An open letter to the Targets

Powerful words from a young blogger. A must read if you are a teen or live with one. 

 

Dear self-conscious, maligned, beaten down, broken whoever you are,Chances are that you don’t really want to talk to me or read these words and know that I am addressing you. But I am. You can either put up with that or click that little red cross in the corner. How are you? I hope that you are good, but are you feeling well? There is a difference and I hope that you can see it.

via An open letter to the Targets.

 

West Coast Review gives 123insatiableme.wordpress.com a 5 star rating and if you aren’t following this amazing young blogger you should be.

The Wednesday Poetry Corner With Susie Bertie

I have had a lucky streak …. a fair number of years in the company of some stellar songwriters – one of my favorites  – songwriter, singer of songs and musician  Darrell Scott.  Darrell  writes songs that lean into the deep cuts of this land ; a little Country, a little Americana, a whole fishing bucket of poetry. There is timeless essence here,  and to tap that elxir, to weave that spell … well, any tribe of traveling minstrels or poets strive for that alchemy.

Read more at: The Wednesday Poetry Corner With Susie Bertie.

The ASPCA Challenge: It’s All About Adoption

I adopted all three of my animals (a dog and two cats) at shelters, including “the county pound.” They are the most wonderful creatures  – all happy and healthy and well adjusted. And they are so funny and entertaining!

Summer is difficult for shelter animals because there are SO MANY animals who need homes. Plus the kids are out of school and will have more time to spend with a new pet! It is a win win situation for everyone!

Click here for more information: The ASPCA Challenge: It’s All About Adoption.

 

 

The link above is from Alcohol Cats – a blog you ought to be following. This post gets a 10 star review from West Coast Review!

How to write a response to a love letter (which is more fun if it isn’t addressed to YOU)

I’ve posted this here before…but I have a funny story about it.

If you look up on Google “how to write a response to a love letter” this is what comes up. It is a fun post. Take a look and I hope it makes you smile.

Click here for: How to write a response to a love letter (which is more fun if it isn’t addressed to YOU).

 

Ann Frank, Hope and Teens

Today would have been Ann Frank’s 84th birthday. I never realized until today that she was born the same year as my mom. If she’d lived she might be attending her granddaughter’s 8th grade graduation today, just like my mom. Her private writing inspired so many kids to look at themselves and look at history. And it inspired people to look at teens and listen to their words. Often it is the teens who can see through it all without the clouds of preconceived dust in the way – they can still see the potential for good in mankind.

On June 15, 1944, about six weeks before her family was found out, Anne Frank wrote, “It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.”

 

 

~ Marla