Every mother wants the healthiest start for her unborn baby. Though not often considered, "interviewing" your health care provider is perhaps the best first step you can take toward having the birth...
As a collective planet, our greatest concern should be our children.Confusion from the Traffic Jam on the Super-Highway of InformationFrom parents to extended family to school administrators and...
I hope your Thanksgiving was full of gratitude, no matter how it was spent.Ours began like any other. My husband and I were in the kitchen, cooking up something great. This year's sweet goody -...
Below is a poem, newly penned by a young Afghan woman* and dear friend of mine. Her life and the life of her family is in constant danger because of her gender, nationality, and her family's support...
Last week I was able to go and speak with The Initiative to Educate Afghan Women (IEAW) 2009-10 class of incoming freshmen. If you have not been reading my blog, or have not heard of IEAW, then you...
The day that I took the boys to the beach, about two weeks ago, was a day I will never forget.A typical hot, humid, perfect beach day on the island, I managed to get the boys and myself down to the...
*photograph & identity of the young woman has been removed from site for her safetyEveryone, please meet a dear friend and courageous young woman from Afghanistan. I am proudly publishing a poem...