One of the things my husband and I look forward to every Christmas season is finding out what kind of rare coin a secret donor places in a Salvation Army red kettle. This past Christmas season the coin was placed in a red kettle in Berlin,Vermont. Here is an article about it:
Salvation Army gets $14K coin
December 7, 2006
By DAVID DELCORE Times Argus Staff
I went to this ceremony and it was beautiful.
Memorial held for crime victims
By Josh Edwards
The Paris News
Published December 6, 2006
The Christmas season can be difficult for crime victims, especially those who have lost a loved one to violence.
By ANNE CRON
Source Staff Writer
Four years ago, Connie D. found herself divorced and raising her 14-year-old daughter, the youngest of her four children.
Connie was living paycheck to paycheck in a small apartment. She didn’t have health insurance and worked at a low-paying job.
As a birth mother, I hope my daughters I am raising will have opportunities like this with my birth daughter in the future.
Adopted man spends his first Thanksgiving with biological siblings
By MARY ANN ALBRIGHT
Gazette-Times reporter
Ground broken for King memorial
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | November 14, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Forty-three years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and challenged his countrymen to live up to the nation's founding principles, the civil rights icon was granted a place yesterday among the pantheon of America's most revered historical figures.
As a domestic violence survivor, I like to read about domestic violence statistics. I found this article about the statistics of domestic violence.
Domestic Violence is a Serious, Widespread Social Problem in America: The Facts
Prevalence of Domestic Violence
This is an article about an agency that helps survivors of domestic violence, even during the holidays.
Annie Bishop / KXLY4 Reporter
Last updated: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 09:17:55 PM
This poem is well known in the adoption world. The author is unknown.
Legacy of Two Mothers
Once there were two women who never knew each other.
One you do not remember, the other you call “Mother”.
Two different lives, shaped to make yours one.
One became your guiding star; the other became your sun.
The first gave you life, and the second taught you to live it
