By Liz Prescott | Feb 18, 2015
My son was an independent contractor for the U.S. Department of the Army. As a veteran police dog handler, he volunteered to serve our country with his expertise. He served two tours in Iraq, and returned home with severe PTSD. When he returned, he was completely...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Feb 18, 2015
I have dedicated my life to my family. Amidst carpools, ballet lessons and football games, my four children grew to become men and women. One day, one of them, Paolo, said “Mama, I am gay.” That was a devastating day. I asked myself, “Why was this...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Feb 18, 2015
I taught math at Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York for 34 years. The school kept a huge blue dumpster behind the school. There were countless times when I looked into this dumpster and found hundreds of discarded math books, science books and library...
By Karen M. Sughrue | Feb 18, 2015
Some years ago, I unexpectedly found that Lexington, Kentucky, my hometown, had its own chapter of Spellbinders – a national nonprofit group connecting seniors with children through Storytelling. This is it, Aha, at last! I knew I had found what I wanted to do...
