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America
Talk to Your Kids About Childhood Hunger
"This post is brought to you by ConAgra Foods and The Motherhood, and I've been compensated for my time. However, all opinions are my own." We're on week two of summer vacation. At our house that means our days center around meals more than usual. We are the kind of family … [Read more...] about Talk to Your Kids About Childhood Hunger
NC Senate Budget Proposal is Shameful
UPDATE: I've shared below content from a teacher friend of mine. This information is publicly available, in the press, on blogs, everywhere. People just aren't paying attention. Complacency and apathy are not acceptable. Even worse, flippant ignorance is abhorrent in these … [Read more...] about NC Senate Budget Proposal is Shameful
Oh, Oklahoma
There's so much pain in the world. Suffering abounds. There are so many soulless people just down the street from me in our state's legislature. I met mothers in Uganda who buried their children because they had no access to basic vaccines that we take for granted. I … [Read more...] about Oh, Oklahoma
The Relativity of Hard Times
If I hadn't seen her for myself you would think I was simply making a stereotypical caricature here. She shooed away the cleaning ladies as she made her way out of the house. Her beige, grey, off-white, spic and span house. The furniture was not suitable for children, making … [Read more...] about The Relativity of Hard Times
Visiting the Martin Luther King Memorial
We spent the weekend in Washington, D.C. It is a marvelous city to wander around now that Bird and Deal are getting older. There is the right mix of outdoor running around like a banshee wandering coupled with using inside voices. Bird is studying the civil rights … [Read more...] about Visiting the Martin Luther King Memorial
I Finally Wrote About Sandy Hook Elementary
My children do not watch the news. We make a concerted effort to balance sugar coating their world and telling them the truth. The thing is, the "truth" to 9 and 7 year olds is vastly different that the "truth" to adults. We want to shelter the boys as much as we can while doling … [Read more...] about I Finally Wrote About Sandy Hook Elementary