A 2012 report from the director of National Intelligence warned that within 10 years “many countries important to the United States will experience water problems … that Continue Reading
Author: Lisa Lightner
Lisa Lightner lives in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband, two boys and two dogs. When not screaming at her kids in public, she can be found on her special needs parenting blog, ADayInOurShoes.com where she offers advice, support and fun tips for special needs parents.
On a recent Saturday morning, just a few short weeks after Christmas, I had this conversation with my 5-year-old: Me: I’m running out to get some dog Continue Reading
I woke up this morning inundated with more media coverage of this “plus sized” model. Ugh. This isn’t even something I’d normally write or care about, but Continue Reading
Generally, I love a debate. But as I get older, I no longer debate guns or vaccines. Those are two topics that I stay away from, just Continue Reading
What if I told you that there might be a bill in Congress this year…a bill that might increase a school’s options when it comes to using Continue Reading
Ho ho ho…the holidays are here! There was a time when I dreaded the holidays. We are atheist/agnostic in a family that has many fundamentalist Christians in Continue Reading
This is something that I’ve been wanting to share for quite some time, just never had the motivation or purpose to do so. Quite frankly, I’m embarrassed Continue Reading
Today is one of those “head exploding” days for me. It started last night when a friend, a friend that I consider to be intelligent and reasonable….first Continue Reading
So this is super cool and something I’m really excited about. A few months ago, in one of the Facebook groups I’m in for moms in my Continue Reading
Not really. Just a bad joke, I’m not terribly funny. Earlier this summer, I was invited to contribute to Skeptability. I did a whole two posts on Continue Reading