Most people know the fable about the Scorpion and the Frog. In case you don’t, a scorpion coaxes a frog to carry him across the river since the frog can swim and the scorpion cannot. The frog is skeptical at first, but the scorpion pleads convincingly, appealing to the frog’s sense of duty. The scorpion …
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When my kids were younger, I often sang to them to put them to sleep. I am not a fan of most lullabies (babies falling out of cradles? Really?), so the songs I usually sang to them were worship songs and/or R&B or pop songs. Often the lyrics had to be modified a bit, but …
This post is about Disability Day of Mourning. But before I can post about that, I need to share something else first. I promise you it will make sense when I tie it all together. (At least it makes sense in my head…) When I think back about some of my thoughts (and comments) from …
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“Who Really Cares About All This?” I Do. She didn’t mean any harm, this nice woman who is the parent of one of my children’s classmates. I’d contacted her to respond to (yet another) query asking several parents to consider volunteering at a particular time of day. I gently explained that while I was happy …
(FYI, this post on my personal blog is identical to a post with the same name that I published on my advocacy blog: http://AdvocacyWithoutBorders.com/, and it has also been featured on the Positive Women’s Network-USA’s website, available for viewing here.) Greetings everyone, Perhaps you are aware of the tragic May 2014 murder of Elisha Henson, a …
