I should have taken pictures, but the image will be forever etched in my brain, and the corresponding generosity imprinted on my heart. My living room has been the staging zone for donations to Haiti. Friends and neighbors have left packages every day on my porch.Bird and Deal … [Read more...] about Thank You for Helping Haiti
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Hurricane Matthew’s Wake in Haiti & at Home
I wrote this in 2010. Te a fatige. The earth is tired. No truer words were ever uttered. The people of earth are tired. 2016 has been a rough year in myriad ways. Americans are exhausted from a particularly vitriolic election season. We are losing faith in humanity … [Read more...] about Hurricane Matthew’s Wake in Haiti & at Home
Together. #BlackLivesMatter
Carrying arms is OK, but to be up in arms is not. Bend over to take your punishment, but don’t bend a knee to protest. Sit still, even when things don’t sit well with you. History is not necessarily our story. Shush they say, though the lack of speaking up is … [Read more...] about Together. #BlackLivesMatter
5:00 Fridays TM – Birthday Clink
I never did cozy up to being 47. Tomorrow ushers in my 48th year so I guess it’s too late to get used to being 47 now. Everyone who knows me knows that I LOVE my birthday. I have no shame in aging. It’s a privilege, really. They say the wrinkles bring wisdom. So far I’m feeling … [Read more...] about 5:00 Fridays TM – Birthday Clink
Pay Attention & Be an Ally
Here's what I'd like to see more of: Noting when things are happening in places that don't intersect with our comfort zones. Just because something doesn't affect us directly doesn't mean we shouldn't care. By all means, it doesn't mean we shouldn't at least pay attention. We … [Read more...] about Pay Attention & Be an Ally
Words & Deeds to Heal the Schism
There’s a schism in this country. Strike that. In this world. We are being torn apart by the limbs while some twisted spirit in the ethers looks down upon us cackling. These are not the age old war, famine, and familiar strifes we have known through the passage of time. This … [Read more...] about Words & Deeds to Heal the Schism
Community Comes Together to Support Backpack Buddies
There is nothing more beautiful than a community coming together to help its own. The world has been brimming with sad news of late. Here in North Carolina the tales from Jones Street continue to be the stuff of nightmares. It's all the more heart wrenching when our state's … [Read more...] about Community Comes Together to Support Backpack Buddies