NOTE: I was just reviewing some of my files and came across this post from last year. I feel it still hold true even though President Obama has yet to deliver his State of the Union address for 2012. Enjoy! Four More Years: Yes, He Can! We can acknowledge that history repeats itself in our [...]
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Four More Years? Yes, He Can! Repeat Post: From January 28, 2011
Posted in Politics, Social Commentary, tagged four more years, Obama, Politics, POTUS, President, state of the union on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Please…Listen to Me
Posted in Education, Family and/or Personal, Social Commentary, tagged children, devices, handheld, iphone, learning, teacher on August 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“I’m discovering something new right now at the playground. Why won’t mommy come over to me when I call for her? I want to know what this thing is called. I need to learn why it does this thing? Where is mommy? Why is she looking at that little thing in her hand and stroking [...]
The New Extreme Sport and Other MMBs
Posted in Family and/or Personal, Politics, Social Commentary, Travel, tagged beach, cellphone, children, digital, extreme sport, Foley, instant messenger, internet, Ipad, mother, motherhood, Politics, road trip, Twitter, Weiner on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
THE BIG THREE: 3 Mom Media Bites (MMBs) As the mother now of two sons, both now 3 years old and 3 months respectively, I have been navigating this new season as a Northern Atlantic fisherman’s boat tries to keep from top-sizing in hurricane strength swells. The writer in me has been posting “tweets” of [...]
“Nature-Deficit Disorder”: The Real Child Epidemic That Should Concern Us
Posted in Education, Environmentally Friendly, Family and/or Personal, Social Commentary, tagged children, education, environment, Last Child of the Woods, nature, nature-deficit diorder, Palm Beach Zoo, Richard Louv, zoo on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the few weeks following my second son D.A.’s birth, I was well aware that my first son T.A. needed more stimulation that just a crying newborn brother in the confines of four walls. Empowered by the nursing privacy and versatility of a sling for the baby, I loaded my two boys in the car [...]
NEWBORN BLUR AND BLISS: SHARING A SNAPSHOT
Posted in Family and/or Personal, Social Commentary, tagged birth, child, children, delivery, labor, medicated, newborn, parents, postpartum, son on March 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
For my friends and family reading this: thank you for the countless thoughts and prayers as on March 9, 2011 at 4:03am I safely delivered our second son D.A. joining his proud big brother T.A. and making our cozy brood feel blessed as a family of four. Newly minted parents can either enjoy every precious [...]
$5.00 Per Gallon: What America May Pay For Auto Fuel If We Don’t Wake Up
Posted in Economics, Education, Environmentally Friendly, Politics, Social Commentary, Technology, tagged American citizens, corporations, Egypt, fossil fuels, gas, investment, Libya, oil, oil barrel, petroleum, politicians, Politics, renewable energy, sustainable, transportation, upheaval, war on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
$5.00 Per Gallon: What America May Pay For Auto Fuel If We Don’t Wake Up I’m not claiming to be neither an energy specialist nor a bona fide economist but I think the latest developments in the political turmoil in the oil-rich nations across the Atlantic and beyond deserve our careful consideration. SAME OLD REFRAIN [...]
Facebook Phenomenon: Facing It
Posted in Family and/or Personal, Social Commentary, Technology, tagged cafe, children, email, facebook, homemaker, mobile phones, parents, pre-teens, social networking, Technology, teen crisis, teenagers, unchaperoned, unfriend on February 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
FACEBOOK PHENOMENON In the past week or so, I’ve read and seen a couple things regarding the Facebook phenomenon as I see it. If you missed the CNBC piece on Facebook entitled “Facebook Obsession” you can look up more information on it at http://www.cnbc.com/id/39618344/ In our local paper here, The Palm Beach Post, on February [...]
Video/Computer Games: Drug of Choice
Posted in Family and/or Personal, Social Commentary, tagged Atari, computer games, drug of choice, gaming, level, Nintendo, Sega Genesis, shooter games, video games, violent, waste on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After the blitz of the holiday season, I have several rants bouncing about in my rattled mind. Perhaps I’m a bit raw since I have an extremely active toddler (whose toddler isn’t active?), however, there must be some logic behind my recent annoyance with video/computer game usage in close proximity to my child and I. [...]
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Jesus Christ Had It Right: Be Like Our Children
Posted in Personal Philosophy, Religion, Social Commentary, tagged Catholic, children, Christ, church, gift, God, Greek, Jesus Christ, kingdom of God, Luke, mosque, Orthod, spiritual, synagogue on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it’” –Luke 18:16-17 [...]
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