This post was inspired and sponsored by Clean Air Moms Action. All thoughts and opinions, as per usual, are my own. My kids missed school on Monday and Tuesday because of a massive wind storm that came through the state of Maine on Sunday evening. We were expecting some rain and wind. We didn’t expect […]
Philanthropy Friday: The Results of #GivingTuesday 2016
Tuesday, November 29th was Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving that started in 2012 to kick off the charitable season that typically occurs when people are focused on holiday and end of year giving. Always the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and after the big shopping days of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, […]
Philanthropy Friday: #BlackFriday Gifts That Give Back
I’m not one to actually shop on Black Friday. I tried it once, and I immediately regretted it. I was up far too early and people were lined up around the block waiting to get into the stores. If I remember correctly, I made it into the store and didn’t even find what I wanted. […]
On World Moms Network: The Power of Everyday Kindness
My latest post on World Moms Network is all about the power of everyday kindness. Giving – and kindness, as a form of giving – has been on my brain lately. Partly because we are heading into what’s known as the giving season in America, but also because of the raw emotion that remains after […]
Post-Election 2016: Think Positive Thoughts and Be Kind
“Think positive thoughts and be kind.” These were my parting words for my 11 year old as he left for school yesterday morning. He doesn’t know it, but I heard him crying in the bathroom after I told him Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. The night before the election, we talked about the questions […]
Philanthropy Friday (rewind / Simple Giving excerpt): The Jitegemee Project
One of the most rewarding parts of having a blog, besides getting all the crazy thoughts out of my head, is the amazing people I get to meet through it both in person and virtually. I featured Adele Miller in this space back in 2012. We met in a local coffee shop and talked about […]
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