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. This guest post is by an anonymous reader. Note: a couple months ago I posted the story of a woman who experienced adoption loss. This post is from her best friend, who wanted to tell the story from her perspective. Two years ago . . .
mother’s little helper: the podcast
It’s hard to believe that today begins the last month of summer. I’m finding myself wondering where the summer went, and determined to try to eek some more fun out of the next month because so far, it’s just been a blur. Summer as a working mom is an interesting thing . . . I grew up with parents who were both in education, and as an adult it is still blowing my mind that some people (i.e. myself) do not just get to laze about all summer long, but actually have to continue working. . . .
the cart full of condoms at Target
I decided to make a Target run after the kids went to bed, and luxuriate in the quiet pleasure of shopping alone. If someone would have told my 18-year-old rave-loving self that at 37, a trip to Target would be the highlight of my week, I would have died of existential mortification. But there it is, folks. My big night out is going to Target by myself. I was just taking my time, relishing the fact that I could peruse every aisle without a whining child asking for something. I have a . . .
how to keep your sanity at BlogHer
I’m gearing up to head to BlogHer this weekend. This will be my 3rd time going, and it’s in New York again so I am looking forward to the conference as well as a couple days of geeking out to Broadway shows. Mark will be joining me on Saturday for what we’ve dubbed our Epic NYC Date Night Weekend. Our last time together in New York was two years ago when we were on The View. That time, we had about 24 hours in the city and stayed out all night visiting places we . . .
babbabox: the solution for the non-crafty mom (a giveaway!)
I have a really fun giveaway today for a box from BabbaCo.. BabbaCo.is the creator of the BabbaBox, a monthly subscription box for kids ages 3-6. It is filled with projects, activities, books, and digital downloads surrounding a new theme every month. I got to try one of their boxes this month, and I’m a fan. I’ve written before about the fact that I’m a decidedly non-crafty mom. Doing craft projects with kids . . . especially THEMED craft projects . . . is an undertaking I . . .
that’s what SHE said: reflections on Aurora
Gun Control is a Religious Issue | Rev. James Martin, S.J Pro-life religious people need to consider how it might be made more difficult for people to procure weapons that are not designed for sport or hunting or self-defense. Why would anyone be opposed to firmer gun control, or, to put it more plainly, laws that would make it more difficult for mass murders to occur? If one protests against abortions clinics because they facilitate the taking of human life, why not protest against . . .
parents, please educate your kids about adoption so mine don’t have to
I took the kids to the park the other day, and I was seated just close enough to the play structure that I could faintly overhear a conversation that occurred between Kembe and several older kids. At first, I had a hard time understanding what was being said, but something about Kembe’s posture caught my attention. Typically, he’s a relatively cocky over-confident kid with a lot of swagger., even around older kids. But in this setting he looked . . . almost cornered. He . . .
kids raising kids: the reality of child-headed households in africa
On my trip to Ethiopia with Food for the Hungry, I knew that a portion of our time would be spent visiting the homes of sponsored children, so that we could see the way child sponsorship was transforming their lives. When I saw the schedule for our time in the village of Zeway, there was one description that gave me a catch in my throat upon reading: Child-Headed Household. I've heard this term before, and understood that it refers to a house in which there are no parents. As an adoptive . . .
how to teach empathy to our kids (bully prevention begins at home)
Between news stories on bullying and the recent Bully documentary exploring the epidemic, there has been a much-needed national conversation about the problem of childhood bullying. Most of the conversation revolves around how to make sure our kids are not the victims of bullying, and while I think this is a really important conversation, I also think all parents need to consider how to make sure their kid isn’t the one doing the bullying as well. Any child has the potential to engage in . . .
what I want you to know: the life of a domestic missionary
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. This guest post is by Heather K. Travelers are dreamers who live in a reality... but sometimes reality can mean 200 miles away from home. As a missionary in the US, much less Ft. Worth, Texas, I dreamed of a far away land in . . .
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