• Advocacy - Health - Reading

    10 Chronic Illness Posts I Recommend Reading Today

    Recommended Reading In the last few months I found there was a very supportive group of bloggers who deal with chronic illness on a daily basis. Since becoming a part of that group I have  felt more cared for and understood than every before. If you too are struggling I have listed here some great links that I find very informative and helpful. When visiting these other blog links I recommend poking around the blogs. You are likely to find just what you are looking for at one of them. I have listed more than 10 posts of mental heath,…

  • Advocacy - Animals - Mental Health

    Be A Voice For The Animals and Children 5 Simple ways to Advocate

    Why You and I Must Be A Voice For The Animals and Children Hello again. Recently I posted about the scary statistics of mental health issues in our youth. Today my inbox seems flooded with reasons why we must also be an advocate for the animals. I mean both those we consider pets and those that live in the wild. Today I will focus on those we consider pets. Why we need to be a voice for the animals As someone who has lost animals to cancer the most recent email from The Petco Foundation about animal cancer spoke to me.…

  • Advocacy

    Earth Day 2019 Are You Doing Anything Special Today?

    Earth Day Today is Earth Day 2019. I remember as a kid going out with a group from town and carrying trash bags to do a roadside cleanup.  Honestly I wish instead of thinking about it one day a year that we all thought about it every day. Do you want to be more eco conscious? I want to do more reducing, reusing and recycling without becoming a hoarder who never throws anything away of course. That I guess would be a more minimalist, less on the grid lifestyle I am seeking. Sierra Club has a list of 10 Activities…

  • Advocacy - Product Reviews and Recalls

    Amazon Give Back Box Program

    Amazon Give Back Box Program I heard something recently that I thought was neat. I have been recycling my Amazon boxes but I just heard of a better way of using them. They have a box recycling program called the Give Back Box. “The goal is to encourage Amazon customers to re-use their boxes to donate clothing or other goods to GoodWill Industries.” This program has apparently been around since 2012 and I am just now hearing about it 7 years later.                             They even pay the…