I’ve been saving this post for today as kind of a birthday present to myself. Just knowing this love and strength exist is enough to keep a heart beating. LOVE does and will conquer EVERYTHING. I love you Kimmie and give your stunningly, gorgeously brave, little girl a huge hug from me! A MOTHER REMEMBERS…
Today is the last day of March and I going to start wrapping up the bully series in the next few days. I truly hope something good has come from so many voices coming together in the spirit of kindness and love. My guest today has a powerful post for you and I would like…
My guest today, Lisa Sadikman, wrote this piece for Scary Mommy and I am honored they are allowing me to include it in this BULLY series. This is a great post on the importance of learning to build each other up in a society that is really good at tearing each other down. Raising…
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…
As promised earlier today here is my friend Lizzi with her bully post. Her story serves as a reminder of how important our jobs are as guardians and the village as a whole. We can’t protect our children from all the bad things that can and will happen but we can do our best to…
On March 20th bloggers from all over the world will be blogging under the topic BUILDING FROM BULLYING with the hashtag #1000Speak. We as a community understand the damage that occurs to both those who are bullied and the bully themselves and we want to make a difference. OUR WORDS MATTER! We share our experiences…
I have featured this writer here before because I love her. I love her in a YOU MUST READ HER STORIES kind of way. Helena is no stranger to bullying, is a survivor of child abuse, and has been a witness to abuse. I want you to know how amazing I think Helena is. I…
This piece speaks for itself. Thank you Logan for being beautifully brave ! What Autism Means to Me Logan Beck It is awesome to be different. It’s genetics. Our DNA makes us all unique, that is what God wanted. Acceptance is a big word but it’s really easy to do. Why would God place…
Sorry this took me so long Jenny. Thank you for writing with me! Written by Jenny Katherine Luu and Hastywords Her slippers weren’t made of glass They were faded with stringy holes Her dresses were made and simply sewn From the remnants of old flour sacks With much love and motherly care Two things her…
WRITTEN BY SERINS AND HASTYWORDS Broken twigs liter my kingdom’s ground Reminders of all the storms that came ‘round I wonder if you remember the beginning The days before we both started spinning There was a point where we both woke up Lighting matches to celebrate our break up These are the things we lost…
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