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Change is a Constant
A very wise and wonderful woman once told me that we become a reflection of our life experience. There are about 6.8 billion people in this world and they all have very different experiences. They all think though things differently, do things differently, and get the results that their behavior produces. Today more than [...]
The Voices of the Children Calling
Do you hear them? In the United States, 1.5 million children are homeless; more than 500,000 children are in foster care; more than 20,000 are aging out of the system every year (most the day they turn 18). Of those 20,000, fewer than 50% have attained their high school diplomas. Within a [...]
The Blind Side Doesn’t Let Us Turn a Blind Eye To Homeless Kids
In his bestselling book The Blind Side, Michael Lewis does a masterful job of telling the unlikely but true story of Michael Oher, an African American homeless teen who got adopted by a wealthy white family in Memphis. He subsequently played football for Ole Miss and ended up getting drafted by the Baltimore Ravens. Now [...]