There are so many places that we may perceive as GERM & VIRUS FREE when in fact they may be where the most GERMS & VIRUSES are found. Places that top the list are Hospitals, Hotels, Motels, and Restaraunts. The reason why I mentioned these places is because there are so many NASTY people in the world, who just don't feel that it's IMPORTANT the take the time to WASH their hands, even after going to the restroom. Which are reasons why so many people who are hospitalized, go out to eat regularly, or travel frequently, either get sick, or end up with a case of food poisoning. Someone else is passing around all types of germs, and due to the symptoms that have been experienced by these victims, they don't always know or understand what's going on, when they first start to get sick. In hospitals the staff as well as the visitors transmit germs and viruses to the patients by not thoroughly washing their hands after using the restroom, coughing and sneezing, coming in from outside, or after touching one patient, and prior to touching another patient for whatever reasons necessary. In restaraunts it's the staff not thoroughly washing their hands like they're suppose to when they have a cold, after using the restroom, prior to begining or returning to work preparing food for the public, sometimes trying to get away with serving old food, and even serving food that may have been dropped onto the kitchen floor, or food that may not have been thoroughly cleaned or cooked itself. With hotels and motels, guests, as well as housekeeping are the ones who transmit the germs and viruses, due to just being NASTY, and lazy about doing their jobs, including not changing and replacing used linens and towels with clean ones as they should, and not throughly disenfecting the restrooms, as well as other objects within the room itself, such as the TV remote, door knobs, toilet handles, alarm clocks, and light switches, to name a few, but EVERYTHING inside ALL hotel or motel rooms need to be thoroughly santized and disenfected on a daily basis. So many of us travel everyday, and stay in hotels or motels across the country, and around the world. Because these places are all public domain they should really be much cleaner than they actually are. All because some people either weren't taught at home how to be clean or just don't care whether they do these things or not, really is no excuse, because they are taught / trained to perform these tasks upon obtaining these jobs. Most of the time so many of the employees of these public places are in the mindset that this is just a job, and as long as it seems as though I've done what I'm suppose to do it doesn't matter, when in fact it does matter more than they want to realize, but they should all think from a consumer or a patient's perspective, and put themselves in the place of those who visit these public places, just to get a grasp on how they would feel having to deal with the germ and virus born illnesses that they could come in contact with themselves. We should all be a little more cautious of our actions, not just for our own personal safety, but for the safety of others as well. Because I don't think that you would actually like to have the first hand experience with any germ and virus born illnesses that could cause you serious harm, or possibly even the loss of your life.

  I'm personally having a VERY HARD time with this myself. Today I came across a story about a woman from Michigan, who was SO DESPERATE to keep her boyfriend that she decided that it was somehow a GOOD idea to GIVE her 15 YEAR OLD daughter to her BOYFRIEND for SEX, while she recuperated from surgery. ( The story can be found on CNN.com, but here it is in a nutshell ) According to the article itself, this woman was afraid that she would lose her boyfriend, so the 3 ( Mother, Daughter & Boyfriend ) signed an agreement specifying sexual services that the CHILD would perform, and the compensation that she would receive, including clothing and body piercings. The 37 YEAR OLD MAN had sex with the ( 15 year old ) girl about 20 times over 2 months. She did tell an adult, and received some help though. Unbelievable, isn't it? Prosecutor Tony Tague, said " It's incredible that any parent would be involved in such a blatant case of abuse against her own daughter. " The woman was freed on a $25,000 bond after being arraigned on 3 counts of 3rd degree criminal sexual conduct. The boyfriend, Michael J. Fitzgibbon was being held without bail. He was arraigned last week on 6 counts of 1st degree criminal sexual conduct. You would think that he would have at least thought of the child as if she was his own child, and not allowed himself to go as far as he did. It only makes me wonder whether or not he would have RAPED her if she really was his daughter.   What is this world coming to, when you would actually resort to doing ridiculous things like this, over a MAN? What KIND of man would actually go along with something like this to begin with? It doesn't even matter who's idea it was initially, or even what their so-called logic behind it is, what REALLY matters is the fact that it HAPPENED. In my opinion it's just a case of RAPE with a Mother's consent. Can someone PLEASE tell me, Is SEX that important to resort to such tactics, and RUIN a child's life for it? This is something that poor child will have to live with for the REST of her life, and the weight of this experience can become extremely difficult for her to handle. I'm a Mother myself, and I just can't see wanting to put my daughter through something like that, or even allowing myself to think along those lines, to reach such a conclusion, just to hang on to a MAN. I know I'm not the ONLY one who can say that Boyfriend would have just had to GO on his way, because he IS NOT worth ruining my child's life. It's just plain CRAZY, they ALL need help, and I feel as though the child's Mother should have been held without bond just like her Boyfriend has been. I've always felt that the JOB of a PARENT(S) is to Protect, Defend and Take Care of OUR Children, not be the ones who CAUSE them HARM, or even MISTREAT them in anyway. They are All Wonderful, Precious Gifts from God, and should be treated as that. Although for some INSAIN reason, there are so many people in this world who don't have a problem mistreating children, no matter who's children they are ( even their own ).  The truly SAD thing about Child Abuse is that the ones who are the abusers, don't really see anything wrong with their actions, if they did, they wouldn't be abusing ANYONE'S child to begin with. So many people really don't understand that Child Abuse comes in so many different forms, but the one form that seems to be ignored by so many is, Child Abandonment.  It really is a form of abuse, take it from someone who grew up WITHOUT a Father. Thank God, for OUR Mothers, and those of us who are Mothers, that take the JOB of being a Mother VERY SERIOUSLY, remember Our Children need us, and we need to continue to do Our JOB, to the BEST of our ability. Thank God for the Real Father's who make a point of doing their JOB, and taking an active role in their children's lives, there are So Many who Just Don't Care enough to step up to the task.

Everyone has his / her own explaination about what they themselves believe that LOVE really is, and all that it entails. I for one am not quite sure if there is even a right or wrong answer to that particular question, because the question itself seems to take on a life of it's own due to the broad spectrum of where each person's views can lead. Today I came across an article posted on another website, where the topic was "Love Is" By: Dr. James C. Wadley, BlackDoctor.org. In the article there were statements made by patients of Dr. Wadley (a marriage, family and sexuality therapist), which said that Love was everything from: "A commitment to someone," "Doing things for people that you don't do for everyone else," "A strong feeling you have for another person," "Wanting to spend alot of time with the person," "The feeling you get before you reach orgasm during sex," "The butterflies I get when I'm around the person," to "The peace I feel when I think about spending time with my husband." I have to say that I can agree with all of those statements about Love, but the one statement that I agree with most of all is the one that was mentioned by Dr. Wadley, "....I have found that Love involves Intamcy, Passion, Commitment, and Patience." Those exact words are my own personal definition of what Love really means to me, because I believe all of those components have to exist, since they all compliment each other, and I don't believe that Love itself can exist without any of them. The article goes on to break down each one of the components of Love, not only their individual definitions, but how they relate to each other. I've taken the time to question myself about what Love means to me, and I have to say that my thoughts follow the same path as Dr. Wadley's as far as how I view Love and how I mentally broke down each element in order to come to my own conclusion, as well as come in contact with my own feelings about the subject itself. I really Love the last statement that was made by Dr. Wadley at the end of the article: "Healthy, loving relationships involve intimacy, passion, commitment, and patience. "True" love begins when we take the time to figure out how we feel physically, spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, and sexually about our individual selves and our partners. Love can encompass all those things, and it's that we understand what Love means to us as well as our partners." I believe that Everyone should take time to go inside themselves and really discover for yourself exactly what your TRUE feelings are about Love, it just may be worth it as far as your own personal relationships are concerned, whether you're currently involved with someone or not, it can only enhance your true feelings and knowledge not just about yourself, but the relationship you're in, or the one that's waiting for you. Along with all of the components of Love that were previously mentioned, I feel as though there are at least 3 more VERY important key elements that compliment those components: 1- Respect, 2- Trust, and 3- The ability to communicate, not just talking to one another, but really having meaningful conversations, where no subject is off limits, and you can honestly be open about your thoughts and feelings, without worrying about whether or not the other person is going to change their thoughts or feelings about you. These things coupled with the willingness of following through with them can only make the bond that is already present so much stronger.

I do have to sign-off this blog entry with the BEST description of Love ever written:

Love is patient, and is kind, Love doesn't envy, doesn't brag and isn't proud, Love doesn't behave inappropriately, doesn't seek it's own way, and is not provoaked, Love takes no account of evil, Love doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth,

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things, Love never fails.

-The Holy Bible

Love is the Greatest thing in life, and walking in Love should be our main focous. God is love, and He wants us to love one another. We can only truly love others by receiving and expressing God's love in order to do that, we need to understand that He loves us and accept His love. When we do we will begin a love walk that causes us to live in a new way__ a new way of thinking, a new way of speaking, and a new way of acting.

Love is expressed in many different ways, but one factor is always the same: Love gives