World Autism Awareness Day

The month of April is Autism Awareness Month and today, April 2nd, has been declared as World Autism Awareness Day. I will be wearing blue today as I join in on the Light It Up Blue Campaign. What is autism? According to Wikipedia.org- “Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction … Read more

Better Basket Blog Hop

I’m joining in on Hershey’s Better Basket Blog Hop to help raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network. CMN is a non-profit whose mission, according to their website, is “to generate funds and awareness programs in partnership with and for the benefit of member hospitals/foundations and the children they are privileged to serve”. They “create … Read more

Earth Hour 2010

Just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow night the World will celebrate Earth Hour by “going dark” for one hour. Here is the link to the US website with all the information: Earth Hour 2010. Earth Hour Commercial: Why Go Dark?: Earth Hour 2009-Countries Around The World: Are you celebrating Earth hour? Let me know … Read more

Don’t Turn Away

Below is a guest post from Kristi Stephens about the upcoming series on her blog. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I have an odd defense mechanism with things that make me uncomfortable – I go to sleep! When on long car trips through the mountains with no exits in sight, or stuck in a traffic jam in a tunnel, … Read more

Help for Haiti- How You Can Help For Free!

Watching the video clips and viewing pictures of the earthquake’s aftermath in Haiti brings me to tears. Seeing the stunned faces. The battered bodies. The frightened children. The people sleeping in the streets…. I knew there must be some way that I could help them from where I was, with the resources I had available. … Read more