Just Say “NO!” to NRA, Nashville
I invite you to join me in signing this petition and calling Nashville Mayor Karl Dean's office (615-862-6000) and share the petition and/or this "Journey with Grace" blog post with others you know who are concerned about the NRA's aggressive...
Standing Together 4 Strong Community Schools
"We believe that local control along with engagement from parents, community members and businesses to be the foundation of success for each county in Tennessee." ~ StrongCommunitySchools.com As a proponent of public education and a parent of a student in...
Wordless Wednesday: Louisville
Straight up interstate 65 about three hours north in Kentucky, my companion and I rang in the New Year in the land of Mitch McConnell. Ha. It may also become the congressional homeland of Ashley Judd. Ahem. The highlight of our trip to the quaint, southern-charmed...
Today, Vanderbilt Children’s: When Your Child is Diagnosed with “The ‘A’-Word” & Other Scary Labels
Hey there! Do a virtual hop, skip and a jump with me today as I blog o'er at The Wishing Well at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. I'm recapping some strategies that have taken me through the last 18 years on the real-time Journey with...
Going Forward, Lessons Learned from Newtown–?
Our feasts ended, our families dispersed. The Thanksgiving holiday was over. Late November winds blew in a change of energy. More frenetic. I, and others, braced for the madness. December delivered her, each week ramping up the frenticism to a new level. I gave up...
Happy New Year!
Our travels took us from Nashville to family gatherings in Greenville, South Carolina, a quick trip up to North Carolina on Christmas Eve and then back to Greenville. I left Grace with my sister the day after Christmas and drove back to Nashville for a couple of days...
Winter Affair
Go ahead. Take your long, sultry, sweltering days of summer. Not me. Give me the blank canvas of a winter landscape. A gray sky challenging my heart's eyes to see her glory. Barren arms of trees, absent their dress, fallen to earth; germinating, awaiting new life....
