Installment #2 in the Shining A Light Series I'm proud to feature Matricia Patterson, she's the Telephonic Services Coordinator for 2-1-1 @ IMPACT a free hotline that's operates year-round for 24 hours, 7 days-a-week. People dial " 211 " to find emergency food, shelter, financial...

About two years ago, GG went through a "sensitive stage." Certain songs like "It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and "My Grown-up Christmas List" would leave her in tears every time they came on the radio. Every time. Needless to say, it was a really weepy Christmas...

The view from down here is dizzying. Oh, did I mention that the High Horse I was on, Prepared Pepper, threw me off this weekend? The bucking started when I realized that school was one short week away. GG still didn't have school clothes, including shoes..or any school supplies, for that matter....