I wrote and sent an email to Sen Josh Hawley, MO asking him to support the Build Back Better Act especially the parts that support children. There are programs and funding in the act to provide federal money to states to upgrade/support existing K-12 public schools. Missouri currently comes in at 47th in education spending,Continue reading “Josh Hawley- Out of Touch”
Category Archives: Voting
Doing Dishes
Clearing our minds of negative thoughts is a lot like doing the dishes after a big gathering. The gathering is over, the dirty dishes are piled up on the counter and in the sink. You look at it and think that it is just too much to tackle, but start anyway. You pick a startingContinue reading “Doing Dishes”
HEADACHE -HEARTACHE
My headache comes from what I do and don’t understand. My heartache comes from the hate and violence everywhere you look – TV, Radio, online streaming, emails, social media. I have two other blogs I have been working on but I keep getting sidetracked by everything else and then just shutting down in self defense.Continue reading “HEADACHE -HEARTACHE”
Health Care? Common Sense?
Health care is one of the most vital issues for children starting while they are still in the womb. The current system we have in the United States really makes no sense at all and makes it extremely hard for young mothers to get the care they need for themselves and their children. The basicContinue reading “Health Care? Common Sense?”
MY 2020 Election Takeaways
I decided that I was going to be an informed voter in this election. I was determined to know what the different elected officials do and to understand as much as I could about what each candidate thought about issues that were important to me. I did some research before the primaries where there wasContinue reading “MY 2020 Election Takeaways”
Missouri Statistics – What do they tell us?
After I started working in the foster care system, I wanted to understand why what I was seeing and hearing was happening. So I started digging for answers. What I found out about the state that I was born in, raised in and lived most of my life in really hit me hard. There areContinue reading “Missouri Statistics – What do they tell us?”
BE FOR KIDS 