This post is sponsored by Toyota’s philanthropy program 100 Cars for Good. This month, I’m excited to be highlighting five unique charitable organizations that are making a difference in their community. Each charity was also the recipient of a new car to aid in their mission, courtesy of Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program. (Know a charity that could use a car? You can vote for them at Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good Facebook App. Today, I’m talking with the good folks from . . .

Two years I wrote a ridiculous post about deciding on a new place to buy my coffee . . . a place where the prices were really low because the store relied on children to work for little money.  My intention was to point out how selfish it sounds for someone to willingly turn a blind eye to social injustices just because we want to pay less for something we like, and how shallow our justifications sound.  I used coffee as an example because it’s one of those indulgences that people . . .

As a part of GoMighty, I have partnered with Next Generation and the Clinton Foundation to sponsor this post as part of the Too Small to Fail campaign. Every once in a while, I get to partner with a campaign that aligns so much with my own values that it makes me a little giddy that this is my job. This past weekend, I had the chance to attend Camp Mighty and meet with some folks from the Too Small to Fail campaign to learn more about what they are doing. Essentially, the campaign exists to . . .

Kembe and India turned seven this month. In previous years, given that their birthday is the same day, we’ve always had joint birthday parties. But this year, their desires for their birthday diverged so drastically that we decided to do them separately. On the same day. Because I hate myself. First, we opened the “big gift” at home . . . new “penny boards.”  I don’t really understand what is different about these than the other skateboards I’ve purchased, but they needed them. Or so I’ve . . .