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Why I am advocating for newborn health

April 12, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Earlier this month, I posted on the upcoming Newborn Health Summit in South Africa and shared some tragic facts about how many children are not getting a chance at life. The post is called “Crisis and Hope in Newborn Health“. As part of the Global Team of 200, I have been working with the Gates Foundation this month to spread word and awareness about global newborn health in honor of The Global Newborn Health Conference being held on April 15th in South Africa. The […]

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Categories: ADVOCACY, Global Newborn Health, Global Team of 200 • Tags: Advocacy, gates foundation, global team of 200, life, maternal health, Newborn health, parenting, thirdeyemom

The passage of time

March 23, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Ailsa’s travel theme this week is the sensational concept of time. I am huge on reflection and when I thought of the subject of time, I brought myself back twenty years to where I was then and where I will be in a month’s time: Lovely Paris.

Categories: BLOGGING, France, Inspiration, Other Photo Challenges, Paris, Reflection, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, France, Inspiration, life, Paris, reflection, studying abroad, thirdeyemom, Travel

The World in Black and White

March 11, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Over the weekend I had the honor of attending the Nobel Peace Prize Forum here in Minneapolis where I was utterly inspired by the messages of hope. The suffering that people around the world face on a daily basis gives me even more motivation and urgency to help in whatever way I can whether it be through advocacy, volunteering, education, photography or simply my words. Sometimes the world becomes overbearing to me and the suffering and injustice of millions of […]

Categories: ADVOCACY, BLOGGING, France, Inspiration, Other Photo Challenges, PHOTOGRAPHY, SOCIAL GOOD, Tour de Vanoise, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: black and white, CULTURE, hope, Inspiration, life, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, peace, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel

Finding beauty in La Ceiba, Honduras

March 4, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This post is part of my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read past posts on Honduras, click here. La Ceiba is not known as the most beautiful city in the world. In fact, it is known for being well, rather ugly. I had been warned about the unattractiveness of the city several times through my research in Lonely Planet and other noteworthy travel sites. But La Ceiba was where my volunteer project was based so I […]

Categories: Honduras, La Ceiba, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Honduras, La Ceiba, life, people, thirdeyemom, Travel, Volunteering

Expat Alien on her Global Adventures

February 25, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: The longer I blog and connect with other bloggers, the more I am intrigued by how many amazing people are out there living such inspiring lives. Kathy Gamble, otherwise known as the Expat Alien in the blogging word, is one such person. I asked Kathy if she’d share a post with me on her experiences living as an Expat all over the world. Below is her post…. Expat Alien: My Global Adventures I am what you might call […]

Categories: BLOGGING, Guest Posts • Tags: Blogging, CULTURE, expat, expat alien, life, living abroad, thirdeyemom, Travel

The Bridges we pass

February 24, 2013 by thirdeyemom

“Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire hope and build from the past, which can bridge to the future”. – Mattie Stepanek This week’s travel theme by Ailsa of “Where’s my backpack” is another beautiful one: Bridges. Looking at bridges in a metaphoric way they are the means of crossing over to a new place. I look back at all the bridges I’ve experienced in my life: Graduating college, studying […]

Categories: BLOGGING, Inspiration, Other Photo Challenges, Reflection • Tags: Blogging, bridges, CULTURE, Inspiration, life, thirdeyemom, Travel, wheres my backpack travel theme

Reflections on being home sick

February 19, 2013 by thirdeyemom

After two back-to-back trips in a period of one week, from east to west to home again, I’ve finally caught the much deserved head cold. Back in the days before kids, I used to travel a ton for work and normally had some kind of cold every single month from November to May. Thankfully those days of a traveling saleswoman are over as well as the years when my children were little and were constantly sick. I honestly can’t complain […]

Categories: BLOGGING, Reflection • Tags: Blogging, home, life, Minnesota, reflection, thirdeyemom

Snorkel, Sun and Fun at West Bay Beach

January 24, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Author’s note: This is the fifth post in my series on my recent trip to Honduras. To read more, click here. Roatan in the largest and most popular of the three Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras and surrounded by the second largest barrier reef in the world: The Mesoamerican Reef that stems all the way down to Belize making it a diver’s paradise. Roatan is more touristy and developed than its neighbors Utila and Guanaja, yet this long […]

Categories: Honduras, Roatan, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Honduras, life, Photography, Roatan, thirdeyemom, Travel, vacation, West Bay

Au revoir 2012…Welcome 2013!

December 31, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Looking forward to 2013 and all that is to come. As the winter sun begins to set upon the last remaining hours of 2012, I can’t help but look forward to welcoming the new year. The last few weeks of 2012 have been a bit grueling. We celebrated an early Christmas at home with two very sick kids fighting the stomach flu. The day before we were to leave for the holidays to Virginia, I had to rush my little […]

Categories: BLOGGING, Inspiration, Reflection • Tags: CULTURE, Inspiration, life, New Year, reflection, thirdeyemom, Travel

Sunday thoughts of Peace

December 16, 2012 by thirdeyemom

“There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.” ― Dalai Lama XIV My heart is bleeding and it cannot stop. As a loving mother of a six and eight-year-old, I still cannot get the darkness out of my head. I often wear my heart on my sleeve. I’m an emotional, thoughtful person who has a tendency to […]

Categories: ADVOCACY, BLOGGING, Reflection • Tags: family, life, peace, reflection, thirdeyemom, tragedy

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