Surviving a terrible disease takes more than wearing colored ribbons and using #Survivor in all of your social media updates. It takes fearlessness and gumption. Beating the disease is not just the act of getting rid of it. What do you do after the last dose of medication? The last…
Tag: changing the world
Raising A Responsible Citizen
Most everyone knows that I, along with all the other women in my family, am a staunch Democrat. Women in my family have been exercising the right to vote even when it was dangerous to do so. My great-aunt told me about voting for FDR & Kennedy, Carter and Clinton,…
The President’s Youngest Best Friend
Democrat or Republican, I’ve always been politically active and interested since I was a girl. My family believes in community, so we have always been socially conscious, philanthropic & politically aware. So it was inevitable that my having a child in the middle of this huge change in our nation’s executive…
Not Your Ordinary Cornerstore
Most of you know about my love affair with food by how much I write about it…or if you know me, how much of it I consume! LOL! Food to me is more than fuel. But at the end of the day it is fuel and that’s something we forget…
Reading Rainbow is BACK! *Fist Pump*
This literally just made me get up and do a little jig! I absolutely LOVE Reading Rainbow for so so many reasons. It truly was a force behind my love of reading. Our first grade teacher, Mrs. Randall ; who by the way was a truly gifted and talented teacher;…
Slick Shoe Art
So about four years ago I saw a pair of hand painted Barack Obama AF1’s on MySpace. They were incredible so I contacted the Artist, Van Taylor Monroe and we became fast friends. I helped him for a few months build his business, connecting him with the parts of the…