Posts Tagged ‘culture’
Looking Ahead for our American Girl Petition
So, what’s next? We have more than 21,000 signatures asking American Girl Brand to add a limb difference option for its Truly Me line of dolls. The petition keeps growing. And we continue to talk to journalists and other organizations interested in our efforts. What more can we do? I’d love your help continuing to…
Read More +What it’s Really Like Going Grey
Last month, I had a really fancy opportunity to help shoot a video about letting your hair go grey. I’ve battled it for years and I reached that point where the hair in front of my face was just too platinum to fight anymore. But I wasn’t sure what to do. Luckily I work for…
Read More +Abilities beyond expectation
Once again, Jordan proved me wrong. I thought she needed her helper arm every time she needed to cut paper. But I arrived at school Tuesday afternoon to find her cutting paper circles just with the help of her little arm and scissors in her hand. She was slow and methodical and she was cutting…
Read More +Girl's first musical!
Jordan had a super cool opportunity tonight… She, her brother and I had a chance to see The Wizard of Oz tonight. This was Jordan’s first chance to see a musical. It was Cameron’s second (I took him to the traveling broadway show of the Lion King back in 2006). They both enjoyed it a…
Read More +What the heck? CBeebies controversy in England
I have been pretty busy at work… and I’ve been a bit behind on all of the email discussions from the Sammy’s Friends group. What I missed was a controversy that is brewing in England about this woman: This is Cerrie Burnell. She’s had the job of helping host a children’s program on BBC for…
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