“If you’re not willing to fight for something, you can’t change anything”
~ Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man
There are over half a million children in the foster care system in the United States today and I am partially to blame. As a board member of SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) I know that our organization, through the DSS and courts, is responsible for making recommendations that sometimes call for removing endangered children from [...]
I am feeling especially blah lately. I’m seeing my family and my house and my accomplishments – but I am seeing through them, allowing these negative feelings to pervade my life and put its ugly fog in front of the beauty that I have created. I am not going to write about Waste Prevention [...]
There’s nothing quite like a festive African party. For an African woman, the preparation of the food is more than a labor of love…it is hard work requiring skillful handcrafting and hours of preparation. It is within this arduous process that my adolescent memories of entertaining linger, mostly because of the women who surround my mother to assist in the cooking.
I vividly remember their [...]