by Jackie Bledsoe | May 13, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Yesterday, the word of the day was “mother.” And rightfully so, as the one day each year dedicated to loving on, and sharing appreciation for mom, mother, ma, momma, big mama grandma, and so on, was celebrated. A quick scan of my Facebook news feed was...
by Jackie Bledsoe | May 12, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s reading this! As I considered what I would post to wish everyone a Happy Mother’s Day, I received a message from one mom who has always shown “a mother’s love” to me. My mom. She shared a quote...
by Jackie Bledsoe | May 9, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
The NBA Playoffs is in full effect right now. There are some good teams and players still in the playoffs. But one player I wish would was still playing basketball this post season is Kyrie Irving. He’s one of the best and most exciting playing today. And he...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Apr 29, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
When I launched my blog in February 2012, I had very few visitors on my site. Since then I have begun to write for a few other websites too. I have published 269 blog posts, 225 on this site alone, since that first blog post. I have been doing a lot of writing! In...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Apr 19, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Jackie Robinson Day was celebrated this week in baseball. April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson played in a Major League Baseball game. The first African-american to do so since prior to the 1900’s, opening the door for the integration of pro baseball. That day,...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Apr 11, 2013 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
There is a ton of content online for your reading and viewing pleasure. It consumes a lot of my time, and I am sure it consumes a lot of yours. After all, we are in the information age. But is this all a waste of our time, or does it provide some value in our...