Casting the Net

Little Jordan Phillips is $645 and one day away from being the top fundraiser for the Komen Athens Race for the Cure. As a mom, how can I not throw the net out there one more time to say, “Anyone else?” Is there anyone else out there who was thinking they’d like to make a

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Do You Need a Redo Too?

I should be stripped of my crown; the badge revoked; dishonorably discharged from the ministry of kindness. I blew it. Yesterday was World Kindness Day and I completely forgot that meant we were all supposed to do something kind to spread love and goodwill throughout our world. Oops. Funny that I forgot since first thing

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Kindness Gets the Feel-Good Chemicals Flowing

Whatever you look for is what you’ll see. Don’t believe me? Think about your ex: ex-husband, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife. Since I’m a woman and I’m the one writing this, let’s pick on the men for a moment. When you first met this man, the love of your life, he could do no wrong. You were drawn

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The 13th Disciple

What would have to happen to make you shout at the top of your Facebook lungs, “THE SKY IS FALLING!”? Has it happened already? I opened my Facebook feed twice yesterday. I was online no more than 35 seconds, just long enough to realize people feel wounded. Our eyes are focused solidly on this world,

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Look Up

The first election I ever paid attention to was in 1992. Billy Ray Cyrus was singing about his Achy Breaky Heart and the three political candidates were Bill Clinton, George Bush (Senior), and Ross Perot. I was just shy of 18 years old and a little miffed that the only place I could vote was

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Kindness Makes Big Impact on Canadian Neighbor

Have you seen it? Have you seen the video from the marketing agency in Canada asking its citizens to tell America why it’s great? I thought it had to be a sham. My normally trusting nature became skeptical. Then I watched the video. I looked into the eyes of those Canadians, and I thought, “They

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Mama Mama Teenage Drama

My daughter woke up to 120 text messages on her phone this morning. One hundred and twenty. We go dark in our house about 9pm, so those 120 messages came in sometime between the hours of 9pm and 7am. Clearly there must have been some great crisis happening overnight in the world of our almost

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