GUEST POST...from contributor Jennifer Robinson "(Music therapy) can make the difference between withdrawal and awareness, between isolation and interaction, between chronic pain and comfort -- between demoralization and dignity." Barbara Crowe (past president of the National Association for Music Therapy) I had a near death accident in 2008 and had to undergo extensive ...
Worthy Wednesdays
Worthy Wednesdays: Michael J. Fox Foundation
Today's Worthy Wednesday Guest Post is by my awesome friend Lindsay. We have known each other a long time now but recently Lindsay became a very close friend and I'm so happy to have her in my inner circle.... It’s difficult to sit by when someone you love is sick. You feel helpless. When my stepfather was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease almost ten years ago, I wanted to do ...
Worthy Wednesdays: This One is for You
Today's guest post is written by Tracy Schwartz. Tracy's mother Susan was part of a very small group of women, including my Aunt, that were the best of friends since childhood. Please take a moment to read how Tracy is honoring her mother.... June 6, 2010 my mother, Susan Schwartz lost her battle to Breast Cancer after fighting for 17 years. She was just short of her 51st birthday ...
Worthy Wednesdays: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Today I am happy to feature a guest post from my friend Jill. Take a moment to read about her story and her beautiful boy Mason My life was forever changed on December 20, 2012 when I heard the following words... "Your son has an Autism Spectrum Disorder" Those words make you numb. And still. And your brain goes silent. And that is not the worst part. An hour later after ...
Worthy Wednesdays: Duo it Duo for Pets
What were you doing when you were 10 years old? Playing Little League? Playing with Barbies? Changing people’s lives and donating thousands of dollars of supplies? Meet Lucy and Alex of Do it Duo for Pets. Lucy and Alex met and became best friends in pre-school starting at age 5. When Hurricane Sandy hit, the girls were 10 years old. They were very upset about the destruction and all the pictures ...
Worthy Wednesday: Power of a Purse
By Estelle Sobel Erasmus I am on the Board of Directors of Mothers & More, a fantastic 25-year-old non-profit that provides support, education and advocacy for mothers through: Creating a network of national chapters and online networking forums by and for mothers encompassing non-judgmental communication and peer support Offering webinars that give our members exposure to authors, ...
Worthy Wednesdays: Ella’s Retreat
When my son Ryan was in Kindergarten, since it was all new to me, I made sure to meet the other parents. One mom stuck out at me, as she was pregnant too (I was 8 months pregnant with Owen), so I thought we could commiserate about having a kindergartener and a baby. So Audrey and I were friendly, as the years went on. I would see them at school events and such. One day I heard her ...
Worthy Wednesdays: HELLP Syndrome
When my friends get pregnant and they ask me what to expect, I tell them nothing. Seriously people, if my first go round of child birthing taught me anything, it’s that the unexpected can and will happen. When I was pregnant with my first child, everything was going by the book in the beginning. We did everything when we should. We had our monthly, then bi-weekly appointments, all of the ...
Worthy Wednesdays: Pink-tober and FORCE
It is that time of year again. The weather is turning colder, the leaves are beginning to change, Halloween costumes are being picked out, and there is Pink everywhere you turn. Yesterday as I was taking my daughter to the park I drove by a large piece of plywood with a painted pink pig on it, 20 or more pink painted pumpkins, and breast cancer ribbons on the lawn of a local realty company. I am ...
Worthy Wednesdays: Awareness is Action
By Liz Scott Alex’s Mom/Co-Executive Director Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Anyone else wonder where the summer went? I know we say it every year, but I’m becoming more and more convinced that the month of August is getting shorter. So here we are in September – the kids are back to school (we just dropped our oldest at college recently for the first time), the laissez-faire attitude of ...
Worthy Wednesdays: Share the Harvest
I never understood hunger until I spent a Thanksgiving volunteering with my husband and then, infant daughter (strapped to me in my Baby Hawk), at a family shelter. The shelter kept families who were homeless together and gave them a home. We cooked food. We served it and went home. I often wonder: what do those families eat when it is not Thanksgiving? The answer: probably not much. My ...
