I grew up going to summer camps both individually and with my entire family to a place that remains a place of great importance for my family. In fact, we still gather there with a few other families we have known throughout generations. Some of you may have seen a post or two in the past about how Bethany Hills… Read More
Ice Buckets, Kindness, Ferguson & Education
With the title of this post, you may be wondering how those three things could possibly fit together. Well let’s go one by one. The Ice Bucket Challenge Seems everyone on the planet has been ice bucket challenged — I did it at work when a group on the marketing team at Organic Valley challenge Monsanto. It was a week… Read More
Thankful for People Who Take Action When the Chips are Down
Today, I had a totally different post in the works. My mind was set on it. I had the day off work, had done most of the work on a post & knew what was next. Then I saw this picture on the Monsanto Facebook page: It really touched my heart. I have been wondering about the people suffering through… Read More
The “We” and “Me” of A Crisis
This morning I was still waking up when I read a great blog post by my friend Colleen Newvine Tebeau (she was the one who encouraged my purchase of JZ, the deck rooster). She’s one of the friends in the New York area who were on my mind as I watched Hurricane Sandy. The crisis unfolded all around her and yet… Read More