My mentor, Gina Gaudio-Graves told me about Blog Action Day, and told me to participate.
I do what she tells me to do.
Well, my challenge was that I wanted to talk about solutions.
Poverty is definitely not a solution for anything, accept possibly pride.
But hey, I can do this. So I wrote a post about what poverty causes and possible solutions I could think of. Continue reading The World is Blogging About Poverty for Blog Action Day 2008, But Can We Talk About Abundance?
Grief is inevitable, it is a part of life.
The more that we love, the more that we will come to know grief.
I know it well today. My good friend Terry died last night.
I miss her already.
I’ve shared Terry’s story with you recently. She had fought so long, but we thought she had finally got a foothold. We thought she was finally out of the woods. Oh was she happy to be home!
I was shocked when my daughters Briana and Makayla met me at my van as I pulled in my driveway after dark.
Briana said, “Mommy, Jonathan called…….he said Terry passed away.”
My heart sank, and my only thought was, “why didn’t I hug her the last time I saw her.”
Though I knew why. I didn’t hug her because I had muddy shoes on, and now I will never get another chance to hug her.
“Why didn’t I get over there more often,” was my next thought.
I know the answer to that question too. There was no excuse, I just got caught up in the busy life of raising kids and working long hours.
But it was more than that……… Continue reading Grief Sucks: Ever Had Your Heart Ache So Bad You Thought It Would Kill You?