By now the pattern is so familiar most of us could write the headlines without seeing a single, horrifying video. This week we were stunned again by the viral video of Spring Valley High School [...]
I was thrilled when the terrific new shelter site, Modernize, approached me about a guest post. I had just finished transforming our bonus room from a junky space filled with toys to a functional [...]
I love spring. I have so much energy. I’m motivated. It’s also the time I go crazy cleaning everything. This year I had two spring cleaning goals: clean my garage and get my kitchen [...]
I don’t know about you but sometimes I need to be inspired. I need that especially now. It’s been a pretty bleak summer for news but there have been bright spots. I love these stories [...]
The world has gone mad. There is too much sadness these days and I am out of tears. Less than two years ago, my brother Bart, who suffered from bi-polar disorder, was shot and killed by three Cal [...]
Have you ever been followed around in a store the minute you stepped foot inside? Has a sales associate completely ignored you, continued chatting with a colleague without greeting you, then [...]
Where are Our Girls? It’s been almost a month since nearly 300 Nigerian school girls were kidnapped by the radical militia group Boko Haram. Their crime? Going to school and daring to dream [...]
Every now and then, I run across an article that makes me question whether we are truly living in the year 2014. Susan Patton, who’s latest op-ed ran in the Wall Street Journal last [...]
Would you know the difference between the flu and a heart attack? Three years ago Dr. D. lost his mother to a heart attack. If I had known three years ago what I know today, I would have insisted [...]