Monthly Archives: March 2008

Obama’s address to America on race relations

March 18th, 2008 | Posted in Family Life, Politics

As I sat here listening to the speech given by Sen. Obama, I was struck with the depth of hunger I feel within my own self to experience racial healing in America. I am a white woman. I grew up in a community where I was lucky enough to go to mixed churches and have [...]

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In Support of Hillary

March 16th, 2008 | Posted in Politics

A cousin of mine, Dr. Jerry Lee Brinegar, recently sent an email explaining why he was supporting Hillary Clinton. I thought it was both eloquent and passionate and asked if I could post it on my blog, especially since I’ve had many questions about what a Hillary Clinton presidency would be like. The following is the [...]

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Abortion doesn’t guide my politics

March 12th, 2008 | Posted in Parenting, Politics

I got an email today from someone I really love asking me not to support Obama because of his stance on abortion. And the email went on to hint that Obama could possibly be the anti-christ. I still remember 88 reasons why the Lord was comin’ in 88 and also that everyone from Ronald Reagan, Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin, [...]

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Aww shucks, here I go again….

March 10th, 2008 | Posted in Family Life, Stuff

Ok – here I am watching Oprah’s recap on her ‘Big Give’ show. And darnit, if tears aren’t wellin’ up in these here eyes.
I’m watching about a woman who was given ten thousand dollars and told to go give big. She ended up raising close to $13o,000 for a family whose house had burned completely [...]

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Politics for the generations

March 8th, 2008 | Posted in Politics

I don’t know if I’m the only one, but I’m beginning to feel a little ‘campaign-weary’. I’m still very much plugged in to what’s going on and care very much about what is to come in November, but the back and forth between Hillary and Obama seems to be unending. Texas and Ohio, in many [...]

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