Helping the Homeless: Serve Your Community With Love and Timegiving back • my world • bettering communities • bettering communities
Do you know how to help the homeless in your community? A friend emailed me today about a World Hunger initiative she's working on lately. I love to hear how people are getting involved in global and community issues, as well as finding a way to give back.
Inspiration: Rachel Macy Stafford Has a Hands Free Approach to Lifegiving back • my world • moms making a difference • moms making a difference
Inspiration—In one of my favorite children books, Your Special Gift by Max Lucado (2006), Punchinello and his fellow wooden Wemmicks each receive special anonymous gifts when they wake up one day. As they go about their business, they meet a very tired family whose wagon has broken down in…
Summer Learning: Helping Your Child Make Smart Life Choicesmy world • Leaving a Legacy • parenting • education
Summer Learning—I recently bought $750 worth of goats to help feed families living on a dump, in Africa. We received pictures of them, and my kids and I named each one. Ruby, Bob, Max and 12 others. My boys learned a geography lesson about Africa, a cultural lesson…
Today an amazing thing happened. A gal from my neighborhood stopped by my house. What's amazing is the reason why. I opened the door to her big smile. She seemed a little embarrassed and anxious and all at once blurted out, "I miss you!" She shrugged her shoulders and the…
My close friend, Mike, married the woman of his dreams at a very young age. In fact, he was the first one married from our high school class. At the time, I thought he was an idiot for getting hitched so young, but now, 25 years later, he's still happily…
