Tag Archives: Save the Children
Let’s Talk About Sex
I know, I know. It makes me feel all squirmy and awkward to talk about it too. But sometimes you just have to get over that. This is important. It’s really important.
Project 52, Week 22. Proud
Well, after a morning of packing, we have just waved DorkyDad off on his first serious work trip for Save the Children. I am a little teary-eyed, and a little nervous, but mostly I am very proud. I can’t wait for him to come home and tell me what he has seen and learned.
Haste ye back, DorkyDad. We’ll be right here.
Syria: A Day of Protest
No matter how long you have been a writer for, how skilled you are with words, or how passionate you are about a subject; there are times when you just cannot find the right way to adequately express how you feel. There are times when the world is so dark that you feel your own small actions cannot possibly help create even the smallest spark of light.
I have been completely numbed this week by what I’ve read about the situation in Syria. I was shocked, in particular, by the Times article on Wednesday that set out in truly horrifying detail what took place in Houla. 49 children were killed – not in some accidental explosion, but deliberately, violently, one by one.
Thank you.
Sometimes it’s really nice just to say a very genuine thank you.
Not ‘thank you, and now could you please vote for me again‘.
Not ‘thank you for reading and now could you sign this petition.‘
Just thank you.
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