At just 16, Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas is the first African-American since Dominique Dawes to represent Team USA on the Olympic gymnastics team. However, in my mind, her mom, Natalie Hawkins, also deserves a medal. A lifetime achievement award of a different stripe. Natalie Hawkins has spent the past two decades working the hardest kind of mom-job, left to fend for … [Read more...] about It’s Time to Turn the Spotlight on Single Mothers
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Help Your Child Develop Good Writing Skills
So, you want your child to become a better writer. Good plan! The ability to write clearly and with ease is one that will help your child from first grade through the rest of his or her life. Sure, school will teach your child the fundamentals of writing (grammar, syntax, and such), but that won’t necessarily make it easy or fun. Take-home essays and … [Read more...] about Help Your Child Develop Good Writing Skills
March Astrology Reading
March winds have arrived with a fury of tornados devastating parts of the Midwest and the south, all of which occurred under the squaring of Venus and Saturn and the moon, a very sad combination indeed. With both Mercury and Mars retrograde-- and personal planets affect our intimate everyday lives so much -- it tends to confuse matters and this is a water month with … [Read more...] about March Astrology Reading
December Astrology Reading
Zing! goes the arrow of the Sagittarian archer right into the heart of the matter. “Please don’t be so honest” were words spoken to a Sag child. Lacking the verbal discretion of say, Scorpio, these, the most blunt and freedom seeking of the 12 zodiac signs, will find the first 3 days of December aflame with a strong Martian influence which intensifies matters and unleashes … [Read more...] about December Astrology Reading
How to Get Pregnant Naturally With Herbs
Trying to conceive is one of life's frustrating and confusing journeys. Even when you feel as educated and armed as possible, the waiting each month to see if maybe this one is the one that stayed put can become burdensome and start to make you question your own knowledge on the topic. You become susceptible to commercials and ads with happy moms promising the method they chose … [Read more...] about How to Get Pregnant Naturally With Herbs