The Radical Choice of Militant Kindness by Malcolm Ivey
The first lesson every young man learns upon entering the prison system is that aggression is king and violence is law. The traits that are valued in the real world — honesty, generosity, friendliness…
View ArticleJoe McKinney Guest Post for #WinterZombie2014
Why I Write the Dark Stuff Joe McKinney In my day job, I’m a patrol supervisor for the San Antonio Police Department. I work the west side of town. The police officers who make the calls, who m…
View ArticleDay Eighteen: 30 Days of Gratitude
The deep freeze continues here in Kentucky, and I feel like my brain has been put on ice. A headache has been my constant companion today, so, my thoughts are a bit more jumbled than usual. Now, tha…
View ArticleGuest Post: Carson Buckingham
How Can A House Be So Scary? Carson Buckingham I have always been in love with the style of the grand old painted ladies of architecture—the Victorian Era. I grew up in an 1880 Victorian and it was a…
View ArticleBlog Tour Review, Guest Blog Post & Competition: Action Kids’ Club #1 by...
2nd November 2014, distributed by Amazon, 59 pages, Ebook, Review copy Themes: friendship, moving house, gaining confidence Book summaryTwelve-year-old Olivia Hall’s dream of a friends' club ends w…
View ArticleConvoy for Jorge by Sue Jones
When Lisa Welch from Jimboomba, Queensland (Australia) was struggling with what to gift her son, for his upcoming 10th birthday, she was stumped. Her little boy Jorge has a disability. Born with Corti…
View ArticleDay Twenty: 30 Days of Gratitude
With only ten more days to go in this thirty days of gratitude, I find myself in a reflective mood this evening. I was not sure what this focus on gratitude would mean to others, including myself, an…
View ArticleThe Moment When My Son With Autism Noticed a Man With Prosthetic Legs
Several years ago, during one of our holiday trips, we went shopping at Downtown Disney. For those who aren’t familiar, Downtown Disney is an open mall, filled with shops and restaurants. The stores w…
View ArticleMoving On Up!
Jarrod Champagne reminisces about his move from Louisiana and the new beginnings that were a waiting for him in Virginia. “Well, I guess that’s about it,” I said examining the back of the truck. …
View ArticleDay Twenty-One: 30 Days of Gratitude
In the blackjack, twenty-one is the perfect number. While this twenty-first day may not have been perfect, it still left me feeling like a winner. Here are three things that filled my heart with gra…
View ArticleGet that Creative Spark Back: Do a Guest Blog
How can you spark your Blog World Creativity? It’s called the . . . Guest Blog Yes, that fabled thing we all hear about and sometimes actually take part in. I did one a while back. Now I’ve done two…
View ArticleDay Twenty-Two: 30 Days of Gratitude
There are less than ten days left in this month of gratitude, and I am determined to end it feeling even more grateful and positive than ever. Thanks to all of the goodness that I am now focused on i…
View ArticleDay Twenty-Three: 30 Days of Gratitude
Day twenty-three has been a slow and lazy one for me, but I could not feel any more content or grateful than I do right now. Here are three of the things that made me feel thankful on this Sunday: Ha…
View ArticleEverybody Has A History: Guest Blog and Giveaway with LK Below
Everybody Has A History Looking at me, a twenty-four year old young woman, you would never guess that I am a widow. It’s hidden beneath my youthful looks. Upon meeting me for the first time, you would…
View ArticleHoliday Traditions
December is creeping ever nearer and I thought it might be fun to spend it sharing holiday traditions on my blog. To that end I’m asking my friends and readers (that means you) to write a guest blog …
View Article10 Ways to Have a Meaningful Thanksgiving by Alison Cebulla
While Thanksgiving purports to be a day when family and friends gather to break bread and celebrate the bounty of the harvest and the miracle of life, today, a lot of things get in the way of having a…
View ArticleDay Twenty-Four: 30 Days of Gratitude
My apologies to the Bangles, but it was anything but a manic Monday, and that alone is reason enough to give thanks. It was more of a mellow or mundane Monday, which was a great way to ease into this…
View ArticleDay Twenty-Five: 30 Days of Gratitude
One of the things that I took note of. on this twenty-fifth day of thirty days of gratitude, is that instead of trying to recount the people and things that I was grateful at the end of the day, I now…
View ArticleMarla Sokoloff’s Blog: Learning to Love Two
Celebrity blogger Marla Sokoloff is going to be a mama again! Since audiences first got to know her at age 12 as Gia on Full House, Sokoloff has had many memorable TV roles — Jody on Party of Five, L…
View ArticleThe Thanksgiving that Lives in Infamy
Maurna from Cursitivity here reporting for guest blogger duty. When Debbie asked me if I wanted to do a guest post on her blog, I was like “Um, are you … Continue reading →
View Article