making a difference! • my world • global causes • tips for giving back
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on December 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
Let’s get honest, shall we? I’ll let you in on some thoughts in the forefront of my mind.
Talk about foreign aid feels overhwhelming.
I’m a busy mom just trying to raise happy and healthy kids. Somtimes, I can barely extend my focus beyond the walls of my own home, let alone across an ocean.
And “mom” only covers one of my roles.
The longer list of the roles I play with their accompanying demands on my time sometimes makes …
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me • relationships
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on July 25th, 2011 | Comments Off
…Today, after 48 hours, I arrived in Kenya. It’s really quite a long story and I’m jet lagged, but needless to say, the flight attendant told us, an hour and a half into our Detroit to Amsterdam flight that we needed to turn back around and go to Detroit due
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my world • moms making a difference
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on August 2nd, 2009 | 7 Comments »
So often, I find the key to lifting a mom’s spirits is to share your story of motherhood – to say simply, I understand. Clearly, we don’t all have the same experiences, the same trials, the same triumphs, but we have something special – an understanding of the journey.
To…
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