My head swims with thoughts about the son who would’ve been a young man today; my exact age. What would he have looked like? What would he have done with his life? Would he have made his mother proud?
Month: August 2012
World Humanitarian Day
Sunday, August 19th – the anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq – is World Humanitarian Day.
Shark Safety = Water Safety
During my Shark Week viewing, I’m usually yelling at the TV, telling people to “LOOK OUT!” … I have narrowed down some of my other television rants in order to bring you questions that you may want to ask yourself before you go to the water again.
Keep Your Campus Safe
I live in College Station, Texas, and my husband works for Texas A&M University.
We Start With a Good Map
With the hard work of our GIS mapping teams, local volunteers and you we will help the communities of Gulu and Lira develop maps.
Strike a Pose
We have discovered that you like taking pictures whenever you do something with the Red Cross! Here are some of our favs. Learning Hands Only CPR looks like fun! A …
We Are All One
This post comes to us from Barbara Behling, who was deployed shortly after we heard about the Sikh Temple shooting in Wisconsin Oak Creek, WI…On Sunday, August 5th a single …
Surfing Report
Curiosity, Umbrellas, calling us, maybe, and scary swimming pools.
Watching the Philippine Flood Response Online
We’ve been keeping an eye on all of the posts online about the severe flooding the Phillipines this week. The flooding is reported to be the “worst since 2009”.
Shopping for a Cause
Since then I’ve regularly searched Etsy for unique Red Cross-themed items with the intention of once again sharing my favorites with you.