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Diapers for Everyone in 2010!
Can't start the new year fresh without a new project, right?Some (many?) of you might be familiar with the young homeless family that I was helping last year. I'm assuming that most of you know part or all of the story but if not, the link is here. B...
Give Cheeks a Chance TONIGHT
Help a Mother Out (helpamotherout.org) is a wonderful cause started by two local moms, Lisa and Rachel, who wanted to make a difference in the lives of mothers. In a very short time, they've been able to donate much needed diapers, toiletries and clo...
The real reason why I signed up for Twitter.
These little guys.***I had to laugh at one of the first emails I got after people could see that I had finally left my judgemental ivory tower and registered with Twitter. It was from my darling little Chipmonkey, asking if I was feeling okay because...
Scenes from a Saturday
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." ~ John W. Whitehead, The Stealing of America, 1983A creative table made out of a surfboard invites some to catch an indoor wave."If our American way of life fails the child, it fa...
a sea change
sea changen. A change caused by the sea: "Of his bones are coral made:/Those are pearls that were his eyes:/Nothing of him that doth fade,/But doth suffer a sea change" (Shakespeare).A marked transformation: "The script suffered considerable sea cha...
My Superhero Cape Is Getting Heavy
Guys, listen up. I'm so so incredibly appreciative that people keep picking up K's story and running with it: today again we got shout-outs on SFist and Eye on Blogs AND now I'm BlogHer of the Week at BlogHer (which is huge and I'm really grateful......
We got on the news... but we're not done yet
Click on the photo above to go to KGO's site to watch the story...***First of all, I want to give a huge THANK YOU to all of you who continue to care and want K and her family to be safe and protected. It's because of YOU that this story has garnered...
Help and love come in many ways...
"I do not have the funds available right now to be able to give cash, but I sew and quilt and will do or make whatever is needed for her and the babies. I am a single mother with 7 kids and no child support, but I do want to help desperately."***Thi...
No day but today
Pretty in pink. Celebrating a special friend's birthday with strawberry, chocolate and mint chip gelato... and a very fancy strawberry cupcake.***Sunday was a day of small triumphs.A wonderful blogger and new friend, J9, made a special trip in from t...
day by day
Kelaya and baby Marcus say hello.***This will be a short update about Kelaya and then I hope to have more of a story to share with you soon.On Thursday night, I spent quite a long time printing out so many incredibly moving and encouraging letters fo...
Kelaya's Story and YOU CAN HELP!
We found her! We found Kelaya and the kids yesterday!Kelaya on the bed with baby Marcus, who turned two months old on Wednesday. Nine year old Dorian and seven year old Kameko watch cartoons in the background. ***Wow, guys, where do I start? First of...
