Tag: awareness
Let’s Get Composting!
One of the most important things we teach our children is how to conserve, recycle and reuse. Earth Day (April 22) is a great...
Autism Awareness Day {Brenda’s story}
Approximately 2% of children in the United States are living with autism. (Recent data estimates between 1 in 45 and 1 in 68 children are...
Steps You Can Take To Help Prevent Birth Defects
I just reached the second trimester in my second pregnancy. While I’ve been down this road before, I find pregnancy still to be this...
Why I Still Go to Camp {in honor of World Aids...
On December 1 every year, we recognize World AIDS Day. Today I want to talk about an organization that is close to my heart. It...
Confessions :: Addiction
My husband and I had a few days off together this past week. As I sat drinking my coffee with him, I told him...
26 Days of Kindness
As a mama in a world that seems to be full of brokenness and despair, I often worry about sending my babies out there without me being able...
Operation Appreciation: Veterans Day
Veterans Day. It's not just a bank holiday.
This poem, oft quoted by a generation or three older than myself, remembers those that had passed...
Her Name Was MaryJean
In honor of infant and pregnancy loss awareness I am sharing my friend Lisa's story:
Her name was MaryJean.
I never got to hold her....
Teal Pumpkins…what’s this all about?
This year my son is old enough to really get Halloween...and for that I'm scared. I'm not scared because I worry he will eat...
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
There are few words most people fear more than, “You've got cancer.” One of those things is, undoubtedly, “ has cancer.” Twenty-nine years ago...