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@hf_society Superb novel on genealogy & Historical Fiction. Listen to Your Heart, set in 1866 USA, chronicling the life of Rosa Kerker, her parents, and siblings. Now available on Amazon. Here's a snapshot: Catholic teaching on suicide in the 19th century Catholic doctrine generally viewed suicide as a grave sin because it was understood as the deliberate destruction of a life that belonged ultimately to God, not to the individual. This teaching drew on centuries of theological tradition associated with figures such as Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas. By the 1870s, Catholic clergy in the United States commonly taught that: Human life was sacred and could not be intentionally taken, even by oneself. Suicide violated the Fifth Commandment ("Thou shalt not kill"). It represented a rejection of God's authority over life and death. A person who knowingly and freely committed suicide risked eternal damnation because there was no opportunity for repentance after death. Funeral and burial consequences One of the most visible ways the Church stigmatized suicide was through burial practices. Traditionally, a person judged to have deliberately committed suicide could be denied: A Catholic funeral Mass. Burial in consecrated ground. Public prayers normally offered for the deceased. These penalties served both as a religious judgment and a public warning to the community. In many Catholic communities, being refused burial rites carried significant social shame for the deceased's family.

Lucy the Schnauzer's Secret School of Life A heartwarming book for 4–6-year-olds. Life Lessons from Lucy the Schnauzer. On Amazon and voted best bed time read. Everett thought he was the boss of his house. Then Lucy the Schnauzer arrived. Lucy was small. Lucy was fluffy. Lucy had eyebrows that made her look like a tiny professor who had just graded your homework. On her first morning, Everett skipped brushing his teeth and ran downstairs for breakfast. Lucy gasped. Well, as much as a schnauzer can gasp. She pointed her nose toward the bathroom and barked, "Ruff!" Everett ignored her. Lucy ignored him right back. She sat beside his pancakes and stared. And stared. And stared. "Okay, okay!" Everett laughed. "I'll brush my teeth!" The moment he came back with sparkling teeth, Lucy wagged her tail and allowed breakfast to continue. The next lesson came at bedtime. "I don't need sleep," Everett announced. Lucy raised one furry eyebrow. The next morning Everett was grumpy, sleepy, and accidentally put his socks on his hands. Lucy trotted by looking bright and cheerful after a full night's rest. "Ruff," she said. Which clearly meant, Told you so. Then came the greatest challenge of all. Everett was feeling lonely but didn't want to invite anyone over. "What if nobody wants to play?" he worried. Lucy had a plan. She carried a tennis ball to the front door. Then another. Then another. Soon there was a giant pile of tennis balls waiting for guests. When Everett's friends arrived, they laughed so hard they nearly fell over. The afternoon was filled with games, adventures, and one very proud schnauzer. By the end of the day, Everett had learned something important. Brushing your teeth keeps you healthy. Getting enough sleep helps you feel your best. Inviting friends over makes life more fun. And sometimes the smartest teacher isn't a teacher at all. Sometimes she's a whiskery schnauzer with magnificent eyebrows. Discover the delightful children's book Lucy the Schnauzer Teaches Life's Little Lessons! Join Lucy and Everett as they tackle everyday adventures filled with laughter, friendship, healthy habits, and plenty of tail wags. Perfect for young readers, parents, and anyone who believes life's best lessons can come from a furry friend. Warning: Reading this book may result in better tooth-brushing, earlier bedtimes, more play dates, and a sudden desire to adopt a schnauzer professor. 🐾📚

Lucy the Schnauzer's Secret School of Life A heartwarming book for 4–6-year-olds. Life Lessons from Lucy the Schnauzer. On Amazon and voted best bed time read. Everett thought he was the boss of his house. Then Lucy the Schnauzer arrived. Lucy was small. Lucy was fluffy. Lucy had eyebrows that made her look like a tiny professor who had just graded your homework. On her first morning, Everett skipped brushing his teeth and ran downstairs for breakfast. Lucy gasped. Well, as much as a schnauzer can gasp. She pointed her nose toward the bathroom and barked, "Ruff!" Everett ignored her. Lucy ignored him right back. She sat beside his pancakes and stared. And stared. And stared. "Okay, okay!" Everett laughed. "I'll brush my teeth!" The moment he came back with sparkling teeth, Lucy wagged her tail and allowed breakfast to continue. The next lesson came at bedtime. "I don't need sleep," Everett announced. Lucy raised one furry eyebrow. The next morning Everett was grumpy, sleepy, and accidentally put his socks on his hands. Lucy trotted by looking bright and cheerful after a full night's rest. "Ruff," she said. Which clearly meant, Told you so. Then came the greatest challenge of all. Everett was feeling lonely but didn't want to invite anyone over. "What if nobody wants to play?" he worried. Lucy had a plan. She carried a tennis ball to the front door. Then another. Then another. Soon there was a giant pile of tennis balls waiting for guests. When Everett's friends arrived, they laughed so hard they nearly fell over. The afternoon was filled with games, adventures, and one very proud schnauzer. By the end of the day, Everett had learned something important. Brushing your teeth keeps you healthy. Getting enough sleep helps you feel your best. Inviting friends over makes life more fun. And sometimes the smartest teacher isn't a teacher at all. Sometimes she's a whiskery schnauzer with magnificent eyebrows. Discover the delightful children's book Lucy the Schnauzer Teaches Life's Little Lessons! Join Lucy and Everett as they tackle everyday adventures filled with laughter, friendship, healthy habits, and plenty of tail wags. Perfect for young readers, parents, and anyone who believes life's best lessons can come from a furry friend. Warning: Reading this book may result in better tooth-brushing, earlier bedtimes, more play dates, and a sudden desire to adopt a schnauzer professor. 🐾📚

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Lucy the Schnauzer's Secret School of Life A heartwarming book for 4–6-year-olds. Life Lessons from Lucy the Schnauzer. On Amazon and voted best bed time read: Everett thought he was the boss of his house. Then Lucy the Schnauzer arrived. Lucy was small. Lucy was fluffy. Lucy had eyebrows that made her look like a tiny professor who had just graded your homework. On her first morning, Everett skipped brushing his teeth and ran downstairs for breakfast. Lucy gasped. Well, as much as a schnauzer can gasp. She pointed her nose toward the bathroom and barked, "Ruff!" Everett ignored her. Lucy ignored him right back. She sat beside his pancakes and stared. And stared. And stared. "Okay, okay!" Everett laughed. "I'll brush my teeth!" The moment he came back with sparkling teeth, Lucy wagged her tail and allowed breakfast to continue. The next lesson came at bedtime. "I don't need sleep," Everett announced. Lucy raised one furry eyebrow. The next morning Everett was grumpy, sleepy, and accidentally put his socks on his hands. Lucy trotted by looking bright and cheerful after a full night's rest. "Ruff," she said. Which clearly meant, Told you so. Then came the greatest challenge of all. Everett was feeling lonely but didn't want to invite anyone over. "What if nobody wants to play?" he worried. Lucy had a plan. She carried a tennis ball to the front door. Then another. Then another. Soon there was a giant pile of tennis balls waiting for guests. When Everett's friends arrived, they laughed so hard they nearly fell over. The afternoon was filled with games, adventures, and one very proud schnauzer. By the end of the day, Everett had learned something important. Brushing your teeth keeps you healthy. Getting enough sleep helps you feel your best. Inviting friends over makes life more fun. And sometimes the smartest teacher isn't a teacher at all. Sometimes she's a whiskery schnauzer with magnificent eyebrows. Discover the delightful children's book Lucy the Schnauzer Teaches Life's Little Lessons! Join Lucy and Everett as they tackle everyday adventures filled with laughter, friendship, healthy habits, and plenty of tail wags. Perfect for young readers, parents, and anyone who believes life's best lessons can come from a furry friend. Warning: Reading this book may result in better tooth-brushing, earlier bedtimes, more play dates, and a sudden desire to adopt a schnauzer professor. 🐾📚

Fatal Funds - A great and true story about investing made simple, questions to ask a potential financial advisor, and avoiding being scammed. Plan your retirement as early as you can. Here's a few gems to start your week: "I checked my retirement account today. Turns out my future is more of a rough draft." "I finally figured out how much I need to retire comfortably. The only problem is that amount is currently being held by other people." "I used a retirement calculator. It laughed, then asked if I wanted directions to the nearest workplace." "Retirement? Absolutely. I'm planning to stop working the same day my lottery numbers finally come through." "I don't have enough money for retirement, but I do have enough anxiety to last well into it." 😄

Fatal Funds - A great and true story about investing made simple, questions to ask a potential financial advisor, and avoiding being scammed. Plan your retirement as early as you can. Here's a few gems to start your week: "I checked my retirement account today. Turns out my future is more of a rough draft." "I finally figured out how much I need to retire comfortably. The only problem is that amount is currently being held by other people." "I used a retirement calculator. It laughed, then asked if I wanted directions to the nearest workplace." "Retirement? Absolutely. I'm planning to stop working the same day my lottery numbers finally come through." "I don't have enough money for retirement, but I do have enough anxiety to last well into it." 😄

Listen to Your Heart - enjoyable for genealogy enthusiasts, a family biography and historical fiction novel. 1866 Swiss immigrants who arrived in NYC and faced the surprises awaiting them at Castle Garden and NYC. Now available on Amazon. Reviews welcome. Great price. Pictures, documents and articles at the end of each chapter.

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@newsinvesting Financial Infidelity Exists! Read more in FATAL FUNDS, a financial thriller based on absolutely true events. Available now on Amazon. Educational with a purpose wrapped in a gripping story that will arm you with confidence in investing and critical questions for your financial planner. Here's excerpt from recent news sources: Walking in on the love of your life in the act with someone else, or catching your better half making a major purchase without telling you about it first. For many Americans, one is just as bad as the other. Orion Advisor Solutions' new Couples and Money Survey reveal that half (50%) of survey respondents, including 61% of millennials, consider dishonesty about money a form of infidelity. The survey results also show that 27% say their relationship would be better if their partner would change something about the way they handle money, and 21% wish they had known more about their partner's financial attitudes before committing to the relationship. Despite the strong opinions toward financial dishonesty, people continue to spend in secret. A quarter of the survey respondents have kept a purchase secret from their partners while nearly 1 in 10 (9%) have debts they're keeping from their partner. Orion's results closely mirror the findings of a recent Forbes Advisor and Prolific study in which 54% of respondents said dishonesty about money is just as bad as other forms of infidelity, but 38% of U.S. adults have lied to a romantic partner about their finances at some point in their lives.

Financial Infidelity Exists! Read more in FATAL FUNDS, a financial thriller based on absolutely true events. Available now on Amazon. Educational with a purpose wrapped in a gripping story that will arm you with confidence in investing and critical questions for your financial planner. Here's excerpt from recent news sources: Walking in on the love of your life in the act with someone else, or catching your better half making a major purchase without telling you about it first. For many Americans, one is just as bad as the other. Orion Advisor Solutions' new Couples and Money Survey reveal that half (50%) of survey respondents, including 61% of millennials, consider dishonesty about money a form of infidelity. The survey results also show that 27% say their relationship would be better if their partner would change something about the way they handle money, and 21% wish they had known more about their partner's financial attitudes before committing to the relationship. Despite the strong opinions toward financial dishonesty, people continue to spend in secret. A quarter of the survey respondents have kept a purchase secret from their partners while nearly 1 in 10 (9%) have debts they're keeping from their partner. Orion's results closely mirror the findings of a recent Forbes Advisor and Prolific study in which 54% of respondents said dishonesty about money is just as bad as other forms of infidelity, but 38% of U.S. adults have lied to a romantic partner about their finances at some point in their lives.

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@SavvyInvesting_ FATAL FUNDS - true story & financial thriller. Follow the author on Facebook page: Money Management for Women to keep abreast of breaking news, investing, and sanctions against financial planners. Recent news: The week's most consequential enforcement action landed on the desk of a Phoenix-based advisory firm that manages more than $10 billion in client assets. The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered Foundations Investment Advisors and its former chief executive Bryon E. Rice to pay a combined $2.1 million in fines, disgorgement, and penalties after finding that the firm failed to disclose three separate conflicts of interest to its approximately 25,000 clients over a six-year period stretching from 2019 through 2025. At the center of the case was a profit-sharing arrangement in which an entity wholly owned by Rice acquired a 4.99% profit interest in the holding company of a third-party asset manager whose model portfolios were being recommended to Foundations' clients — an arrangement that went undisclosed for more than five months. Rice also made 279 trades in a personal brokerage account in an ETF that his own firm's clients held approximately 80% of the outstanding float in, while simultaneously serving on the investment committee directing client assets into that same fund. The case is a pointed reminder that fiduciary duty is not a formality — and that the SEC has little patience for self-dealing that hides behind delayed disclosure.

FATAL FUNDS - true story & financial thriller. Follow the author on Facebook page: Money Management for Women to keep abreast of breaking news, investing, and sanctions against financial planners. Recent news: The week's most consequential enforcement action landed on the desk of a Phoenix-based advisory firm that manages more than $10 billion in client assets. The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered Foundations Investment Advisors and its former chief executive Bryon E. Rice to pay a combined $2.1 million in fines, disgorgement, and penalties after finding that the firm failed to disclose three separate conflicts of interest to its approximately 25,000 clients over a six-year period stretching from 2019 through 2025. At the center of the case was a profit-sharing arrangement in which an entity wholly owned by Rice acquired a 4.99% profit interest in the holding company of a third-party asset manager whose model portfolios were being recommended to Foundations' clients — an arrangement that went undisclosed for more than five months. Rice also made 279 trades in a personal brokerage account in an ETF that his own firm's clients held approximately 80% of the outstanding float in, while simultaneously serving on the investment committee directing client assets into that same fund. The case is a pointed reminder that fiduciary duty is not a formality — and that the SEC has little patience for self-dealing that hides behind delayed disclosure.

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@newsinvesting FATAL FUNDS - Education with a story and a purpose. Based on real events. Success has a price. For Sandy Blackburn, it was everything. By day, he is a respected financial planner—trusted by families, admired by colleagues, and celebrated as a pillar of the community. Clients hand him their life savings. Friends trust him with their futures. His name opens doors. But behind the tailored suits and polished smile lies a man drowning in secrets. As gambling debts mount and alcohol clouds his judgment, he begins stealing from the very people who believe in him most. What starts as a desperate attempt to stay afloat spirals into a sophisticated Ponzi scheme built on lies, forged promises, and stolen dreams. Every fabricated statement buys him another month. Every new investor delays the inevitable. Until the cracks begin to show. Regulators are asking questions. Clients are demanding answers. His wife no longer recognizes the man she married. His children are learning the truth. The empire he spent years constructing is collapsing around him, and the proud Blackburn name is becoming synonymous with betrayal. Now, as investigators close in and the walls of deception crumble, he must confront the one enemy he can no longer outrun: himself. FATAL FUNDS is a dark, gripping tale of greed, addiction, deception, and downfall—a psychological thriller that explores how far a man will go to protect a lie, and what remains when everything he values is stripped away. Because some debts can never be repaid. And some losses are fatal. Available on Amazon. Follow the author on: Money Management for Women - stay abreast of changes in compliance requirements and planners who face sanctions.

@AiraMalik23 dogs are the head of the household, keepers of the castle.

u like dogs ?

@TweeetsOfDogs Darling, hello, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

I know I'm blind but no one says hello to me 🥺

FATAL FUNDS - Education with a story and a purpose. Based on real events. Success has a price. For Sandy Blackburn, it was everything. By day, he is a respected financial planner—trusted by families, admired by colleagues, and celebrated as a pillar of the community. Clients hand him their life savings. Friends trust him with their futures. His name opens doors. But behind the tailored suits and polished smile lies a man drowning in secrets. As gambling debts mount and alcohol clouds his judgment, he begins stealing from the very people who believe in him most. What starts as a desperate attempt to stay afloat spirals into a sophisticated Ponzi scheme built on lies, forged promises, and stolen dreams. Every fabricated statement buys him another month. Every new investor delays the inevitable. Until the cracks begin to show. Regulators are asking questions. Clients are demanding answers. His wife no longer recognizes the man she married. His children are learning the truth. The empire he spent years constructing is collapsing around him, and the proud Blackburn name is becoming synonymous with betrayal. Now, as investigators close in and the walls of deception crumble, he must confront the one enemy he can no longer outrun: himself. FATAL FUNDS is a dark, gripping tale of greed, addiction, deception, and downfall—a psychological thriller that explores how far a man will go to protect a lie, and what remains when everything he values is stripped away. Because some debts can never be repaid. And some losses are fatal. Available on Amazon. Follow the author on: Money Management for Women - stay abreast of changes in compliance requirements and planners who face sanctions.

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Listen to Your Heart Genealogy is far more than a record of names and dates—it is the preservation of courage, sacrifice, faith, and determination that shaped future generations. This inspiring story honors the legacy of pioneer ancestors John and Marie Kerker, who arrived in America in 1866 through New York City's Castle Garden immigration station with their seven children, seeking opportunity in a new land. Their journey was marked by both remarkable successes and heartbreaking tragedies, experiences that would define the family's enduring spirit. At the heart of this multi-generational saga is Rosa Kerker, the youngest child, whose life unfolds in a compelling story of purpose, ambition, and love. Gifted as a pianist and educator, Rosa finds herself torn between competing professional paths as she struggles to discern a calling that reaches beyond her own aspirations. As she seeks direction, she faces intense opposition and well-meaning counsel from her devoted father, whose dreams for her future differ from her own. Complicating her decision is a marriage proposal from a remarkable young man—ambitious, devoted, and deeply in love with her. Standing at a crossroads between duty, vocation, and romance, Rosa must choose the path that will define her future. Her journey offers a powerful and uplifting portrait of a woman determined to discover her purpose while honoring the legacy of the courageous ancestors who came before her.