*BFF is internet-speak for Best Friend Forever. It's the only internet- speak I know besides FYI, LOL, ROFLMAO. “Now….are you crying because it’s that time of the month, or uh…..” That was my Beloved's response to me crying over a working-mother dilemma I was facing. Bottom line is this: there...

Thanks to the Journal Sentinel series Wasted in Wisconsin , I think a lot of necessary attention is being turned to drunk driving. I’m highly aware of alcohol issues because I work for IMPACT . We assess convicted drunk drivers to determine if they have major alcohol problems; and if they do, we connect...

(A Model of the Milwaukee Rep's A Christmas Carol stage set) Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, A Christmas Carol is a universal story of hope -- something I think everyone needs more of, especially this year. But there’s another side to the Milwaukee Rep’s production of A Christmas Carol -...

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...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the absence of positive media images of local brown people . Here's the first of a few follow-up posts about people who counter those images through their daily lives. This is Mari Maldonado. She is a first generation natural-born citizen, the middle child of four who...

When I worked at a different organization over ten years ago, Emmy's ( not her real name ) and my boss did volunteer work together. We had talked and joked with each other while we did meeting scheduling and those types of thngs over the phone; so although we had never met, we had a great relationship...