Rally v. 1. To call together for a common purpose; assemble: rally troops at a parade ground. 2. To reassemble and restore to order: rally scattered forces. 3. To rouse or revive from inactivity or decline: paused to refresh themselves and rally their strength. n.pl.ral·lies 1. A gathering, especially one intended to inspire enthusiasm for…
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Be gentle with the young
My new-ish and dear friend Erin at Chopstitch informed me that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month she’ll participate in the “No Excuse for Child Abuse” walk in her town. When I saw her posts going up about child abuse, I started doing a little digging on the old Google. “A report…
To Monetize or not to Monetize, that is the question
I’ve been kicking this post around in my head since last week when a co-worker pointed me in the direction of a Huffington Post article about mommy bloggers and our super-secret powers as consumers. There’s a good bit of argument in the blogosphere about whether moms should monetize their blogs. Some feel it’s a bait-and-switch….
Alright, y’all, I’m about to get up on my plus-sized soapbox
Is there such a thing as “weight-ist”? “Fat-ist?” No? Well, there should be. This? This is not normal. About a week after the Britney episode of Glee I overheard a group of my students, two boys and one girl, talking during their five-minute free time at the end of class. One of the boys said…