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Kids, Life's Challenges, Mothers and Daughters, Parenthood

Raising Kids In A Lowering World

I’m a mother to an 8-year-old girl and I’m really concerned about what the world is telling her. (I have no son, but I know they’re also faced with mixed messages and poor role models on a daily basis.) My little girl wakes up wanting to shine. She wants the world to see her beautiful…

Humor, Kids, Mothers and Daughters, Parenthood, Poems on Making a Difference

Not Such A Tough Mudder

Little girl got rather muddy playing outside. I mean, mud inside her boots as well as outside, and all over hands and face. “That’s okay,” I say to her at the back door as she’s throwing her clothes in a muddy pile for the laundry. “You’re a kid. Kids are supposed to get dirty,” surprising…

Hope, Parenthood, Poems about 9/11, Poems about Change, Poems about Freedom, Poems about Friendship, Poems about Hope, Poems about International Politics, Poems about Life and Death, Poems on Making a Difference, Taking Chances, Writing

The Butterflies Are Going FREE ~ Kindle Stores Worldwide!

I’d like to present a gift to you loyal readers, and I’m so excited about it!  As you’ve hopefully already heard, my first of three poetry collections, Where the Butterflies Go, will be FREE starting early tomorrow morning (12:01 a.m. PST Thursday June 21) until 11:59 p.m. PST on Saturday, June 23rd. You can search…