Category Archives: United States of America
Rebirth of Hope
It is Wednesday afternoon. I am writing this after watching Joe Biden’s inauguration. My eyes teared up through his speech, and Amanda Gordon’s poem, and Reverend Sylvester Beaman’s benediction. I feel relieved and hopeful after the nightmare of the last … Continue reading
Remembering 9/11…by ARHuelsenbeck
Two years ago I shared a journal entry I wrote a few days after the 9/11 attacks. Today, in honor of the sixteenth anniversary of the tragedy, I’d like to share a few more unedited entries from the following days. Please … Continue reading
Children and Politics
(This post first appeared on the Christian Children’s Authors blog in Nov. 2016. I thought it might be a good reminder for this Inauguration Day.) First, let me be clear, I hate political rants. This post is not one of … Continue reading
A Mother’s Olympics, Part Two, by Betty Mason Arthurs
Part Two: A Mother’s Olympics by Betty Mason Arthurs Elementary School Track and Field Track and Field experience is a must to help mothers through elementary years. You pole vault them over the first day of school with cute lunches, … Continue reading
Third Party Candidate, Henry Cat by Betty Mason Arthurs
Third Party Candidate, Henry Cat by Betty Mason Arthurs What a relief the mind-numbing nominating conventions are over. The God-bless-Americans are ready to ponder the state of our union and endure campaign strategies whipped up in the blender of … Continue reading