(I’m posting this press release because I think it’s announcing great product with a worthy mission, and I know and respect the founders for their integrity and vision in starting this company — plus it’s adorable!! Also, I have NOT been compensated to share this press release.) Tender Sapling Launches Pink Line on Day of…
I was so touched by the film A Small Act, available for instant streaming on Netflix. I wrote about our experience watching it the other night, here on the Momsrising website. It’s heavy, but I also found it inspiring and gratitude-inducing. Well worth watching…
Summer offers a perfect chance to explore – ideas, places, experiences. Ideally, it’s a time for playing outside, slowing down, trying a new hobby, and more family time. Among the “muscles” I like to exercise, when not as bound by classroom exigencies, are those that go beyond anything a subject test can measure. These are…
One of our favorite (newer) traditions each Thanksgiving with our large, and usually ornery extended family is what we call the “Global Giving Game.” I described it in this piece linked and pasted below, which was published – surprisingly! – on FoxNews.com soon after Growing Up Global’s publication. I’m a little disappointed that all the…
“So many creative initiatives, like Free the Children, Ryan’s Well, and Wheels to Africa, began as a result of a caring child who was agitated after learning about an injustice perpetrated somewhere in the world. Their compassionate parents didn’t tell them to forget about those thoughts or that it’s “all okay.” Instead, they helped the…
(This piece has been featured on the Homepage of ABC’s Million Moms Challenge; with the full text on the blog here, on the Huffington Post, in Global Giving’s news and below.) Feeling the pressure of tighter consumer spending, giant retailers catering to bargain hunters will open earlier than ever this Black Friday, on Thanksgiving Thursday. …
