Most of us are born hearing “give in order to receive” and if you really pay attention, they are both the same and one can’t occur without the other. Whether it’s giving compliments, volunteering your time, sharing talents or going out of your way to help people around you.
There’s an ever universal equilibrium with giving [...]
I wrote this post on February 14, 2007. It changed me. I believe this single post helped me evolve into the woman I am today. The amazing thing is, I have changed since then. I have been to Kenya twice since that February and I have seen this kind of poverty up close once again. [...]
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 [...]
Children in the foster care system have typically already survived significant trauma or abuse, but as they grow older and approach aging out of the system, they face even more difficult odds. Children who reach 18 and adulthood in the foster care system without being adopted or having any family or mentor of their own [...]
The word misunderstood has never been as appropriate in my life as it is here. The day we came home from court, I flipped on the TV and found a quick blurb about Angelina Jolie’s new fight to help orphans and vulnerable children around the world. I quickly wrote down the website and found myself [...]