I knew I should have taken off my mascara before settling in to read last night. I wrote this promptly after reading to my sons and tucking them in. Bird goes to sleep with a book within reach, and Deal goes to sleep surrounded by a menagerie of stuffed friends. These boys of … [Read more...] about A Book Brought Me to Tears
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Baby Belly – Wordless Wednesday
What We Take for Granted – Shot@Life
I've been in Washington, D.C. this week to learn how to be a more effective champion for Shot@Life. There is so much reeling in my head and tearing at my heart. All the statistics of childhood disease and death are not faceless numbers in an infograph. With every statistic I see … [Read more...] about What We Take for Granted – Shot@Life
Too Much Screen Time
Do you sometimes wonder what you did before the days of wifi internet and social media? We regard wifi as a right and cannot live without it. We have phones smarter than us and in an ironic twist, social media sucks the social skills out of real people interactions. I'm … [Read more...] about Too Much Screen Time
Mom Congress Gave Power to My Voice
As women, mothers especially, we tend to apologize a lot. For our children. For our messy home. For our untidy hair. We even apologize on our voice mail greeting ("Sorry I'm unable to take your call right now..."). We tackle conflict with an apologetic tone instead of a confident … [Read more...] about Mom Congress Gave Power to My Voice
Pudge – Wordless Wednesday
The Beauty of Uganda
There are a few things that strike me as worldly differences between the United States and Uganda. For starters, here at home we are battling an obesity epidemic, with even the youngest among us afflicted with diabetes and heart disease. As you can imagine, in much of Uganda … [Read more...] about The Beauty of Uganda