at 417-864-1810.
While this story may not be about Ken Young, if his vision of Stacy McCall while paying respects at former classmate, Michelle Bowman's gravesite is correct, I think it certainly lends itself to the fact that everything really does happen for a reason and also opens up a few more questions in life. I guess you have to ask yourself if you believe in destiny or if people just get lucky?
LINKS:
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/19/2668202/springfields-new-police-chief.html
If you went to Mattawan Schools in the 1980's, you will undoubtedly remember Michelle Bowman. Michelle was killed in an unfortunate accident while waiting for the bus to go to school one foggy morning. A rememberance of Michelle can still be found in the halls of Mattawan High School to this date. Ken Young decided, on April 10, 1986, while on leave from the Army, to visit Michelle's grave. He didn't have access to a car and decided to walk the round trip to Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park in Kalamazoo. Ken told me "It was a perfect day and my walk took me past the area where she used to live." He also told me "When I did this, I honored her grave and this opened some doors. One of them was my vision with Stacy McCall on November 15th, 1998. Without Michelle, my vision with Stacy never takes place."
In Ken's vision with Stacy McCall "everything that she has shown me has either come true or is in the process of coming true. It took time to understand the vision. In April 2002, I figured it out. If I interpreted the vision correctly, the women were buried at Cox Hospital South in Springfield, MO. I wrote the Springfield Police Department in 2002 and again in 2004 telling them that I believed the women were buried there based on my vision with Stacy McCall."
Ken met reporter Kathee Baird in February of 2006 and shared his story with her as well. Kathee is a crime reporter with a blog she maintains and has the story on her website as well. During this time they worked together to sort out Ken's vision and the facts of the case, they received an offer by a man named Tim Gray. He claimed that he had a prototype GPR type of technology that could find human remains. Ken and Kathy took a chance and made arrangments for tim to come to Springfield to do some scans. He was to arrive in Springfield on April 17th. A week earlier, on April 10th, 2006, Ken visited Michelle's grave. He had not been there in 20-years. Kathee and Ken talked on their cell phones for several minutes during his visit to Michelle's grave. A week later, Tim Gray's instruments detected three anomalies at the Cox Hospital South Parking Garage. Unfortunately, this was not documented on video at the time.
A couple of months later, reporter Kathee Baird contacted Rick Norland to come down and do another GPR scan and this time, to have the event videotaped. He confirmed that the results were consistent with three graves. The video link is on You Tube with several other related videos on the disappearance of the three women from Kansas City, MO.
Despite the evidence consistent with anomalies under the parking structure, the police went on air and stated there would be no further investigation (February 2007). This past summer, Springfield, MO got another Police Chief, Paul Williams who has re-opened the case with new interest. Currently, Williams is considering bringing in national cold case investigators to bring peace to a family in Missouri who has had no answers to the whereabouts of these three women in the past 18-years.
The case of the "Three Missing Women" will be featured on an upcoming television program "Disappeared" on March 7th on the Investigation Discovery Channel.
If you, or anyone you know has any information on the disappearance of these three women please contact CRIMESTOPPERS at 417-869-TIPS (8477) or the Springfield Police Department at 417-864-1810.
While this story may not be about Ken Young, if his vision of Stacy McCall while paying respects at former classmate, Michelle Bowman's gravesite is correct, I think it certainly lends itself to the fact that everything really does happen for a reason and also opens up a few more questions in life. I guess you have to ask yourself if you believe in destiny or if people just get lucky?
LINKS:
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/19/2668202/springfields-new-police-chief.html
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Just When The Caterpillar Thought Her Life Was Over, She Became A Butterfly
This is a recurring problem for me....there are days when it seems no matter what I do or how hard I try or work I always fall just a little short of my own expectations. Coming in "fourth place" in my own life may not sound so bad, but it's hard for me to swallow.
I know, it sounds like my own pity party or self-sabotage in a way. Sometimes I give up too easy or end up being a little too hard on myself, but here's the little mantra going on in my head on those days.. "no matter what I do, the house isn't clean enough, I always forget to pay that one bill, spend a little too much on the grocery shopping, don't cook enough of the right food, never caught up on laundry, bathrooms."
The list goes on because I also worry I'm not reading enough to my kids or don't love them enough and will screw them up beyond repair. I worry that they are in too many activities or not enough, that they don't play outside enough or have enough down time. I worry that I'm too lenient or too hard on them.
Sometimes, I beat myself up because I work too much, spend too much time reading on the computer, don't eat enough or eat too much, don't exercise enough. I try to be a good friend but I worry that I don't say the right thing, remember important dates or that I'm not a good enough listener, talk too much or not enough.
Then, there's the personal "not good enough", you know, the little inventory we do on ourselves thinking my hair is out of style, my boobs are too small, my butt is too big, I have more freckles than I used to and I'm just a little fashion clumsy.
Clearly, if that's not enough, there are even days when I hate myself because even though I'm trying so hard to become someone different, someone healthy and someone authentic and whole, I seem to fall short of even that.
So, then, I read this little quote..."Just when the caterpillar thought her life was over, she became a butterfly." And I thought to myself, maybe those are the days we are actually growing and changing into the "butterfly" or, rather, our true authentic selves. I think every woman has a day or two where she can't see the true beauty of who she is and, in general, we tend to be very hard on ourselves. After all, we're not supposed to be perfect and learning to accept yourself with all your strengths and weaknesses creates a feeling of peace within.
I know, it sounds like my own pity party or self-sabotage in a way. Sometimes I give up too easy or end up being a little too hard on myself, but here's the little mantra going on in my head on those days.. "no matter what I do, the house isn't clean enough, I always forget to pay that one bill, spend a little too much on the grocery shopping, don't cook enough of the right food, never caught up on laundry, bathrooms."
The list goes on because I also worry I'm not reading enough to my kids or don't love them enough and will screw them up beyond repair. I worry that they are in too many activities or not enough, that they don't play outside enough or have enough down time. I worry that I'm too lenient or too hard on them.
Sometimes, I beat myself up because I work too much, spend too much time reading on the computer, don't eat enough or eat too much, don't exercise enough. I try to be a good friend but I worry that I don't say the right thing, remember important dates or that I'm not a good enough listener, talk too much or not enough.
Then, there's the personal "not good enough", you know, the little inventory we do on ourselves thinking my hair is out of style, my boobs are too small, my butt is too big, I have more freckles than I used to and I'm just a little fashion clumsy.
Clearly, if that's not enough, there are even days when I hate myself because even though I'm trying so hard to become someone different, someone healthy and someone authentic and whole, I seem to fall short of even that.
So, then, I read this little quote..."Just when the caterpillar thought her life was over, she became a butterfly." And I thought to myself, maybe those are the days we are actually growing and changing into the "butterfly" or, rather, our true authentic selves. I think every woman has a day or two where she can't see the true beauty of who she is and, in general, we tend to be very hard on ourselves. After all, we're not supposed to be perfect and learning to accept yourself with all your strengths and weaknesses creates a feeling of peace within.
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