What draws people to human services work?
Some find it professionally and personally stimulating.
Some appreciate that the work aligns with their own moral beliefs.
Some live for the personal growth they experience.
And some are drawn to the work because they serve...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POxHpiA9b9k
As our children head back to school and we head back to the office (or some variation), you might be tempted to "get back to normal." If that 'normal' includes overscheduling - think twice!
You must admit that through the...
*From someone who is just now filling a 501c3
When my sisters and I set out to start a non-profit, we asked ourselves hard questions like; what kind of impact do we want to make? Why do we want to...
In 2018, I attended a work meeting where we were all asked to share a work accomplishment of which we were most proud. I was one of the only mothers on my team at the time. People talked about...
Dressing your pregnant body can be a challenge – especially because it seems like your body is a different size and shape every week! On top of that, if you’re anything like me, you may not want to spend...
Creative writing is life-giving for me. In the past, I created a steady habit of completing creative work before commissioned writing, i.e., editing work or nonprofit work. Somewhere in the last year, I've had to switch focus. Life has...
I’ll admit I heard daycare horror stories when we first moved to SF. We were scared into believing that since we hadn’t spent hundreds of dollars on deposits before the twins were even conceived(!), we were basically already very...
This time, last year, I was preparing to return to work from maternity leave. My plan had been to return to work after three months, August 12, 2015, to be exact. I had a few leads from an earlier...
Gather your wizards and try out this spell for mouthwatering cinnamon bread from the Unofficial Hocus Pocus Cookbook!
https://youtu.be/a3go3MBOmzw
Dear San Francisco,
I’m celebrating 21 years of living here this year. It’s the longest I’ve lived anywhere. Guam was dethroned nine years ago in 2011; I had lived there for ten years. Most people don’t even know where Guam...