Child care and you: A comprehensive guide to organizing a profitable child care business

Parenting & Relationships

Gallagher, Patricia C.

Parenting

Gallagher, Jordan & Assoc

Robin's play and learn book: Creative activities for preschoolers

Gallagher, Jordan & Associates

Shares the experiences of authors and publishers, covers editing, manuscript submission, desktop publishing, self-publishing, agents, and marketing, and tells how to get started as a writer

For All the Write Reasons: Forty Successful Authors, Publishers, Agents and Writers Tell You How to Get Your Book Published

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Young Sparrow Pr

How to Entertain Children at Home or in Preschool (Robins Play and Learn Books)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

This guidebook provides practical, easy-to-read, no-nonsense information that will assist entrepreneurs who are considering the operation of a child care business. It is quite an involved process but certainly not impossible to complete if you are aware of the possible stumbling blocks.  Factors contributing to the success of other programs are shared throughout this publication

Information About Opening a Day Care Center: Everything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program

Business & Money

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Easy to follow instructions in everything from arts and crafts to zoning requirements. Also included are how to advertise and promote your business, gather the right equipment and toys, what you need to know about being licensed, and how to establish policies for payment and other practical matters. Patricia Gallagher provides an invaluable guide to operating a successful child care program in your own home.

Home Child Care: How to Set Up a Fun and Successful Day Care Business in Your Own Home

Our Family Needs a Team of Angels Some people say that I tried to pin the world together, one radiant angel pin at a time. What I was really trying to do was pin my own family back together, one earnest prayer at a time. At times of frustration and despair, I often leaf through the yellowed sheets of poems I authored a little over a decade ago. I still feel God's presence in the words. They were written back when I was caring for my busy family; making beds, preparing dinner, making doctors' appointments, shoveling the snow or polishing furniture. Most days, I was running to keep up with long strides of four active children and an ill husband. Now the four kids are in their 20's. I remember those busy days with such love and fondness. A Team of Angels? Where did the thought even come from? I began the Send a Team of Angels to Help Movement quite by accident in 1998. Or perhaps, it was by divine providence that I began giving the pins to shut-ins, lonely people in nursing homes, the homeless that I met in the City of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia that is, for those not familiar with the North East), and countless other folks who were overwhelmed like I was. People who would face turmoil and anxieties seemed to find me to request a Team of Angels pin, and I seemed to find them.During the months prior to my husband's accident, I penned poems. I sat in a monastery chapel or in my living room scribbling poems on napkins and scraps of paper. I kept anotebook in my car in case an inspirational thought popped into my mind while I was driving. I jotted my thoughts and worries down on the blue-lined pages and then rhymed the words into verses. Once, I even scribbled a verse in the sand while on the beach at the New Jersey shore and another time on a paper plate.My ideas for the poems sometimes came to me while watching my kids under the warm sunlight at sporting events, sitting in a doctor's office, perched on the edge of a pew in church, or while making a weekly shopping list for cheese, milk, ice cream and laundry detergent. I filled several Dollar Store notebooks with poems about seeking joy and help for my hurting heart. I didn't know much about the computer. So everything was done the old- fashioned way-by long-hand.I called them Team of Angels poems. I crafted a little trio-of-angels pin from safety pins, raffia and little gold charm angels purchased at a flea market. I attached the homemade-on-the-kitchen-table angel pins to pieces of cardboard bearing my first poem.Writing the poems and making hundreds of the little pins were my way of coping with the uncertainty of my own life at that time and seeking God's guidance. The verses of the poems were my connection to heaven-simple little prayers. The first poem was titled "A Team of Angels for the Overwhelmed," which aptly described my feelings. I added others such as "A Team of Angels for a Troubled Loved One," "A Team of Angels for Taking One Day at a Time," "A Team of Angels for Raising Good Kids," and "A Team of Angels to Protect My Loved Ones." The little verses expressed the confusion in my own life and the anguish of a frightened wife dealing with a husband suffering with depression. I wanted God to restore my husband to good health ASAP. The poems continued to come to me and by the end of the year, I had written 300 Team of Angels poems for all occasions and needs.I never had any intention of "Mom's Little Angel Pin Project" becoming a ministry or business. The fact that over 125,000 Team of Angels pins have traveled worldwide is a surprise to others and mostly to me. I began giving cards of the Team of Angels pins and poems away in my community. I didn't know that months later the little Team of Angels that I gave to help others would become my lifeline and solace as well. My idea was to create something similar to a Random Act of Kindness movement. My project was different than the original Random Act of Kindness movement in that I gave away angels.

The Gift of a Team of Angels: Spirit-Lifting Poems of Faith, Comfort, Hope and Peace

The Gallaghers know what happy times look like - they lived in a great neighborhood, a comfortable home, they had a happy marriage, and four beautiful children. But when their family was ravaged by depression, they didn't know where to turn, or how to cope. Many lessons were learned the hard way. They have written a book as a family, to help others deal with difficult situations: NO MORE SECRETS – A FAMILY SPEAKS ABOUT DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE is the title of the book which is a compelling narrative of a family shattered by attempted suicide. It tells of a family’s struggle to renew John’s interest in life. The Gallaghers are available for interviews. Back when life was grand, before depression came into their lives, the Gallaghers were featured twice on the Oprah Winfrey Show on a segment about RAISING HAPPY KIDS ON A REASONABLE BUDGET. Patricia Gallagher had written a book by that title and Oprah's team came out and filmed a segment at their home in PA. Oprah said, "I don't know how this family does it...but let's go on a visit to their home." It looked so perfect back then, John Gallagher playing ball with his kids in the yard, kids doing their chores, a happy family mealtime. But the Gallagher's lives were shattered just a few years after that appearance. John Gallagher was plunged into despair when his employer threatened layoffs. He couldn't sleep, didn't eat, became withdrawn. The rest of thefamily knew something was wrong, but didn't know what to do. Things got worse and worse, and when John attempted suicide, the family was torpedoed emotionally and financially. Desperate to keep up appearances and ashamed of what had happened, they created a web of lies to cover up what really happened to John. Now, nine years later, the Gallagher family has begun to tell their story, and have found healing and peace in the process. They want to help other families in difficult situations; whether it is a parent struggling with depression, addiction, alcoholism or a chronic illness, the ripple effect devastates each member of the family. Dr. Dan Gottlieb, the host of the Public Radio Program" VOICES IN THE FAMILY, said this about the Gallaghers, “I have been doing this show for 22 years and I can not remember being so touched by a family’s story. Your daughters are beautiful inside and out. Thank you for trusting me with your story.” The Gallaghers are available to share their story and look forward to hearing from you. Our web site: [http://www.speakingaboutdepression.com/ John and Patricia Gallagher welcome interviews and speaking engagements. May be available on short notice. Phone: 267-939-0365 Box 561, Worcester, PA 19490 (Philadelphia suburb) www.speakingaboutdepression.com www.patriciausa.com

No More Secrets: - A Family Speaks about Depression, Anxiety and Attempted Suicide

Gallagher, John J.

Men's Health

The Happy Flower Day Project Patricia Gallagher delivers the gift of free surprise bouquets. More than 28,000 of them! "The Happy Flower Day Project" was born when she approached a specialty supermarket. She asked what they do with their day-old flowers. She offered to pick them up and take them to hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, shelters, recovery houses and anywhere that people need the healing energy of a free bouquet of beautiful petals and blooms. On her daily rounds, she delivers them to anyone who seems to need cheering up. She even catches people at bus stops, train stations and parking lots. Tens of thousands of bouquets later, she cheerfully says, "I am addicted to the happiness I feel when I give away the bouquets." Blooming smiles is her daily mission! For Patricia, every day is a happy flower day because she is the Flower Lady! Patricia C. Gallagher BA, MBABox 561, Worcester, PA 19490www.happyflowerday.comPatricia welcomes interviews and speaking engagements.

The Happy Flower Day Project - Free Bouquets for People Who Need a Day Brightener: How and Why I Gave 28,000 Beautiful Bouquets to Seniors and Anyone Else that I Thought Needed Cheering Up

Self-Help

Happiness

Offers parents practical advice for stretching a budget, including money-saving tips on food, clothing, education, health care, entertainment, and decorating

Raising Happy Kids on a Reasonable Budget

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