Hashtags and Hope
I was amazed in October when, so many actresses came forward with stories of sexual abuse and harassment against Harvey Weinstein. It was the opening of the floodgates and by…
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January 11, 2018
Alice’s misadventures in Blunder-land…Round 2 “Because you did not Know”
What do you think of your county courthouse? Is it somewhere you go to pay a ticket once every few years or renew your car tag? I bet your glad…
January 2, 2018
Because you did not know the power of FIVE CENTS…
I had an epiphany sometime between 2014 and 2015. In 2014 I had to drive 12+ hours to Texas to be in court on a Wednesday morning at 0900. For…
December 7, 2017
The unpaid $118 Billion dollars that is not “Fake News”
Approximately 3 years ago I wrote a piece called, "115 Billion and counting" published on Mom's Fight Back. https://momsfightback.org/115544338886-billion-counting-child-support-america/ Since that piece was written and published using data from the 2015…
December 6, 2017
How to Navigate through Life
A compass does you no good without a reference point to begin with. If you know where you are going, you can figure out how to get there and how…
November 25, 2017
Justice for Julie: a follow up
Earlier this summer I did a piece originally published on MomsFightBack.org, entitled "Chaos in Colorado" http://momsfightback.org/chaos-in-colorado This story featured Julie Sykes, a primarily wheelchair bound single mom in Nebraska who has…
November 22, 2017
Weaving Webs…
My September plans for this blog got blown away by Hurricane Irma, then the most wicked, rib straining bronchitis I have ever experienced. So I was even more determined to…
October 19, 2017
Is Non-Payment of Child Support, Child Abuse?
When I first hit the publish button on this post the latest data from the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement had the national arrears at $116,360,701,209.00 billion dollars. I…
October 8, 2017
The Nursing Student and Baby Rosebud
My maternity rotation in nursing school was during the heat of a Mississippi summer. It was a relief to spend it indoors in a cool hospital. Maternity was an exciting…
May 5, 2017
Collateral Damage
When I started this blog, I had planned to leave this subject alone. I wanted my blog to be a place where words are encouraging, inspiring and delightful! Words have…
April 3, 2017
