David Henneberry. That’s the name of the man who found the at-large, shut-down-the-city-of-Watertown, 2nd suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. David found the man in his boat. Which happened to be a prized possession. I watched Mr. Henneberry on Good Morning America this morning and when the interviewer called him a hero he shrugged it [...]
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Friday, April 26th, 2013 is Day Without Hate. In light of the recent bombing at the Boston Marathon it sort of feels like there is little peace surrounding us. That just isn’t true. There is currently a group of passionate students at Standley Lake High School in Westminster, Colorado that have been quietly and madly [...]
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Eggs. They’re what’s for breakfast. And lunch. And dinner. And snacktime. And dessert. My favorite eggs are in dessert… cupcakes, creme brulee… Eggs make every meal more delicious and nutritious. On March 28th Colorado Egg Producers will be making their annual donation to the Food Bank of the Rockies at their Easter event so don’t [...]
March 22nd, 2013 marks the 20th annual World Water Day, a day that hopes to raise awareness that over 4,000 children in developing countries die every day from illness and disease related to unsafe drinking water. In light of this day, I’d like to share some facts about water issues abroad and here in the [...]
[Image used with permission from All for the Boys] I haven’t really talked about the tragedy at Sandy Hook because I can’t. And I most certainly have not talked to my 9 year old about it. But I have wished that there was something that we could do for the survivors. Nothing feels like enough. [...]
I am a super fan of the paying it forward and the random acts of kindness thing and my most recent random act was bestowed on a young kid at Dave & Buster’s. I do things frequently like send an extra snack in my son’s lunch for a child that doesn’t ever bring a snack, [...]
This weekend I finally had time to get to cleaning up my yard. I don’t have one tree in my yard, but my neighbors sure do… Sigh. They don’t take care of their yards. In fact I actually believe that some of them only do what they can get by with because they hear me [...]
Sports snack is every parent’s “aaah, what am I going to bring??” moment. You’d think that after all the years the boys have played sports that I’d own this, but I still wait til the last minute questioning the right snack. I’ve always brought oranges, granola bars……….. But I wanted to do something different. Truth [...]
