In October, I edited and self published my first book, Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother. I rounded up over thirty other parents who had experienced the loss of a pregnancy, infant, or child, or have had to deal with infertility. While I wrote the frame of the book, the […]
Giving Tuesday
Today is Giving Tuesday You can help WaterAid double their contributions by making a donation today. A WaterAid supporter challenged WaterAid and all of its supporters to raise $50,000 by today, #GivingTuesday. If we make that goal, every penny of the $50,000 will be matched! I have written about WaterAid before and why I believe […]
Are your children hungry? { Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week }
Our pre-school director informed us at the beginning of the school year that the school had taken on a new weekly service project. Each Thursday we would pick up 20 backpacks from the local coordinator and fill them with food to send home with children for the weekend. Without these backpacks, these children and […]
The Thanksgiving Project – Join Scary Mommy and Give Back
In 2011, Jill Smokler, (more commonly know as Scary Mommy) wrote this blog post about the rough financial time some people in her community were having. Thanksgiving was not an option. A loaf of bread was even difficult for some. Out of this blog post, the Thanksgiving Project was born. Jill simply asked her community […]
