{The following post is written by an author whom is choosing to remain anonymous.} I want to talk to the teenagers and young adults today. I want to talk to their parents and loved ones. I want to talk to adults who may have memories they would rather forget. This has … [Read more...]
Why is it Okay For a Cat to Answer the Needs of Her Babies?
Our cat had babies a couple days ago. It was beautiful. She has seven kittens. When we woke up, 5 were already born. We got to see the last 2 be born and it was such a wonderful experience for the kids and me!! She has been such a great little momma cat. She … [Read more...]
What Exclamatory Words Are Acceptable?
Do you think we are sometimes a little too uptight about the exclamatory terms we allow ourselves and others to use? What about our kids? Clearly, there is a set of words that the general public considers “curse” words… They start with S, B, D, F, A, and H. These words … [Read more...]
Fear Can Be Powerful
Fear can be a powerful thing, if we let it. Fear causes us to do things we might not do otherwise and keeps us from doing the things we truly want to do. The trick is to see our fears for what they are and telling ourselves the truth. Fear says… If I write a blog post … [Read more...]
Conscious Twist on a Happy Children’s Song
If You're Happy and You Know It! Most of us have sung the song, “If You’re Happy and You Know It” at some point in our lives. It’s a great song, right!? It gets kids up and moving around while singing about being happy! Well, my brother, who has a 9 month old daughter, … [Read more...]
Are You an Attention Addict?
Okay... so this isn't this past wee's recap, but that's okay, right? ;) At church a few weeks back, our pastor Pete Wilson was talking about what it means to be an attention addict. Please feel free to watch the video below to see the full service. It’s only about 20 minutes … [Read more...]
When is a Baby a Baby?
I have had that picture above with the pregnant belly and cigarette/beer on my desktop for awhile now, trying to decide whether or not I wanted to share it on my blog. I love it. I think it speaks volumes. We have people that wouldn't dare drink alcohol or smoke while … [Read more...]
Soar like a Hawk #HAWMC Day 5 post
Today is day 5 of the Health Activist Writing Month Challenge (HAWMC). I was a little late joining in on the fun, because I just did my first post yesterday on why I write about health. I am still on board today and am continuing on. The concept of the HAWMC is simple. … [Read more...]
One Person at a Time #HAWMC
Picture SourceI joined the WEGO Health Team and lots of other bloggers in the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge. Every day, all the bloggers get a writing prompt from WEGO health and we are supposed to write a blog post based on it. I have had a ton of personal stuff … [Read more...]
Humans make me sad and proud
Maybe I was one of the last to see it, but I finally watched The Help tonight. I want to start by just saying that I know sometimes on blogs people write things for compensation of some sort. While I am guilty of that at times, this is not one of those times. … [Read more...]