Today's guest post is from my new friend Nicole! Nicole shares her story of pregnancy and preeclampsia. Thank you Nicole for taking the time to reflect and relive your preeclampsia experiences to to share with us.... My name is Nicole, and I am the mother of 3 children - ages 13, 9 and 7. I have experienced pre-eclampsia with all of my pregnancies. This is one of my ...
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Worthy Wednesday: Moms Clean Air Force 5k and Fun Run
Celebrate Earth Day with the Family at the Kid's Fun Run Earth Day is the prefect time to teach our children about the importance of protecting our environment. As parents, our children serve as a great motivator to join the fight to ensure aclean air and healthy environment for generations to come. Taking our kids out to enjoy nature in a fun environment inspires awareness and action for ...
Worthy Wednesday: Watermelon Magic
Today's Worthy Wednesday post is about Watermelon Magic, a children's film! I feel in love with the trailer and I know you will too!! Are you interested in healthy food and science education for your children? Want to teach them all about how plants grow with amazing time-lapse images set to lyrical guitar music? Do you find that big science center films just don’t click with the 10 and under ...
Worthy Wednesdays-Support Center for Child Advocates-Philly
I had supported the Support Center for Child Advocates financially in the past. I had even attended the Annual Benefit Reception and Auction last year. But this year a law school friend who works for the non-profit had called on me to help with the Annual Holiday Toy Drive and work with staff and volunteers over several weeks. It was very hands on and I definitely got an inside look on one of the ...
Worthy Wednesdays: Laugh Brand Gives Back
Today's Guest Post is by Laurie Wirgler Co-founder and CEO, laugh brand I have been an executive in the fashion industry for over 15 years and love apparel, but I always wanted to do something more, something that matters. One evening a friend shared a video with me about child trafficking and I was so moved by the stories of these children that I wanted to learn more about the issue and how ...
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: GAVI Alliance and Shot@Life
Today's post is from a dear old friend of mine Allison Charleston... Volunteering has always been an important part of my life. In high school and college I was committed to service and spent some free time tutoring kids from a local youth group, raising money for cancer research and working on home repairs at a local Habitat for Humanity house. As a junior and senior in college I lead ...
WORTHY WEDNESDAYS: Girls on the Run
When I was in the Fifth grade we had our first Health class. I remember them weighing us. One by one we filed through the nurses office in paper gowns for a weigh-in and spinal check. I remember simultaneously clutching the open backside of the gown to cover my Cabbage Patch underwear. My other arm was draped across my chest to hide prematurely budding breasts that were normally hidden under large ...
WORTHY WEDNESDAYS: Independence Day: Lemon Ride to Benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer
My friend Trish Adkins who blogs at Yoke is guest blogging today for Worthy Wednesdays. Independence Day: Lemon Ride to Benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer I remember, when I was 5 or 6, getting my first real bike. The day the training wheels came off and I could ride as far as my legs would take me. It was the ultimate freedom; I rode off without a care. My ...
Resources for Bullying by Pam Margolis, An Unconventional Librarian
Starting off my Worthy Wednesdays postings with a post on bullying. Here is a post from a fellow Philly Social Media Mom, Pam with advice on books for different ages that discuss bullying Resources for Bullying by Pam Margolis, An Unconventional Librarian There seems to be another spike in the media about bullying and I thought I would take a moment to present some books about ...
