It’s that time of the year again! The Digestive Disease National Coalition’s Public Policy Forum is upon us and I am currently sitting in the Atlanta airport waiting for my next flight to DC. Since the passing of Affordable Care Act, the assault on autoimmune disease & disabled patients has…
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Brooke of 2015
Today I spent the day with my big sister, nephew and Hippo playing & laughing in the sun. There were snacks, light saber battles, potty breaks and melt downs. My sister seasoned chicken while I cut up a second helping of snacks for the kids in her fully stocked kitchen…
The Day Dr. King Died
Today is the great Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday and since Hippo’s birth we have always celebrated it with reflection on his teachings, the growth of the movement and how we can continue to progress within the movement. We read stories, we re-watch speeches and talk about moments in the…
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Surviving SoCal’s Version of Fall
Apparently it’s Fall. But I am afraid Los Angeles has yet to receive the memo. You see even though we pass by the Gap store fronts with it’s beautiful Fall collection and we drink our pumpkin spice lattes and we watch the wind blow across the football fields, we are…
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Happy Birthday Holly, Holly!
With all the hoopla I had going on with my dad yesterday I was unable to concentrate on anything other than that and I missed someone’s special birthday! One of my favorite girls turned 50 yesterday. Holly Robinson Peete. That’s right! Mom, Actor, Philanthropist, Singer, Activist and Cher Impersonator (yea,…
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The Big Back To School Giveaway!!
Soooo…how’s it going? With school that is? It’s here and in full force, up and running, full speed ahead…you get my drift. School is BACK! My calendar is literally bleeding “Jaxon’s Calendar” orange with afterschool classes, assemblies, field trips, baseball practices, soccer games. I thought that going back to school…