making a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service challenge is inspired by one we offered a little over a year ago, based on the verb “talk.” We dare you to do one small act of service this week in which you communicate, either orally or in writing, to uplift or to help. What we say can be so powerful, as Diane Setterfield, author of The Thirteenth Tale, wrote: “There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take …
Lee Rhodes Shares Glassybaby Success With Othersmaking a difference! • moms making a difference
Maybe you’ve heard of Glassybaby already. If you haven’t, there’s a wonderful story behind it. It’s a story that begins with cancer and ends, or rather begins anew, with candles. It’s the story of Lee Rhodes, who started Glassybaby…, which is now both a product and a company. It’s
Social Responsibility: How to Find Service Opportunitiesmaking a difference! • bettering communities
One of my favorite things about being a mom is how parenting has forced me to pull back and look at the world in the long view. Parenting has forced me to think of the world at large… and not just my little corner of it, and as a result,
Service: Ten Bite-Size Alternatives to the Traditional Bake Salemaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week, let’s talk about ways to help others that involve making yummy things. We’ve talked before about helping others by feeding them, by nourishing them, even by cooking for them…. Seems only right that we should devote this week to simple ways to serve that incorporate
Service: Sophia Dare Dares to Help Others Be Happymaking a difference! • moms making a difference
I would love to know if any studies have been conducted comparing the happiness or self-esteem… levels of bloggers to non-bloggers. For that matter, I would like to see if there are any studies about the happiness of creative people in general. It seems to me like the creative bloggers
Mother’s Day: Donate Birth Kits to Help Othersmaking a difference! • bettering communities
I gave birth to our second born daughter, Ruby, on the side of the road. No joke. I wasn’t holding out on traveling to the hospital or crossing my fingers about a spectacular home birth. Instead, a super, fast delivery and road construction played havoc on my birth plan…
Service: How to Help Others by Readingmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
Many of you may be starting to feel the increased pressure of summer approaching, with Teacher Appreciation duties, end-of-school-year responsibilities, and summer activities to plan. However, I hope you’ll still take a moment each day to incorporate a little bit of service, for both your benefit and others’. This week’s…
Autism: How Moms are Raising Awareness About Life With Autismmaking a difference! • moms making a difference
Instead of featuring amazing moms one-at-a-time, I’m going to share three fantastic moms with you this week. These mom bloggers are raising awareness of what it’s like to raise a child who has received an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis. We’ve mentioned or featured some before, like Nichol Hardy… and
Book Review: On My Honor, a Girl Scout TreatWhen I was a young college student, I worked as a secretary at the Utah Girl Scout… Council. I hadn’t been a Girl Scout growing up, and wasn’t at all acquainted with the organization’s history or purpose. But working for them, of course, afforded me a great opportunity to
Service: Ten Bite-Size Ways to Give This Weekmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to Give. That seems so general; we talk so often …about ways to give. That’s because there are so many simple ways to give, and so many things to give besides money. Check out this list of 10 bite-size specific ideas for giving.
Buy a cranberry-and-brie cupcake at the Sweet Tooth Fairy, so a donation can be made to prevent bullying.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
