Don’t Worry About Gang Violence or Drugs…The New Menace is Hugs!
Article in the New York Times For Teenagers, Hellow Means ‘How About A Hug?’ And schools from Hillsdale, N.J., to Bend, Ore., wary in a litigious era about sexual harassment or improper touching — or citing hallway clogging and late arrivals to class — have banned hugging or imposed a three-second rule…Touching and physical contact is very dangerous territory,” said Noreen Hajinlian, the principal of George G. White School, a junior high school in Hillsdale, N.J., who banned hugging two years ago. “It was needless hugging — they are in the hallways before they go...
Read MoreBabies and Food: Not Your Mother’s Baby Food
A friend of mine recently had her mother-in-law (MIL) give her 3 1/2 month old a taste of ice cream! Her MIL said “no big deal it was just a taste.” Now, I and my other mommy friends gasped! She’s only three months old! All that sugar (or worse yet HFCS)! Cow’s milk! Artificial colors and flavors! I can honestly say if it had been Aellyn I would have been in tears and hopping mad! According to my mom, she says even she is tempted to give Aellyn tastes of things. When I was a baby she was advised to give me cereal at two weeks old!!! I think our...
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Baraka
Part 1 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=dtiqrzmuWbwPart 2 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=11QZiQFXTowPart 3 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=U-sjmX9c450Part 4 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=8DMA0c7KdYkPart 5 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=aa_VUrys0j8Part 6 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=in91EpP9US0Part 7 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=5Qd8RhogIMYPart 8 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=kbCNaGoaqLcPart 9 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=9hU-Zb1BRmwPart 10...
Read MoreEverything is a Miracle: My 300th Post
300 posts! I can’t believe the journey I’ve been on and the blog friends I’ve made a long the way. Beth and FlyGirl, the first IFers that got pregnant. All the Cycle Sistas that cycled with me. All the girls at Stirrup Queen’s mega blog list. Family. Friends. All the blogger mamas I’ve met since I got pregnant. All the bloggers I’ve me through Mothering and GCM. Tears come to my eyes at what this blog has done for me. You are all a blessing to me. Thank you. I wanted to post something poignant for my 300th post and I decided on my favorite essay...
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