November is National Family Caregivers Month, and I'm thrilled to partner with Midlife Boulevard to bring you this important public service information. I recently saw The Theory of Everything, which immediately became one of my favorite movies of the year and will probably … [Read more...] about celebrating jane wilde during national family caregivers month
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join the alzheimer’s prevention registry and help prevent alzheimer’s
Banner Alzheimer's Institute sponsored this post. Opinions are mine. Julianne Moore is already receiving Oscar buzz for her role in Still Alice, the upcoming movie based on Lisa Genova's bestselling novel about a 50-year-old Harvard professor who is diagnosed with … [Read more...] about join the alzheimer’s prevention registry and help prevent alzheimer’s
freewaters: shoes that look good, feel good and do good
How cute are these shoes?! I am in love – LOVE – with my new Freewaters and, most of all, with the fact that each pair provides clean drinking water to those in need. … [Read more...] about freewaters: shoes that look good, feel good and do good
shot@life: my first #blogust
As a Shot@Life Champion, I'm proud to contribute to Blogust ’14, Shot@Life’s annual August campaign. For every comment, "like" and share on this post, Walgreens will donate one vaccine, up to 60,000, to a child in need around the world. So before you even read this, please click … [Read more...] about shot@life: my first #blogust
my buick bucket list trip: volunteering at the elephant sanctuary in tennessee
Now that we had learned all about Tara, Shirley, Tange, Flora, Sissy, Winkie, Misty, Minnie, Liz, Ronnie, Debbie, Billie and Frieda, we felt personally invested in their future and were eager to get back on the road in the morning to return to The Elephant Sanctuary for our … [Read more...] about my buick bucket list trip: volunteering at the elephant sanctuary in tennessee
my buick bucket list trip: the elephant sanctuary in tennessee
Yesterday, I told you about arriving in Nashville for our amazing Buick Bucket List trip. Well, The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee is about an hour and forty minutes away from Nashville so, after spending way less time at the Hermitage Hotel than we would have liked, we … [Read more...] about my buick bucket list trip: the elephant sanctuary in tennessee
the girls and the goats
I posted this photo on my Facebook page over the weekend and today I received a press release from the Farm Sanctuary announcing that this is the Summer of Goats. And my kids think I’m not on the pulse of pop culture? Ha! … [Read more...] about the girls and the goats
giveforward: raising funds and creating unexpected joy
Over the past few years, my husband and I have dramatically changed the way we make charitable contributions. We used to give money to a variety of organizations but, having been burned one too many times (yes, Susan G. Komen, I’m talking about you), we now try to give directly … [Read more...] about giveforward: raising funds and creating unexpected joy