Ben lost his first tooth today. After dinner, I dashed out to find a tooth fairy toy. My mom put a quarter under my pillow. I’ve been told that the average tooth fairy gift is $5 today. Since he already has a piggy bank, I thought it would be more fun to put an actual present under the pillow. Now I realize… it isn’t that easy to stash a present under a pillow. Going in for my third attempt… This…
This morning is my son’s first day of kindergarten. For the last week or so he has been preparing for the big day. His Monsters Inc backpack seemed like a “baby” pack to him now, so we got a “supercool” Batman bag and some “Star Wars” sneakers. Loves the brand-names, he does, just like most of his friends. On the way over to the school, he kept clenching his fists and grinning. “It’s so exciting!” “I’m so happy!” “I’m a…
Please, join me in supporting the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act by signing the 700women.org petition. It’s simple and important – and will only take you a minute. Click here: http://www.700women.org/ Every day 700 women are assaulted by their intimate partners–and four are murdered. In September, Congress will consider the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which is the most important legislation ever enacted to protect women from domestic violence and sexual assault. If it is…
Cindy Sheehan needs our help! Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, California, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004, traveled to Crawford, Texas with hundreds of anti-war activists to confront President Bush at his Crawford ranch. Sheehan wants to ask Bush, “Why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?” and demand a speedy withdrawal of troops in Iraq. During their march in the 100 degree heat, the protesters were forced into a ditch teeming…
I’ve been interviewed by just-rambling, and here are my responses: 1. What are three words you would use to describe yourself? fair-minded, spiritual, progressive 2. What do you consider your most significant accomplishment? Finishing the PhD despite all setbacks and obstacles and after so nearly giving up. 3. If you had the power to change one (and only one) thing in the world, what would it be and why? oooh, so many thoughts. Um. Well. If I had the power…
Article at Watchtower News At Boston Herald Kevin and Nancy Hensley, Jehovah’s Witnesses, had been separated only a couple of weeks when he beat and choked her to death and then dumped her body beside a toilet in the basement – what prosecutor Dennis Collins called the “final indignity.” The couple’s religion teaches that men run the home and women are to be subservient, but while Kevin Hensley was a homebody, family members said Nancy, a working mom, wanted to…