With every man that is serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, there are many loving and supportive family members and friends that are struggling to deal with this challenging and painful situation.  I can’t offer too much advice to those that are serving, but I do think that it’s extremely important to offer support to the loved ones who are fighting their own battle to stay strong at home.
I have some experience with military relationships, so I would like to start reaching out to women who have loved ones in the military and are looking for answers.  It is an extremely …read more

There will be times in your life when your friends or family that are closest to you will go through a difficult and possibly unexpected situation.  You will worry about them and want to offer help and support.  I have some advice for helping friends and family through a crisis…
A few months ago my apartment in Brooklyn suddenly burned down.  Luckily I wasn’t in the unit at the time, but I did lose my home and a lot of my belongings.  Obviously the situation could have much worse, but I still see the situation as a small crisis.  I suddenly …read more

There are currently 3,000 (some statistics say 5000) children waiting in foster care in Guatemala, all of them matched with families in the United States and all waiting to be welcomed by their forever families. However, if their adoption case (yes it all sounds so technical) does not get processed by December 31, 2007 they may never get home…or live in foster care inevitably.
Here is a list of things, recommended by Joint Council of International Children’s Services, that you can do to help bring them home.
How YOU can participate in the …read more