“RINGGG! RINGGG!” There it is. There is that awful sound booming out of my phone at the ungodly hour of 7 a.m. I hit snooze a couple of times, but after a certain point the bliss of sleep melts away, so I roll out of bed and drowsily head towards my bathroom to brush my […]
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Celebrating Our Social Workers – Why Social Work?
Social Work found me! I didn’t look for Social Work, it was in me. I actually tried to “run” from being a Social Worker. Having a childhood interrupted by Social Workers from child-welfare on multiple occasions; I was not inspired. What I saw was grumpy old people with pens, note pads and lots of questions […]
Footprints – Social Media as a Teen
It’s been a few years since I’ve been a teenager, but I do remember how intense social media began blowing up. It came in all avatars: Snapchat, Instagram, Kik, and Facebook. As a kid, my dad always warned me about social media, and how desperately he wanted me to stay off of it. “Keep your […]
Survival, a Mother’s Perspective
The first time I saw the signs of child abuse, I was five years old. Two children down the street from my house, a typical suburban neighborhood. I wish I could remember their names. Instead, I remember seeing the strangle marks on the boy’s neck. He was about my age, and his sister was a […]
Evolving
Happy New Year! Usually, people tell you not to dwindle on the past, but let’s talk about 2020 for a moment. From the millions of lives that suddenly changed due to the pandemic to the Black Lives Matter movement, 2020 provided valuable lessons for everyone. Personally, I never realized how much I took my freedom […]
An Unprecedented Time – WHY?
He who has a “why” to life can bear almost any “how”. – Friedrich Nietzsche In this time of giving and gratitude we are also looking at a time that we have been calling “unprecedented”. A time of quarantine, “social distance”, school closures/re-openings, the reorientation of home to work and work to home, the uncertainty […]
Gratitude
My parents recently rediscovered dozens of old cassettes filled with videos from my childhood; the toddler in me, whom I had long forgotten about, was reawakened by the memories trapped in these cassettes. I watched in amazement as mini-me ran around the house, absolutely free of all worries and stress, and happily babbled on in […]
Happy World Children’s Day from Color me SAFE
As we all hunker down for a smaller and more intimate holiday season, we at Color Me SAFE are most grateful for the children and families we help. Children are at the center of what we do. Making a family, community and society that is safe and healthy for them. We also think of the […]
Postive Regret
As a 17-year-old, I sometimes wonder whether I have lived long enough to harbor real regrets. Let’s put aside everything for a moment. Let’s put it all away and just look at ourselves. Can you remember what you were like as a kid? Maybe what you were like when you were 17, my age! Were […]
October is Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Month – From Struggle to Strength, My Story
It’s a strange sort of confidence we humans have. You know, this unknown and often illogical feeling that everything will be fine. Life is so unpredictable; it’s so unreliable… and I always think about this but if it wasn’t for HOPE, we wouldn’t be able to take another step forward. With that said, I want to […]