By Karen M. Sughrue | Jan 5, 2016
Now that my own children are living on their own, I have dedicated myself to working with other children and their families, in particular, as a “Big Sister” with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada. There are so many children who are living in...
By Gary Hume | Dec 22, 2015
In 2005, I learned about a small and growing movement of parents in Washington state that inspired me. These parents had lost custody of their children to Child Protective Services due to neglect or abuse - and then transformed their lives to get their kids back....
By Gary Hume | Dec 22, 2015
I am Maxine Hong Kingston, 73 years of age. I began taking war personally as a child during World War II. My mother was a refugee from China, where she was a medic during the bombing of Canton. Years later, two of my brothers were in the Vietnam War, and one of them...
By Gary Hume | Dec 21, 2015
After a teaching career and stint as a principal, I served as the director of “The Dorothy C. Blakely Memoir Project” in Apple Valley, California that involved over 100 people. Members of the California Writer’s Club (High Desert Branch) collaborated...
