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Month: April 2013

Four brave girls creating change

May 7, 2020April 4, 2013 by Shay

It surprises me when others are surprised that we live in world where bigotry and intolerance are still very much in style. While laws can and are being changed to make some attitudes no longer the law of the land, the sad fact is that changing hearts and minds is far harder. Yet the younger …

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Categories Current Events Tags racism, tradition, Whites only prom, Wilcox County High School 3 Comments

No maps, no guides, the final frontier of parenting…grown kids

May 23, 2017April 1, 2013 by Shay

When I was a much younger woman, nothing would piss me off faster than hearing some “older” person tell me ever so patiently that when I got older, I would get “it”. Whatever this mysterious “it” was.  It always felt patronizing to tell me that despite the fact that I was an adult, I wasn’t …

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Categories Parenting, personal growth 1 Comment
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