Jeff Hight | 07 / 12 / 10 | 0 Comments
Last week, I delivered diapers and wipes donated by MPOMC members to Almita, who lives with her husband, 10 mos old twin boys (Gabriel and Angel), 3.5 year old daughter (Vivienne), and 8-year old son (Osvin) in the tiny living room of their one-bedroom apartment. The living room, dominated by two queen size beds, is [...]
Reily Urban | 15 / 06 / 10 | 0 Comments
Do you remember Hillary Clinton’s book, It Takes a Village? Personally, I haven’t read it yet, but have always meant to. Unexpectedly today, however, I experienced the living, breathing reality of what this parenting concept truly embodies, and what it means to be part of a community. Our across-the-street neighbors rank as family among our [...]
Reily Urban | 12 / 05 / 10 | 2 Comments
There it is in your Inbox. The once coveted, but now dreaded… …Evite. Oh how I used to enjoy seeing them. I’d respond or decline, depending on, you know – life. And then if I was interested, I’d follow along with the responses to see who was coming, who could make a witty remark and [...]
Reily Urban | 20 / 04 / 10 | 0 Comments
As a lot of you know, this has been a busy couple of weeks for Joe – last week from Sunday thru Wednesday he was in Augusta working The Masters for SAP. And he is working on a big new project which entailed trips to Canada and Germany within about ten days of each other. [...]

Reily Urban | 10 / 04 / 10 | 0 Comments
Is it just me, or is anyone else feeling overwhelmed these days? Every where I turn in my house, I see something: a pile of dirty clothes or dirty dishes, towels left on the floor, art projects and glitter scattered about the playroom (and the house), a two-foot stack of books desperately needing to go [...]