In my Wordless Wednesday post yesterday, I asked who this woman is: and I promised “the icing on the cake” today of revealing her identity as well as the 1st birthday that is being celebrated. This woman is Polly Palumbo. I am excited to have had an opportunity to learn about her past year as a […]
Wordless Wednesday (Mystery 1st Birthday Edition)
Who is this woman? And what does she have to do with a 1st birthday celebration? Check this space tomorrow and I’ll explain everything. It’ll be the icing on the cake. #BIRTHDAYBASH
Sprinting Toward Hope
Today, 1000+ runners and walkers participated in the “5.2 at 5,” an event created by Badass Fitness and designed to “finish the Boston Marathon” symbolically on behalf of the runners who were not able to do so last Monday. Figures are still being tallied, but we raised more than $12,000 for Boston and the amount […]
Burrowing Boroughs (A Mama Kat Writing Prompt)
This week one of the Mama Kat prompts was: “Write a poem about your favorite place to be.” I have been missing New York City so much lately. With that in mind: Missing I sit amidst my family, which I left you to create Their arguments pervade my concentration, they need me to launder clothes […]
Wordless Wednesday (Truly Wordless This Time Edition)
Two causes merged today, one that is an annual event and one that, sadly, did not exist 48 hours ago. Today was the annual “One Day Without Shoes” observance by TOMS to “bring global awareness to children’s health and education by going without shoes.” I did it last year, I did it today, I’ll do it […]
The Sound Of Her Breath
Dear readers, in this post I am sharing a piece written by a fellow parent . “The Sound of Her Breath” is written in response to the parent’s experience of having a suicidal teenager. The Sound of Her Breath When she was a baby I would sneak in her room to listen to her breath. […]