A few clicks of a button could be fresh, safe food to hungry children in you community. Or, if you like, you could show your support for a new kid safe park down the street. $25k for 40 projects The State Farm Neighborhood Assist Program is a micro-grant program funded by State Farm that will [...]
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Before writing anything else, thoughts and prayers to the victims, their families, participants, first responders, and all involved with the tragedy that happened yesterday at the Boston Marathon. A time at the event that should have been pure joy for so many was disrupted and turned into what may be one of the worst memories [...]
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There are an OUTRAGEOUS amount of “National _____ Months”. It seems like you can present any idea and turn it into a NATIONAL day or month. So sometimes it is hard to choose one to write about, endorse, etc. But one month that EVERYONE can relate to was celebrated during the month of January… National [...]
READ MORE »It is almost the 2 year anniversary of me blogging from my own personal account. I can’t tell you how weird it felt when signing up for the URL “williematis.com”. Will people think I’m a nerd? Will they think I’m conceited? Nope. They actually were thankful because it makes it easier to remember. But that [...]
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So this post is a few days later than MLK Day, but I’m glad I waited a bit. I may have done one of three things if I posted on the day after: Chosen a popular MLK quote and had the be my blog theme. Wrote out MY dreams. Come up with a quick post [...]
READ MORE »How many times do we hang onto what happened yesterday, and it affects how our TODAY goes? I am in no way affiliated with Teach For America, but I have had a few friends go through it. I was more blown away by the quote Tamara uses in this short video. Sometimes we all need [...]
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Today my mom is celebrating her birthday. The way we are wording it? HAPPY 30th ANNIVERSARY OF TURNING 21!!! I could go into the typical son tribute for mom. But I won’t. I will say this though, she taught me a WHOLE lot about this world, and she is the one person that will ALWAYS [...]
READ MORE »I put this topic on my editorial calendar hoping to talk about the story of Notre Dame. I grew up in Catholic schools, so my tendency went with rooting AGAINST the Golden Domers, yes you read that right. I enjoyed rooting AGAINST Notre Dame growing up because everyoneI knew rooted FOR them. But this season [...]
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Mine doesn’t really. My new year really just brings me back to focus on goals that I may have strayed away from in the past year. Things that I may have really, really wanted to do and just forgot about. Or things that I wanted to get better at and just didn’t make the effort [...]
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I was talking to someone the other day about excitement for the new year. Everyone gets excited right?? But I’ve already seen a few Facebook statuses and tweets go out that say they aren’t really ready or excited for the upcoming year. It must be something about the number 13. For some… the number 13 [...]
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