young mother

As I've gone on about before, I've had to walk to or from work a few times recently. At six miles, it's less the distance than the route that is the challenge. When I lived near Hillsboro Village, everywhere I wanted to go was either pedestrian friendly (sidewalks) or accessible by bus.

Note to Felicia Young, mother of Vince: You aren’t helping your son by talking to the media at length about what the Titans star quarterback is going through.

The domain has to be transferred so that will happen a bit later.

As I have told you guys repeatedly, my tech skills suck big wads of carpet.

You can learn a lot in convenience stores if you listen. Yes, I’m a notorious eavesdropper who likes to hear what folks have to say.

Just in time to start the school year, Mary Winkler’s children have been returned to her, after several years of her in-laws trying to stop Mary from raising her children.

An odd thing happens when your children become teenagers. Where once they were they were the (generally) eager subjects of thousands of pictures and hours of home video, suddenly they turn 13 and you're hard pressed to snap a single decent shot of them to send to the grandparents.

Today, 16,000 children will die from hunger. Today, 1,500 children will become infected with HIV. Today, nearly 5,000 children will die from diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation. These statistics reflect the devastating reality of poverty—and they can be overwhelming.

It pays to remember thieves are opportunists who will take advantage of any situation they can to swindle you out of your hard-earned cash....

(Philadelphia)

Yesterday was so difficult to take in that a couple bloggers called it a day around noon and stayed in their rooms to process it all.  It was a day of despair and little hope. We nearly drowned in the statistics alone:

50% of the population in the region we’re in is infected with HIV/AIDS.
66% of the country’s children have not received basic vaccinations.
10% of mothers give birth alone.
42% of births take place in a hospital.
78 out of 1000 children d

Sista Smiff has a very touching story to tell about her former doctor, and then a call to action…

It’s so hard to wrap your head around a young mother to be being told she has breast cancer when pregnant, but, that’s what happened to Rochelle.   She was a succesful dentist (she actually worked out of my office at one time).

Dr. Yuill is not practicing medicine as much now because he is devoting himself to his little boy and he is also devoting himself to f