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Amendment One Helps No One

Ilinap · May 10, 2012 ·

Did you really think I was going to sit back with nothing to say about the message North Carolina sent to the world on Tuesday? I weighed in over at The Broad Side. Please read it. I think you will see that I am not hateful and bullying and offensive as some have claimed. … [Read more...] about Amendment One Helps No One

Tags: America, community, equality, North Carolina, politics, values

He’s upset Amendment One passed in NC. – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · May 9, 2012 ·

… [Read more...] about He’s upset Amendment One passed in NC. – Wordless Wednesday

Tags: children, North Carolina, politics, values, wordless Wednesday

Amendment One Perpetuates Fear and Loathing: A True Story

Ilinap · May 7, 2012 ·

  She was about 16 and teetered between wanting to be cool and needing to be cuddly. She had had auburn hair that must have glistened marvelously with her green eyes. Bright green eyes are rare, and I remember hers as they stared in silence or twinkled in laughter. The … [Read more...] about Amendment One Perpetuates Fear and Loathing: A True Story

Tags: America, children, community, family, health, motherhood, North Carolina, politics, responsibility, values

Vote AGAINST Amendment One and Keep the Bible Out of the Constitution

Ilinap · May 7, 2012 ·

All is not equal in the state of North Carolina. If Mitt Romney orders new address labels stamped with 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, we are facing even bigger crimes against equality. I cannot believe we are STILL fighting for equal rights in this country in this century. Land of the … [Read more...] about Vote AGAINST Amendment One and Keep the Bible Out of the Constitution

Tags: America, children, community, equality, family, North Carolina, politics, values

Cuban Mojito – 5:00 Fridays

Ilinap · May 4, 2012 ·

It's only May, and it's hot. Like sweltering July hot. So far we have had fall and summer in North Carolina. There was (thankfully) no winter to speak of, and spring sprang before you could spell daffodil. Summer must be a mean girl who elbowed Spring out of the way to make room … [Read more...] about Cuban Mojito – 5:00 Fridays

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, cocktail, fun, happy hour, party

Beauty by Example

Ilinap · May 3, 2012 ·

  When Bird was an infant I was feeling haggard and sluggish. Gone was my youthful, dewy face, along with my spry gait and sunny outlook. I was tired and fumbling and feeling like I was not equipped to be a mom. I hardly ever babysat when I was young, and had only changed … [Read more...] about Beauty by Example

Tags: baby, beauty, Bird, children, motherhood

Laughter is the best medicine. – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · May 1, 2012 ·

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Tags: dog, pet, wordless Wednesday

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