If you are local, join me at Next Saturday at the Splendid store in Fashion Island for family fun and crafts with Open House Creative. Guests will receive a gift from 31 Bits. See you there! . . .
That’s what SHE said: #flipthescript on #NationalAdoptionMonth
National Adoption Month And Awareness: Flip The Script | Light Of Day Stories Let’s listen to the voices that we can truly learn from: adopted adults. Let’s move the microphone, held in the past and present by adoption agencies and adoptive parents, and hand it to them. Take a look today on Twitter for #FliptheScript. Listen to the voices of adoptees who love their adoptive families deeply, and who have struggled nonetheless. Listen to those who had horrible, fraudulent experiences, and who . . .
Friday Finds
1. Faux leather and jersey motorcycle jacket | Zulily 2. African woven storage basket | SwahiliModern 3. Brown leather hobo | Zulily 4. Butternut squash and white bean stew | Sweet Paul 5. 3-shelf modern bookcase | Waybasics 6. Perch & Soar stocking holders | Anthropologie 7. The God Puzzle... | Amazon 8. Air compression and Shiatsu massage cushion | Homedics 9. Ceramic vases | West Elm . . .
What I want you to know about being a sex positive wife
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Kate. Yup, I am! But I was not always. After marrying my high school sweetheart and the man of my dreams, I just couldn't fathom why I was not as into sex as he was. Through . . .
What I want you to know is that I could be Isabella Dutton someday
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by an anonymous writer. After reading Isabella Dutton's article in the Daily Mail about regretting having children, I found myself somewhat in shock. And probably not for the . . .
Just a sip: Would you allow your kids to taste alcohol?
This post was sponsored by Responsibility.org in collaboration with the Talk Early campaign, an initiative to empower parents to talk with their kids about alcohol. When I was 14 years old, I made a commitment not to drink in high school. At the time, I wasn't really going out on a limb. Alcohol was not a part of my life in any way. My upbringing was very conservative and religious. My parents didn't drink and I was taught that drinking was always wrong, always. My commitment . . .
Reflections from the ONE campaign’s Aya Summit
Last week I had the chance to travel to Washington, DC to attend the ONE campaign's inaugural Aya Summit, an event dedicated to discussing how to advocate for women and girls around the world. If you aren’t familiar with the ONE campaign, they are a global advocacy group with the mission of ending extreme poverty and preventable disease. I had the opportunity to lobby congress on behalf of the ONE campaign last year, and have also been involved as a ONE mom ambassador for a while, and I cannot . . .
What I want you to know about being a victim of adoption fraud
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Amy. I hate to use the word "victim" to describe us, but when it comes to our attempts to adopt the boy we thought would be our first child, there's really no more . . .
That’s what SHE said: marital threats, black moms and the race talk, pregnancy disclosure, and more . . .
The 9 Most Overlooked Threats To A Marriage | Kelly M. Flanagan It’s a lifetime that forms us into people who are becoming ever more loving versions of ourselves, who can bear the weight of loneliness, who have released the weight of shame, who have traded in walls for bridges, who have embraced the mess of being alive, who risk empathy and forgive disappointments, who love everyone with equal fervor, who give and take and compromise, and who have dedicated themselves to a lifetime of presence . . .
Friday Finds
1. Flameless flicker birch candles | Pottery Barn 2. Edison lamp | TOMS 3. Custom-drawn family portrait | ToddBorka 4. RUUM| Red suede biker jacket 5. Black sneakers | Zulily 6. Flat-rate clothing box | Golden Tote 7. Neat | vegan meat 8. Shampoo and skin care | aden + anais 9. Kabocha squash + roasted chestnut soup with kale sesame "leaves" | via @thefirstmess . . .
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