Monday, April 30, 2018

Parenting My Teenager: Why I’ll Keep Doing Things That They Can Do For Themselves
The 5-Second Test That Will Change Your Life And What You Get Out Of It
10 Signs You’re Going To Marry Your Boyfriend Someday
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MODERN MAN'S SENSE OF SEXUAL ADVENTURE?
14 Things You Should Never Tolerate In A Relationship, Because You Deserve Someone Who Wants You To Succeed... this helps so much...
If You Can’t Agree On These 11 Things, Your Partner Isn't Your Soulmate Amen, #8 is a must.
Alec
The Changing Profile of Unmarried Parents
要懂得思考│這4種心機,聰明的你一定要學會 人的一生就是在做兩件事情, 一件是做事,另一件則是做人。 要學會做事其實很容易, 但要學會做人往往很難。 一起來看看吧
How bacteria are changing your mood Depression, Parkinson’s, autism and other brain health problems are now being linked to your microbiome, the bacteria that make up 57% of the cells of your body.
Why More Young Married Couples Are Keeping Separate Bank Accounts
Intimacy Without Responsibility, interesting...
Want Authentic Relationships? The 5 Must-Haves For Deep Connection And Fulfillment
Spouses Who Have This 1 View of Their Partner Are Twice as Happy in Life
Having A Baby In Your 20s Vs Your 30s: A Dissection Of 7 Hilarious Differences
Why Dating Is Drudgery "However much you might enjoy going out to dinner or stumbling home with someone new, you date in the hope that the day will come when you’ll never have to date again"
8 Things To Avoid When You Break Up With Someone
Somebody (Anybody) Please Take My Picture
Sleep deprivation is hurting kids in more ways than you think.
‘Unappetizing and racist’: Internet rips Whole Foods for opening Asian-themed restaurant called ‘Yellow Fever’
My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me
The Lost Generation: From ‘The Joy Luck Club’ To ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there’s a likely culprit "It might be argued that it’s too soon to recommend less screen time, given that the research isn’t completely definitive. However, the downside to limiting screen time – say, to two hours a day or less – is minimal.
Are Helicopter Parents Ruining a Generation?

"We, who live so close by, are not enemies that must fight against each other, but are more families that share the same bloodline, who must unite." - Kim Jong Un,North Korean leader
North Korea, South Korea agree to end war, denuclearize peninsula
As North Korean media hails summit, Trump presses for denuclearization
How's to understand what is happening in Korea?
如何理解朝鮮這場「戲」
The Kim Jong Un Era
Kim, Moon Pledge Denuclearization Of Peninsula And End To Korean War
The Deceptively Simple Promise of Korean Peace
Life is a play that does not allow trials...-Charles Chaplin
For this reason you must sing, laugh, dance, cry and live intensely each moment of your life. before the curtain closes and the play ends without applause.
Smile! but don't you hide behind that smile...It shows what you are, without fear...
There are people who dream of your smile, as well as I.
You go and live! Try! Life happens in an attempt to live.
Love above all, to everything and everyone love.
Do not close your eyes to the dirt of the world, do not ignore the hunger.
Forget the bomb, but soon do something to combat it, and don't feel incapable.
Search! Looking for what's good in everything and everyone.
Life and people,...make them your reason for living.
Understand people who think different to you, do not criticize them...
Look at your back, friends...Did you make someone happy already today? or did someone suffer from your selfishness?
Do not run... Why such a hurry?
Running is only fear within you.
Dream!
But do not prejudice anyone, and do not transform your dream on to them.
Create! Hold on! There will always be a way out, always shine a star.
Crying! Fight! Do what you like...you must feel what is inside you.
Listen to what others have to say, it is important.
Look up... and climb the steps for what you want to achieve.But don't forget those who failed to climb the ladder of life.
Discover! Find out what is good within you...
Try above all as people, I'm also going to try.
Hey you,..now go in peace.
I must tell you all of that, simply because you exist... - K.A.
The noblest art is that of making others happy. - P.T. Barnum

One City: Many Futures / Willie Levenson from Design Week Portland on Vimeo.

National Bubble Tea day.. and we miss it...


Sunday, April 29, 2018

such sad news

4-year-old boy is swept out to sea while walking on the Outer Banks with his mom

I loved you then, he said, meaning never again. —Lynne Knight

"While Plum Blossoms Sweep Down Like Snow" by Lynne Knight

What you found was not what you sought.
What you loved was not what you thought.
White plum blossoms sweep down like snow
when it rains; the seasons don’t know
the names we use. I loved you then,
he said, meaning never again.
Plead with him all you want: he’s through.
Your turn to decide what to do.

Your turn to decide. What to do—
plead with him all you want; he’s through,
he said. Meaning, never again.
The names we used! I loved you then
when it rained. The seasons don’t know
white plum blossoms sweep down like snow.
What you loved was not what you thought.
What you found was not what you sought.
Only those who care about you can hear you when you're quiet. - unknown

I appreciate you and company.

Saturday, April 28, 2018

The Danger of a Distorted View of the Right
Despite So Much Winning, The Right Feels Like It's Losing
Hungary Has A Xenophobia Problem
House Chaplain Who Prayed About GOP Tax Bill Fired By Paul Ryan
Madeleine Albright thinks it's time to sound the alarm on fascism "What keeps me awake is that our country, our people, are so unhappy at the moment and lost in so many ways and are seeking answers. And I think that we are in kind of a muddle, at just exactly a time when we need leadership that can respect democracy and understand the various elements of our country that work." - Madeleine Albright
Friends or not, France's Macron challenges Trump in Congress speech
Macron Doesn't Believe He Changed Trump's Mind On The Iran Deal

Friday, April 27, 2018

Trump pushes to swap Electoral College for popular vote
U.S. Economic Growth Slowed To 2.3 Percent
Emergency Evacuation Finally Lifted After Huge Oil Refinery Fire In Superior, Wis.
"A Complete Disaster": Noam Chomsky on Trump and the Future of US Politics
President Trump's EPA Says Burning Wood is Carbon Neutral, Like Wind and Solar Energy
CNN's Jake Tapper On McCarthyism, Trump And The 'Jar Jar Binks Principle'
Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Jimmy Fallon puzzle through the Trump-Kanye lovefest

I understand that we are not the one for each other.

Phrases That Kill Intimacy
The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids
Want Authentic Relationships? The 5 Must-Haves For Deep Connection And Fulfillment
DEAR JENNY: A LETTER TO NEWLY DIVORCED WOMEN The wounds and the memories are there; but, every moment moving forward will take you further away from that life-altering event, and closer and closer toward wholeness and healing.
Here’s How Long Couples Should Date Before Getting Married
11 Dating Mistakes That Men Always Make
Men Say 'I Love You' First More Often Than Women & Here's Why, W, you said it first.. :(
Your Parents Influence the Type of People You're Attracted To
Researchers analyze friendship networks to infer ‘hidden’ traits
14 Surprising Psychological Reasons Someone Might Fall in Love with You . Love is still mysterious to me.
The 8 Worst Things Men Can Do On Dates
6 Signs of a Happy Marriage, According to Science
13 Scientifically Proven Signs You're in Love
When Love Seems Too Easy to Trust A young woman thought true love would have all the anxiety and insecurity of a romantic comedy. When it didn’t, that was even more worrisome.
26 Tweets That Will Remind You Just How Married You Really Are
Here’s an intervention to keep our youngest learners from falling behind . Verbal engagement can influence child development more strongly than parental income or education, study shows.

Amen about parenting!

Parents need to work at providing the conditions to grow children into emotional maturity instead of commanding them to act emotionally mature. - Deborah Macnamara
These East Portland neighborhoods saw the biggest rent spikes in 2017
Unauthorized Immigrants Shy Away From Signing Kids Up For Food Aid
'You raped women, Bill Cosby': How a bit in Hannibal Buress's standup led to the takedown of an icon
The Most and Least Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Cities
America's reluctant septuagenarian workforce
Bill Cosby Found Guilty Of All Charges In Sexual Assault Retrial
Study: Colleges That Ditch The SAT And ACT Can Enhance Diversity
Casting Aside Shame And Stigma, Adults Tackle Struggles With Literacy
Here are 65 jobs at Portland Public Schools eliminated or left vacant
Is Din Tai Fung coming to Portland? Here's what we know so far

“Just beyond yourself. It's where you need to be.” ~David Whyte

Just Beyond Yourself BY DAVID WHYTE How do you know that you're on the right path? "Look at that far horizon and deep in the foundations of your own heart," - David Whyte, poet

Just beyond
yourself.

It’s where
you need
to be.

Half a step
into
self-forgetting
and the rest
restored
by what
you’ll meet.

There is a road
always beckoning.

When you see
the two sides
of it
closing together
at that far horizon
and deep in
the foundations
of your own
heart
at exactly
the same
time,
that’s how
you know
it’s the road
you
have
to follow.

That’s how
you know
it’s where
you
have
to go.

That’s how
you know
you have
to go.

That’s
how you know.

Just beyond
yourself,
it’s
where you
need to be.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

'We Simply Can't Take It Any Longer': Teacher Protests Sweep Arizona, Colorado
‘I have nothing to hide’ Pruitt tells angry Congress
Five takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on Trump’s travel ban Is this a Muslim ban? And did Trump overstep his bounds as president? Those were a few of the questions the Supreme Court justices raised Wednesday at a hearing on Trump's travel ban.
The Consumer Complaints Database That Could Disappear From View
VIDEO: New Jersey Ethics Official Resigns Over Ethics Violations, Berating Officer
Ronny Jackson Withdraws As VA Nominee
After Alert On Russian Hacks, Bigger Push To Protect Power Grid
EPA Chief Pruitt Faces Tough Questions On Capitol Hill
High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University
HUD Unveils Plan To Increase Rent On Millions Receiving Federal Housing Assistance
Trump Acknowledges Michael Cohen Represented Him In Stormy Daniels Payment
Bill To Protect Mueller Investigation Approved By Senate Judiciary Committee
The Russia Investigations: What You Need To Know About Russian 'Active Measures'
Teacher Walkouts: A State By State Guide
How America's White Power Movement Coalesced After The Vietnam War
Trump's 'Muslim Ban' Is Already Happening, Immigrant Rights Advocates Say
In Intense Arguments, Supreme Court Appears Ready To Side With Trump On Travel Ban
Federal Judge Upholds DACA, Calling White House Decision To Rescind It 'Capricious'
Another Federal Judge Rules Against Trump's Order To Cancel DACA
Bernie Sanders has conquered the Democratic Party
Waste Control: China's new recycling standards won't dramatically affect Cowlitz County
Benzodiazepines: America's 'Other Prescription Drug Problem'
Filtering American History Through A 'Brown' Lens
5 questions with Shashi Jain: From space fuel to prosthetic hands, pushing the boundaries of AI and 3D printing , this is my friend that I am so proud of.
You may be surprised what retirement income is taxed and what isn’t
‘I’m never ever ever EVER, doing yoga again.’..it is ok ... we all farted...
Antidepressant Microbes In Soil: How Dirt Makes You Happy
Quiz: Are you an extrovert, introvert or ambivert?
The Role Of Yoga In Healing Trauma
Neuroscientists Strongly Recommend that You Visit the Beach Regularly. Here’s Why: Waves gently crashing along the shore. Sunlight streaming from a cloudless sky. Miles of seemingly-endless sand joining the horizon. Sounds pretty…
'Not anorexia, it's a thyroid issue': Actress shares photo of dramatic weight loss
Nobody Tells You How Long a Marriage Is
You Share Everything With Your Bestie. Even Brain Waves.
Sitting Alongside Suffering“The more my heart breaks from witness, it seems, the less wise I get about how to be a source of solace.” ~Courtney E. Martin
Dating In The Digital Age: What Dating Apps Can Teach Us About Finding Love
What We Can Learn From Women Who Cheat On Their Significant Others
3 American intimacies I don't get
I Want Everyone to Stop Following This Terrible Piece of Dating Advice
I’m Raising My Sons To Love Their Wives More Than They Love Me "But, when they do choose, I want my sons to love their wives unconditionally and without any reservations that I might feel loved any less. I want for each one to know it’s OK for him to stand by her side and always be in her corner. I want her to become his one and only.".... MVP, you will never be that man. GPK is sick and twisted.
"Word to the wise gentlemen...if you really want to understand the single most powerful and primal moment life will ever offer —watch your child being born. Its a life changer and the respect and admiration you have for a woman, will forever be boundless." - Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson The Rock is a father again—and writes emotionally about the strength of women; having to go thru child birth in a loveless relationship... this bring so much feeling and tears to my daily struggle.. respect and admiration.. yes boundless...
We Ask Our Kids The Same 3 Questions Every Night
The Mantra Every Mom Of Three Kids Lives By
'You don't get over grief, you just learn to have it as part of your life.' - unknown

“Just beyond yourself. It's where you need to be.” ~David Whyte

This is my feeling.

And you also break my heart.

"There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance." - John C. Maxwell

I can never spend enough time with you. You make me smile. You give me hope. - Colleen M.

Be someone that makes you happy. - unknown.

Be kinder to yourself, and then let your kindness flood into the world. - Pema Chodron

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

4/25, Wednesday, wilted flower... what an irony

Remember to celebrate the day and appreciate its beauty regardless.- Dennis A.

If you are't being treated with love and respect, check your price tag. Maybe you've marked yourself down. It's you who tells people what you'r worth. Get off of the " clearance rack " and get behind the glass where they keep the valuables. - unknown

When you hold a grudge, your hands are not free to catch a blessing. - project forgive

When you find no solution to a problem, it's probably not a problem to be solved, but rather a truth to be accepted. - unknown

We all have one person who hurt us so much, that it changed us forever. - unknown

The most important lesson I've learned over this past year is, don't' let anybody make you cruel. Now matter how badly you want to give the world a taste of its own bitter medicine, it is never worth losing yourself. - unknown

You can't choose your family, but you can choose you therapist. - unknown, aha..

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. - Barbara Bush

For these superfans, the Instant Pot is not just about easier cooking
Is this Japanese concept the secret to a long, happy, meaningful life? What is your reason to get out from bed every morning?
“There’s too many men”: What happens when women are outnumbered on a massive scale
Chinese Women Face Rampant Gender Discrimination From Employers, Report Says
Chau Down: A Portland Food Diary
45 lovely outdoor dining options in Portland
Portland Is America's Next Great Pizza City
Pictures Reveal the Isolated Lives of Japan’s Social Recluses
Here’s How Long $1 Million In Retirement Savings Will Last In Your State
Wealth Inequality 101: What to Know About Wealth Inequality in America
Court rules Israelis on Temple Mount may call out, ‘Am Yisrael chai’
How English-language pronouns are taught around the world
This artist wants to make you smile
I’m an Asian American Actor Who Went to China Before Hollywood Would Cast Me as a Lead (Guest Blog)
American Icons: ‘Spoon River Anthology’
As American Awareness Fades, Holocaust Museum Refreshes The Story

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The Supreme Court's Grand Finale: Trump's Travel Ban
After Trump Hints V.A. Nominee Might Drop Out, an Aggressive Show of Support
Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds
Pruitt Proposes New Rule Defining What Science Can Be Used By EPA
4 New Exemptions To The Tax Penalty For Lacking Health Insurance
After Diesel Scandal, VW Turns To New Leadership And Electric Cars
Why Dozens Of National Security Experts Have Come Out Against Trump's Travel Ban
Newsroom To 'Chicago Tribune': With 85 Percent Backing, We Have Votes For Union
President Trump Opens Door For VA Nominee To Drop Out, Says It's 'His Decision'
Waffle House Shooting: A White Shooter, a Black Hero, and White Presidential Silence
McMaster and Commander
Trump Cannot Fulfill the Duties of Commander in Chief
James Comey Is A National Disgrace
Fred Meyer Stores To Stop Selling Guns And Ammunition; that's a start.
You can be a strong woman in this world, but you don’t have to be a bi#%%!. ~ Lisa Rinna
Stop expecting your kids to chase their dreams, respect themselves, forgive themselves, love themselves.. if they spent a lifetime watching you do the opposite for yourself. - Steve Maraboli

A good father does not abuse this children's mother. A man's abuse of a mother proves in itself that he is not thinking or caring adequately about what is good for the children. - Lundy Bancroft

"In order to be able to think you have to risk being offensive." - Jordan B. Peterson

Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you chose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you. - unknown

He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway here. He who blames no ones has arrived. - Chinese proverb

You can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed. - Misty Copeland

Still, I rise. - Maya Angelou

You can be a warm, loving person and still say no. It just takes practice.- unknown

Love is more black and white than we like to tell ourselves. Don't allow anyone to keep you trapped in the "promise" of the gray area. The bottom line is: if they love you, truly love you, they'll do whatever it takes to be with you. There won't be excuses or doubts or fears or hesitation. LOVE IS ACTION. Everything else is just words. - Mandy Hale

We do don change the world when we whisper, we change it when we roar. - #chimeforchange

I have decided to stop saying yes to people and situations that don't support my well- being. Instead, I will say yes to my happiness, and yes to my growth, and yes to all the people and things that inspire me to be authentic and whole, while at the same time accepting me just as I am. My yes, from here on out, is my pledge to live honestly, my commitment to love myself, and my cry to create my best life possible. YES - Scott Stabile

Anything that annoys you is for teaching you patience. Anyone who abandons you is for teaching you how to stand up on your own two feet. Anything that angers you is for teaching you forgiveness and compassion. Anything that has power over you is for teaching you how to take your power back. Anything you hate is for teaching you unconditional love. Anything you fear is for teaching you courage to overcome your fear. Anything you can't controls is for teaching you how to let go and trust the Universe. - Jackson kiddard

As you are shifting, you will begin to realize that you are not the same person you used to be. The things you used to tolerate have now become intolerable. Where you once remained quiet, you are now speaking your truth. Where you once battled and argued, you are now choosing to remain silent. You are beginning to understand the value of your voice and there are some situations that no longer deserve your time, energy and focus. - PT

There are stars you haven't seen and loves you haven't loved. There's light you haven't felted and sunrises yet to dawn. There are dreams you haven't dreamt and days you haven't lived and nights you won't forget and flowers yet to grow. And there is more to you that you have yet to know. - Gaby Compres

This is the part of my life where I silently remove myself from anyone who hurts me more than they love me, drains me more than they replenish me, brings me more peace than they do peace, and tries to stunt my growth rather than clap for it. I think that I've done more than enough talking and trying to make things work with certain people.. I'm done. - Cici B.

"The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by." - Alek Wek

Monday, April 23, 2018

US senator, 4 congressional candidates say they’ll reject embattled veterans PAC’s cash
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens argues for the repeal of the Second Amendment
John Paul Stevens: Repeal the Second Amendment
Former Supreme Court justice: ‘Repeal the Second Amendment’
Buttigieg Gets Closer to a 2020 Campaign
Conservative author Brad Thor calls Donald Trump 'unfit to serve,' launches 2020 primary challenge
Alexa, Tell Me A National Security Secret: Amazon's Reach Goes Beyond The Post Office
Trump Celebrates Earth Day By Praising Rollback Of Environmental Protections
Tweeters Furious Over Trump Calling Mar-a-Lago The ‘Southern White House’
Naked Gunman Kills 4 In Waffle House Shooting, Remains At Large
A Debt Crisis Seems To Have Come Out Of Nowhere
19 Years After Columbine, Students Walk Out To Stop Gun Violence
National Teachers Union Cuts Ties With Wells Fargo Over Bank's Ties To NRA, Guns
Former Deputy FBI Director McCabe Launches Legal Defense Fund
James Comey Memos: Trump Acknowledged Flynn Had 'Judgment Issues
Most Still Favor Stricter Gun Laws, But It's Fading As A 2018 Voting Issue
Meet The Students Who Dreamed Up Friday's National School Walkout
The Biggest U.S. Banks Made $2.5 Billion From Tax Law—in One Quarter

Report: Seattle air quality among worst in nation, Bellingham cleanest
Family lawyer criticizes B.C. bill that would revoke driver's licences of 'deadbeat' parents
The Ivy League Students Least Likely to Get Married. At Princeton, and in the American higher education system as a whole, there remains a strong correlation between marriage and economic class.
125 Best Places to Live in the USA ; #6 is Portland, and #10 is Portland, Boston is #25< San Diego is #30

Redesigning Maternal Care: Ob-Gyns Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner And More Often
Economic abuse destroys lives – it must be taken seriously
Ten Reasons Middle Schoolers Don't Need Social Media "I hear parents say that they want to teach their child to use social media appropriately, but their midbrains are not developed yet. Like trying to make clothes fit that are way too big, children will use social media inappropriately until they are older and it fits them better." - Adrian H. Wood of Tales of an Educated Debutante
It's not selfish to take care of yourself. "It’s okay to look in the mirror and wonder what happened to the woman you knew. It’s okay to miss her and to want her back. You are never too far gone, you are never past re-discovering. You are still in there beneath the sacrifice and the routine and the week old yoga pants…you are still YOU. I promise." I want my old self back. I get to remember who I am again when Gabo sees his dad. I get to remember and live love. Thank you, my love.
How To Drive Down Smoking In Groups That Still Light Up
17 Intimate Photos That Show Birth Is Beautiful In All Forms “Birth is birth!”
What Is Fructose Malabsorption?
Why Men Struggle with Intimacy?The biggest roadblocks when it comes to intimacy and how to overcome them.
10 Habits to Strengthen a Parent-Child Relationship
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. - Francis of Assisi

"USS Portland Day" April 21st 2018

Warship isn't welcome at Portland's waterfront: Guest opinion
More than 5,000 turn out to watch USS Portland commissioned

And then it happens...

One day you wake up and you're in this place.
You're in this place where everything feels right.
Your heart is calm.
Your soul is lit.
Your thoughts are positive.
Your vision is clear.
You're at peace, at peace with where you've been, at peace with what you've been through and at peace with where you've headed. -Marissa V.

Sunday, April 22, 2018

I am strong, but I 'm tired. -unknown.. times spent today made it all worth while. Thank you for just being there.

Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy. - Tina Fey

This is the start of something beautiful. - unknown

I want to be a woman who overcomes obstacles by tackling them in faith instead of tiptoeing around them in fear. - Renee Swope

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. - C.S. Lewis

Ask yourself what is really important to you, and then have the wisdom and courage to build your life around your answer. - unknown

Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders. - unknown

Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life. -Mark Twain

Happiness is not a checklist. A dream job, a fast car, a good home, even love, mean nothing at all if you have not yet found a way to feel full and content in your own mind and heart. - Beau Taplin

If you know you've been good to someone and they did you wrong, wish them luck and just chill. G-d works in mysterious ways. - unknown

Sometimes you just need to talk about something - not to get sympathy or help - but just to kill its power by allowing the truth of things to hit the air. - Karen Salmanohn

Just love, no fear!

How to Turn Your Dream Guy Into Your Dream Boyfriend
How To Cultivate Your Inner Everyday Hero
7 tips for taking a road trip with little kids as a single mom.. interesting.. given that we just finished our road trip :)
I Need Time Alone So I Don’t Become An Angry Mom I was shamed by former partner and his mother when I needed time alone, as simple as a hair cut and lunch. Don't give power to those bullies. They are not worth your time. “I was mad at myself for getting so irritated about something so insignificant. And then it hit me -- it had been almost ten days since I spent any time alone other than a quick shower.” - Scary Mommy
It’s Going to Be Okay, and It’s Not Going to Be Okay “This is why I write about grief: To inject a bit of madness in a world that so desperately wants me to “move on.” To create space for those of us who fear we will go mad with loss. To tell them it’s okay, and to tell them it’s not.” ~Elena Zhang
NEW EROTICA FOR FEMINISTS
Why Aren’t Trauma Survivors Warned That Parenthood May Be a PTSD Trigger? “Becoming a mother added a whole new, difficult layer to my recovery. I became triggered by things I did with, around, and for my children. I was triggered by certain people around my children. I was triggered by their sheer existence, in that I now could see how innocent of a child I was at the time my abuse began.” The Mighty, I didn't really had a bad childhood.. so the abuse is far from description, but I definitely had many triggers from the unloving people in my life, especially, from my former partner.. so have to courage to face the pain and get out.
Motherhood Ages Women Faster Than Smoking Or Obesity: Study Tell us something we don't know.
I Tried ‘Peaceful Parenting’ and It Turns Out I’m an Angry Dad
Making Sure Emotional Flooding Doesn’t Capsize Your Relationship in H-post
Making Sure Emotional Flooding Doesn’t Capsize Your Relationship in Gottman
Who Should Pay On A First Date?
"You must read to your children and or must hug your children and your must love your children. Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House, but on what happens inside your house." - Barbara Bush
The Unspoken Side Of Long Term Relationships Revealed In 25+ Brutally Honest Illustrations
The Importance of a Virgin Gut: Breastfeeding Is More Essential Than We Thought
When your Mind | Body | Heart are connected you are able to heal your body, replace feelings of fear with love, and regain control of your life. Studies show that our hearts contain neurons just like our brains have and can actually think and react to negative and positive emotions. ❤️ So, if you’re feeling stuck, listen to your heart. It’s actually trying to tell you something!- MOTG Latest research reveals the more you hug your kids – the smarter they get
Coal plant emissions damage infant DNA, a new study shows
Malibu Moves To Ban Single-Use Plastic
After the Cold War, US struggles with a glut of poisonous plutonium
To Curb Ocean Pollution, U.K. May Ban Plastic Straws, Stirrers And Cotton Swabs
Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048
Deadly oil spill devastates Borneo port city – in pictures
Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles
Climate Change Is Killing Coral On The Great Barrier Reef
“It's just about that thing that human beings share, which is pain, and the imaginative yearning. And this is the thing about human beings. We are able to imagine, and to yearn for, joy and peace — for relief from the miseries of this world.”
American Icons: ‘Amazing Grace’

Earth day 2018

I want Gabe and I to commit to reduce the impact of straws on the environment. We need to do our parts to cut down straw to the landfill and ocean!

Saturday, April 21, 2018

RIP

Avicii - Levels

Friday, April 20, 2018

The Secrets of Sleep
A Documentary Captures the Dreams and Anxieties of Affluent Chinese Teens at an American Boarding School
Mindfulness With Kids — Wish On A Star — Kindness Practice
Mindfulness For Kids — Smell And Tell — Sensory Awareness Game
Why Mindfulness Is Good For Children – Benefits Any Parent Can Relate To
Meeting a Basic Need. People who experience hunger rely on SNAP, Oregon Food Bank
Tammy Duckworth Brings Her Newborn To Senate Floor After Rule Change
The Dilemma of the Gluten-Free Diet , it is not east to as I love pasta...
"Love liberates. It doesn't just hold; that's ego. Love liberates." Maya Angelou

Don't stumble over something behind you. - unknown
Why More Than A Million Teachers Can't Use Social Security
Romaine Lettuce: Don't Eat It!, Washignton state included.
E.Coli Outbreak Linked To Romaine Lettuce Spreads To 16 States, Washignton state included.
Neuroscientist Claims that Adderall Is Exactly the Same As Meth
Amsterdam is tackling loneliness one dance party at a time
In Japan, there's a newspaper by people who won't leave their homes
Afraid of Falling? For Older Adults, the Dutch Have a Cure. The Dutch, like people elsewhere, are living longer than in previous generations. Courses that teach fall prevention, and how to fall correctly, are gaining popularity.
Amid Statewide Mental Health Care Crisis, UW Looks to Shutter Psychiatric Unit

Thursday, April 19, 2018

You have to stop thinking you'll be stuck in your situation forever. We will feel like our heart will never heal or we'll never get out of this impossible struggle. Don't confuse a season for a lifetime, Even your trials have an expiration date. Your will grow, life will chage,

Money can buy a bed, but not sleep, a house but not a home, medicine but not health, amusement but not happiness. - unknown

The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet. - Mohadesa Najumi

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that’s all. — Oscar Wilde

Time to check out tulips & USS Portland.. :)

One of Portland’s Only Country Bars Is Closing This Weekend, I never went.. oh well
Portland is about to welcome its namesake Navy ship This is kind of a big deal! Portland is about to welcome its namesake Navy ship, the USS Portland- 3556 N.W. Front Ave. Tours will take place 2-5 p.m. April 16-18 and 20.
We love to laugh at 'The Book of Mormon.' What if it was 'The Book of Koran?'
Woodland's annual Tulip Festival canceled for 2018


There comes a time
A time in everyone's life
Where nothing seems to go your way
Where nothing seems to turn out right
There may come a time
You just can't seem to find your place
And for every door you open
Seems like you get two slammed in your face
That's when you need someone
Someone that you, you can call
When all your faith is gone
And it feels like you can't go on
Let it be me
Let it be me
If it's a friend that you need
Let it be me
Let it be me
Feels like you're always coming up last
Pockets full of nothing and you got no cash
No matter where you turn you ain't got no place to stand
You reach out for something and they slap your hand
Now, I remember all too well
Just how it feels to be all alone
You feel like you'd give anything
For just a little place you can call your own
That's when you need someone
Someone that you, you can call
When all your faith is gone
It feels like you cant go on
Let it be me
Let it be me
If it's a friend you need
Let it be me
Let it be me
Let it be me
Let it be me
If it's a friend you need
Let it be me
Let it be me, let it be me

Oprah Winfrey’s recent report for 60 Minutes shined a spotlight on Treating Childhood Trauma, a subject close to our hearts and core to our mission.
The Science of Resilience
THE EVOLUTION OF TRUST
Shirzad Chamine: Five Strategies to Challenge Negative Thoughts
It's not easy making friends as an adult. Here's how you can get better at it.
New research suggests playing with fewer toys is good for kids
The Cost of Keeping Children Poor.For each dollar spent on reducing childhood poverty, the United States would save at least $7, research shows.
'And Now We Have Everything' Charts The Emotional Extremes Of An Ordinary Pregnancy
The Secrets of Sleep
How parents' arguments really affect their children
Here’s Why You’ve Never Heard Of The Titanic’s Chinese Survivors
Not Everyone Feels Welcome Camping Out In 'Third Spaces' Like Starbucks
【真●香港啤】放棄百萬年薪 半億黃竹坑設廠 投資銀行家:香港永遠係首選
Why Ali Wong Does Asian Comedy Right and Esther Ku is an Epic Fail, love love love Ali Wong.

Heartsick Boy Asks If Atheist Dad Is In Heaven. Pope Francis Reveals The Answer With A Hug.
Starbucks to Close All Stores Nationwide for Racial-Bias Education on May 29
From The Vaults, A Showstopper: Hear Prince Perform 'Nothing Compares 2 U'
Today is Yom Ha'atzmaut--Israel's Independence Day--70 years is a lot to be thankful for. The song sung below, Al Kol Eileh is an Israeli staple. It is a perfect Israeli song in that it celebrates both the honey and the sting, that Israeli life is complicated that is sweetness and there is difficulty, but as Jews we celebrate the opportunity both to wrestle with what is difficult and hopefully continue to do better, but also celebrate what is so sweet about 70 years of a Jewish state. - Congregation Kol Ami

HRC Exposes “The Real Mike Pence”—From Anti-LGBTQ Fanaticism to Assault on American Institutions
After Alert On Russian Hacks, Bigger Push To Protect Power Grid
Republicans Push Bill To Protect Mueller, Without McConnell's Support
How Your Social Class Affects Where You'll Move
Russian authorities want to ban Telegram in the country. But it's not going as well as they had hoped.
Federal Judge Holds Kansas Elections Official In Contempt Of Court
Three Kansas Men Found Guilty Of Bomb Plot Targeting Somali Muslim Immigrants

Trevor Noah Mercilessly Mocks ‘Shady’ Sean Hannity Over Lawyer Bombshell
Facebook To Offer Users Opt-Outs That Comply With New European Privacy Rules
Can We Please Stop Talking About Generations as if They Are a Thing?
100 Top Colleges Vow To Enroll More Low-Income Students
The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World "How will changes in digital life impact people’s overall well-being physically and mentally over the next decade? Some 1,150 experts responded to this question in our non-scientific canvassing. A plurality of experts say digital life will continue to expand people’s boundaries and opportunities in the coming decade and that the world to come will produce more help than harm in people’s lives. Still, nearly a third think that digital life will be mostly harmful to people’s health, mental fitness and happiness. Most say there are solutions. "
The rise of artificial intelligence is creating new variety in the chip market, and trouble for Intel
Facebook Can Be a Risky Place - What Everyday Users Should Know but Don't
Facebook tracks a scary number of details about you — here's how to find out everything it knows
How To Check If Your Facebook Data Was Used By Cambridge Analytica
Facebook Faces Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Its Use Of Facial Recognition Data
Europe's New Online Privacy Rules Could Protect U.S. Users Too
'The Bay Area is broken': startups look to Portland, Boise Stay
Opposition to immigrant sanctuary spreading in California

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Happy birthday, Israel! 🇮🇱 300 Drones Light Up the Sky of Jerusalem in Celebration

White House Correspondents Dinner speech

2017 Hasan Minhaj full White House Correspondents Dinner speech President Obama COMPLETE REMARKS at 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner (C-SPAN)

Chores, teamwork and high expectations: The 15 habits that raise responsible kids
A Guide to Playground Etiquette
What to Say to Little Kids Instead of "Say Sorry", I need to work on this with myself and Gabe.
Here’s an intervention to keep our youngest learners from falling behind "Verbal engagement can influence child development more strongly than parental income or education, study shows."
What’s Your Parenting Style (And How Is It Affecting Your Kids)?
7 Ways You’re Unknowingly Shaming Your Child
Why girls can be boyish but boys can't be girlish "There's still not a single traditionally feminine thing a boy can do that wouldn't raise eyebrows. A boy who likes wearing jewelry or makeup, twirling in a tutu or caring for baby dolls is at best the subject of conversations conducted sotto voce. At worst: a bully's target."
3 Things That Happen When You Stay Together “For The Kids”, more harm will be done to my kiddo in my case, parting way is the best when co parent can't respect and love me for whom I am because I am not his mother. I don't want their hell.
Fear, greed, broken dreams: How early sports specialization is eroding youth sports
When Your Little Boys Aren’t Little Anymore, This is What You Can Look Forward To
Shed those shoes: Being barefoot benefits brain development and more!
Being Mom To A Middle Schooler Can Be The Toughest Gig Of All
Antacids, antibiotics for infants linked to later allergies
Why We Must Protect and Nurture Our Children’s Sense of Wonder
Three more managers leave Nike as internal probe continues
Beaverton deputy superintendent resigns after controversial retweet
SolarWorld's sale saves hundreds of Hillsboro jobs
Tennessee Strips $250,000 From Memphis As Payback For Removing Confederate Statues , what a bunch of crooks in the house...
The Company Michael Cohen Kept — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast
How Will State and Federal Actions Affect Individual Health Insurance Coverage for Middle-Income Americans? “Congress will likely need to act soon to address the fact that many middle-income purchasers of individual insurance in the U.S. face unaffordable insurance prices,” says Tim Jost of Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Comey says he was driven from the Republican Party by Trumpian politics
Republicans Call For DOJ Investigation Into Comey, Clinton, Lynch, Strzok And Page
Report Says Sean Hannity Linked To Other Trump-Connected Attorneys, Besides Cohen
James Comey To 'Fresh Air': The FBI Isn't 'On Anybody's Side'
Sandy Hook Parents Sue Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Over Claim Shooting Was 'Fake'
How religion changed the presidency—and vice versa
NICU Moms Are Struggling With Mental Health Problems — And They Aren’t Getting Help, the mamas need so much love and kindness..
'And Now We Have Everything' Charts The Emotional Extremes Of An Ordinary Pregnancy
The One Phrase We Should Ban From Parenting Conversations
On becoming a mom again: I miss my first born more than you realize, I definitely miss baby Gabo, every day, as this little boy is growing up.
How to raise boys: talk to them about porn, never tell them not to cry
Why do women gossip? Study reveals dark, strategic reasons.
The excruciating loneliness of being a new mother, yet, so personal, so real, so raw.. so me.. mom without a loving partner.. no more.. my dear!
New research explains why moving abroad is the best way to find yourself
This Trend In Dating Is The ‘Worst Decision Any Single Can Make’
How to Raise a Boy
Builder Of World's Largest Titanic Replica In Lego Says His Autism Is A Gift
Beautiful But Heartrending, 'The Only Story' Looks Back At Love Gone Wrong "Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more, or love the less, and suffer the less?" "If you can control it, then it isn't love. I don't know what you call it instead, but it isn't love."
Therapy Is For Everyone, Even You, yes, nothing shameful about it.
Kids Spend Less Time Outdoors Than Prisoners
What Happens to Student Behavior When Schools Prioritize Art
Happiness comes form within. It is not dependent on external things or on other people. You become vulnerable and can be easily hurt when your feelings of security and happiness depend on the behavior and actions of other people. Never give your power to anyone else. - Brain L. Weiss

Love is many things, but it is never deceitful. Nothing toxic comes from genuine love. Remember that. -unknown

All I know is that my life is better when I assume people are doing their best. - Brené Brown

Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength - carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. - Corrie ten Boom

Your child will become who you are; so be who you want them to be. -unknown
I am not my mom or my dad, I am me.
“Some days it just flows and I feel like I’m born to do this, other days it feels like I’m trudging through hell. Every day I make the choice to show up and see what I’ve got, and to try and be better. My advice: keep showing up.” – Des Linden, 2018 Boston Marathon Champion

Mistakes are the portals of discovery. - James Joyce

Bruno Car Karaoke

Life is a found poem

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

1992 香港樂壇「四大天王」破天荒同台勁歌熱舞!

16 years ago...
James Comey tells Stephen Colbert he doesn't think Trump can successfully kill the Russia investigation
Fox News' Judicial Analyst Absolutely Shreds Hannity's Cohen Claim
China slaps 179% charge on US sorghum imports
When the US bows out of nation-building, China steps in
James Comey responds to critics like President Trump in live interview
Hannity exposed as Michael Cohen's client; he, Maddow, Kimmel, and Colbert all melt down
EPA Takes Toxic Site Flooded By Harvey Off Special Cleanup List
Who's In Charge? Potential Leadership Shake-Ups Leave Agencies In Limbo
In Latest Trade Salvo, China Imposes 179 Percent Tariff On U.S. Sorghum
Transcript: James Comey's Full Interview With Steve Inskeep And Carrie Johnson
James Comey Says FBI 'Would Be Worse Today' If Not For His Actions
Moderate GOP Rep. Charlie Dent To Resign
Supreme Court Strikes Down Part Of Immigration Law
After Detailing Russian Hack, White House Cyber 'Czar' Announces Departure
Sean Hannity Defends Withholding Link To Trump's Attorney: 'I Have A Right To Privacy'
Shep Smith Calls Sean Hannity 'The Elephant In The Room' For Reported Michael Cohen Ties
Sara Huckabee Sanders Tweets 'Quantum Entanglement' Mike Pence Photo
Billboards Address Portland's White Supremacy Problem
Coincidence, Or Simple Con?
The longest acts of kindness chain reaction in history is happening in Portland right now and this couple started it all
Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs more than 43,000 cars and is much larger than we thought
Destruction of nature as dangerous as climate change, scientists warn. Human destruction of nature is rapidly eroding the world’s capacity to provide food, water and security to billions of people, according to the most comprehensive biodiversity study in more than a decade.


so personal.. so real...

The funny thing about a strong woman is that she doesn't need you... she wants you. And if you start slacking, she'll be content with you. - unknown

RIP former 1st lady. I may not like the BUSH politics, you are admirable with you devotion to your family.

"At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a children, or a parent."- Barbara Bush, To the Wellesley College graduating class: (June 1,1990)

CHRIS BOTTI IN BOSTON | "Emmanuel" w/ Lucia Micarelli | PBS

MY FUNNY VALENTINE-----CHRIS BOTTI


Oh May 5 th.. Why?
Young People More Likely To Shift Toward Supporting Abortion Rights, Poll Finds
Video Shows Police Tackling, Punching Black Harvard Student
Women’s Economic Empowerment: Clear Pathways To Progress—And Clear Benefits
Liberal echo chamber in Portland schools: Letter to the editor
The scientific way to train white people to stop being racist
Wide Gender Gap, Growing Educational Divide in Voters’ Party Identification
#MeToo has no age limit.
How Does Submissive Sex Work in the Age of #MeToo? A lot has changed in the post-Harvey Weinstein world, including how young women and men approach rough sex.
What About “The Breakfast Club”? Revisiting the movies of my youth in the age of #MeToo.
Mom Raises Her 2-Year-Old Daughter in Prison Nursery: 'This Is My Second Chance' Washington is one of 11 states that offers a prison nursery to inmates with young children. Through the program, moms receive treatment, therapy and parenting classes which helps to prepare them for parenting after their sentence is complete.

Bonding time with you and you, my 2 loves. I love both of you to the moon and back.

The Opposite Of Addiction is Connection

On Robin Williams' birthday, we remember the roles that will always inspire us. (7/21/1951)

Monday, April 16, 2018

If your absence doesn't affect them, your presence never mattered. - unknown

Two views of the Gaza protests, from each side of the border fence
To Honor King, Let's Work to End Racial Capitalism "I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government." - Martin Luther King
The demise of the nation state “It will be objected, inevitably, that any alternative to the nation-state system is a utopian impossibility. But even the technological accomplishments of the last few decades seemed implausible before they arrived, and there are good reasons to be suspicious of those incumbent authorities who tell us that human beings are incapable of similar grandeur in the political realm. In fact, there have been many moments in history when politics was suddenly expanded to a new, previously inconceivable scale – including the creation of the nation state itself. And – as is becoming clearer every day – the real delusion is the belief that things can carry on as they are.”
Conditions in crowded camps worsening for Rohingya ahead of heavy rains
California Housing Crisis: Working But On The Brink Of Homelessness
Twitter Users Hilariously Slam Kellyanne Conway’s Comey Comments

‘SNL’ Host John Mulaney Wrote Last Night’s Best Sketch In 2010

‘Crisis Actor’ Alex Jones Gets A Taste Of His Own Medicine In Brilliant Troll

Kate McKinnon Kills As Laura Ingraham On 'Saturday Night Live'

Robert De Niro's Mueller Scorches 'Focker' Michael Cohen (Ben Stiller) On 'SNL'