Tag: awareness

I teach my kids to love everyone. We don't see color in our house. My child is too young and innocent to discuss issues of inequity...

Some things are more challenging to write about than others. I've started and deleted this post about ten times because it hurts my heart...

I help run an after school Poetry Club and last week while celebrating Black History Month, I had my high school students read, “won’t...

  February is National Heart Health Month. As parents, we are constantly taking care of our children, our homes and our financial obligations. Often, we...

My littlest baby, Nolan, turned 1 on November 13, coincidentally during Prematurity Awareness Month. He was born four weeks early and spent one week...

Having a home and enough food is something to be very grateful for. Many people have to worry about access to food and even...

My sister and I don’t speak on the phone much. It’s not due to any particular reason – just our circumstances over the years....

In light of our toxic political climate and the #metoo movement, what’s a parent to do, especially those raising girls? It seems women and...

I am trying to raise little feminists. Last week I had a conversation with my son that went like this: D: Why is my name...

March is National Nutrition Month! The theme for 2018 is “Go Further with Food.” It reminds us that the food we choose is not...