“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Honestly, this is so far off the mark. Personally, I’d rather have broken bones. It will immediately hurt, but eventually, the bruises would go away and the bones will heal, but words are not the same. They resonate in your brain longer, and sometimes for a lifetime.Intimidation, harassment, threats, abuse. Bullying among children has reached epidemic proportions, and it’s taking a heavy toll on our kids. Unfortunately bullying is prevalent in all spheres of life even as adults.With the advent of the Internet, the anonymity offered by blog comments, chat rooms and message boards, it’s easier than ever to not only…

Here is a guest post that I wrote over six months ago on GenPink, but since many of you are traveling for summer vacation, I thought this post would be applicable 🙂 “What do you just call me?!” Have any of your “educated” friends ever called you a word, and you had no idea what they meant? Here is a word that I’ve been called, and my mom would be proud because I went to the dictionary, yes that big book on your shelf collecting dust or maybe even being used as a door stop, and looked it up. Xenophile [zen-uh-fahyl, zee-nuh-] noun. A person attracted to that which is foreign, especially to foreign peoples, manners or cultures. Having…