I hope you understand that everyone has a story and that story is rarely conveyed by what someone looks like. I am not a big fan of the People of Walmart posts. I love to laugh I just don’t love laughing at people. If laughing at people is your thing, and sometimes it is hard…
The moment I saw you Your eyes swallowed my reality Held completely captive Seeing into the deepest part of me Your love drowning me Teaching me a new way to breathe No more the way it used to be The possibilities in you inspiring me Nothing could ever be, would ever be As important as…
I am a mom with a ten year old daughter, who is struggling to raise a strong individual who will also be a compassionate friend. Trust me, it is a balancing act to create confident girls that don’t become over-confident “Mean Girls.” Girls can be downright vicious to their own gender and it is ever…
Me: Are you popular? Her: No, but I have some great friends so I don’t care. Me: Do you have popular friends? Her: Yes I do and they are nice. Me: Do you want to be popular? Her: I am popular to my friends and I don’t need any more attention than that. Me: You’re…
Today Katarina Schultz is here to recount her experience with bullies. This type of bullying is very prevalent and has been occurring in grade schools for many decades. Boys and girls learning to be men and woman pushing boundaries and sometimes, at the expense of others, learning how to either respect or disrespect the opposite…
This month I will be hosting a variety of people to help me educate, advise, and encourage people to not only be aware of the bullying that occurs around them but to hopefully find positive ways to discourage it. Bullying comes in an endless variety of forms born of limitless circumstances. We all need the…
I am very happy to share this final post on compassion. At the beginning of February a few good friends started the #1000speak initiative and more than a 1000 voices rang loud and proud on February 20th with their viewpoints. I am very thankful for them and for all of my guest bloggers this month.…
I am constantly in awe of Lizzi Rogers. She pours words out so eloquently and seemingly effortlessly. Say that five times really fast! Her words are never just words; they live, breathe, and jump up and touch you wherever you are reading them. I needed a post for today because another one fell through and…
My guest today is a wonderful lady with bright eyes and a beautiful smile…oh and crazy gorgeous big hair. I asked Rosemond to write a few thoughts on compassion for me this month and her words are a testament of how naturally kind her heart is. We hear the phrase fairly often in movies or…
When I began blogging a few years ago I believed it would be a solitary journey. I believed I would type some words on a screen, hit publish, and maybe feel content knowing the words might land someplace they were wanted and/or needed. I never really expected that I would end up having conversations with…
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