Halloween dates back to the 8th century when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts during the Celtic festival of Samhain. Celebrated on October 31st, the festival recognized the end of the summer and harvest and the beginning of dark, cold nights. Ghosts of the dead were believed to return on that […]
On World Moms Network: Feeling Like Wonder Woman
I’m taking a break from Hump Day Haiku this week because I’m working on an application deadline and my big annual meeting for work is this Thursday (and I’m planning it!). I did, however, manage to write my latest post for World Moms Network. It was inspired by Wonder Woman who also happens to be […]
On World Moms Blog: Marching on Washington for all Women and Girls
“No hate. No fear. Everyone is welcome here.” The words were chanted by women, men and children around me as I marched past the Washington Monument with 499,999 other people on Saturday in Washington D.C. A band played ahead of us, giving me a little extra pep in my step despite a churning stomach and […]
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 […]
Philanthropy Friday: Recapping Social Good Summit 2016 in Tweets #2030NOW
“The great promise of our generation is not to connect the world with more technology, but to connect it with more humanity.” This was the inspiring quote that opened the Social Good Summit last Sunday, September 18th at the 92nd Street Y in the upper east side of New York, NY. The event is described as […]
On World Moms Network: Recharging and Reconnecting with Yourself #SIB4
I was going to post a haiku today, as I usually do on Wednesdays, but I realized that my latest post on World Moms Network (formerly World Moms Blog) went live yesterday. I wrote it while still in a haze after a most amazing weekend with 45 other women. (See last week’s haiku regarding the […]