Posts Tagged ‘children’

The Value of A Woman

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

The value of a woman is equal to men, because God made her by taking a rib from man and building a woman with his hands. So, man and woman can walk side by side and live together. A woman represents approximately 1/2 of the human population on the earth. “She is at least as good as a man.” said Peter J. Daniels from Australia.

She is a person first. She could be a wife, a mother, a Grandmother or a great Grandmother. A woman is someone’s daughter, and a member of her family or tribe.  Without her, a man would have no heirs. A woman is the keeper of her future family generations. Her health and stability is a very important element and the foundation of the family. She keeps herself for her husband, so disease and problems will not plague her herself, her family or her children. The future generation of a man’s family name depends on a lineage of sons and daughters.  She is the child bearer of children, our future generations.  That is why men should treat all women of any age as if they are someone’s future wife and respect them privately and publicly.

She is the Mother of her children, and watches over her sibling’s children and her neighbor’s children. She is part of a community that brings safety and nurturing to her family and neighbors. Her community or tribe benefits from her contributions. She is the teacher and example of faith and love to her family and neighbors.

A woman’s life is her faith, husband, children, neighbors and community and her country. She binds & amplifies society. She holds the social fabric of living. She builds a world for her family with her husband and their families.

 In Jan, 2009 a new baby called Moses was born, and hours later his Mother dies from a rare ambolism. His Father needed breast milk for baby Moses,  which cost $5 an ounce. Some mothers the family knew agreed to give the baby their mother’s milk. More people heard about it and there are 20 women who donate milk for the child. The Father was shocked by the loss of his wife and the need to share his life with others to feed his newborn son. Moses is doing well, today. He has  a strong community around him to care for him and he is a year old.

In the land near Israel in 2003, women concerned for the food supplies of their families in a war-torn area,  asked for donations from charities to give them olive trees to plant, so they could have their own food. All the women in the neighborboods worked together to plant, and water the trees.

In early 1915 in America had a leaf blite that killed all the chestnut trees in the Northwest forests. In 2007, a group of women bought chestnuts and asked their friends and neighbors to carry them, wherever they go, and plant them back into the forests and road sides.  Working together builds our communities and helps us provide for our familes and future families.

Women are storytellers of the family. They take photos, scrapbook, remember to send birthday cards, anniversary and Christmas Cards. They keep letters and treasures of the children. My Mother treasured clippings that I didn’t remember from when I was born and through my years with her. She tells us of her youth and how her parents raised her.Their family history is a treasure to them.

As a woman, you can live up to our expectations and visions or diminish down to the criticism of others. You can choose! So, keep looking up with optimism and hope while building your life and future of your family, for each day is new and rises with the light of day.

Earned Income Tax Credit- Remember to Apply for EITC on your 2009 Taxes

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Tax Time 2009Filing your taxes is complicated. However, the Federal Government has been giving the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for several years. So, if you need money to make a down payment or pay closing costs on a purchase of a home, get your taxes done, early, and use the funds to buy a home, while the interest rates are low. If you have children, someone who is handicapped, caring for an elderly person in your home and other family situations, you should ask your accountant or the IRS to verify your eligibility.

This 2009 tax season, EITC could, financially, benefit you to check your tax credits and personal deductions through the IRS that you would be able or eligible for your family. The IRS has increased the Earned Income Tax Credit (a Federal Tax credit) this year. Last year’s rules have changed. So don’t “short change” your family, but go and research what your deductions shall be. So count the noses of all in your family and how much you earned last year to evaluate your Tax Credit for 2009. Even if you have no children, you will get a EITC check for approx. $457 (to be verified by IRS or your accountant).

The IRS says that one of four tax payers fail to take their tax credit last year! Did you get one? Check out the official www.IRS.gov site and look for the EITC Assist tool. It will ask lots of questions, so be ready. Also, ask a CPA to verify your answers. Be sure and ask your state, too, when you use the federal deduction. Twenty-Two state participate in this deduction. The www.IRS.gov site has a list of states that participate.

Oregon State has a program that teaches many tax people to help the public take their Earned Income Tax Credit.

So, if you are going to buy a house this year, the Earned Income Tax Credit will be a financial boost for you or your family.
It is the only check that I know, which you’ll be getting from Uncle Sam for citizen bailout for 2009.