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Most folks have heard of Rosie the Riveter, but have you heard of the Black Rosies?  What about the Double-V Campaign?African-American serving in World War II faced racism in their service, and black women faced the double battle of racism and sexism.  Before recruitment and training even began, African American women faced the major hurdle of discrimination.  Applications were located at local

Once upon a time, Malachi was the youngest of four boys. We thought he’d hold that status forever, but God had different plans. 18 years ago when Malachi was born, one of my sisters-in-law made the boys adorable shirts that said: Biggest Brother Bigger Brother Big Brother Baby Brother Having our four boys was so special, and their friendship grew and became beautiful through the years.   Then one day, 13 years after Malachi became our baby, God shocked us by adding a four-year-old boy to our family. A few months later, his baby cousin joined us. Within a year,...

Thank you for caring about children, parental rights, health, and your God-given liberties!If you want to see the ineffective, harmful, tyrannical Gardasil bill (AB 659) stopped on the Assembly floor, and if you’ve already called your own assemblymember and Democrat Akilah Weber, here are a bunch of “swing votes” who need a flood of calls this weekend. Because the Assembly floor vote on AB 659 could be as soon as Monday afternoon!In the 80-member California Assembly, there are 62 Democrats (a 3/4ths supermajority). Because a majority vote to pass bills is 41, our side must pull off at least 22 Democrats.Please leave anonymous...

Our “official” first year of homeschooling went down in the books in the fall of 2013.  Our final day of school was May 22nd, 2014.  Whew!  What a year!   I started off strong and full of ideas that required a lot more planning on my part. I was trying to find and do a craft every day to go with either our history or science lessons.    Yeah, I was being an overachiever. Add all my lesson planning for my co-op and a baby on the move, and this mama got burnt out!  So, all the extra plans got...

Dear fellow introverted mom, You are not depriving your kids by being you; you’re giving them a safe refuge in a loud world. xo If you need this reminder regularly, I’ve poured all my introverted energy into creating my Introverted Moms’ Book Club, which is open for new members for Summer 2023 now through Wed, May 24! Find out which books we’ll be reading and discussing and get all the details here: introvertedmoms.com/join Weekend homeschool links: Reading Aloud to Kids Who Can’t Sit Still (I’ve been there, LOL!) May Homeschool Printables That Are Absolutely Free When You Can’t Do Everything: Overcoming...