Save It for Later

In Save It for Later you’re getting a brief run-down of each week's stand-outs from things I've bookmarked to "read later" either from Diigo "Read Later" list, Pulse News, Twitter, and/or Pinterest.  

Save It for Later: 3 Things April
Saturday, April 27, 2013

April is National Poetry Month, National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This week BlogHer gave us 6 Amazing Last-Minute Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month.  I really like #5 which is an online app called That Can Be My Next Tweet that mashes up your own Twitter stream to create tweets that are somewhat poetic.  I tried the app.  Here are some of my mashed up tweets: (read more)



Save It for Later: Manti Te'o, Kids Online Safety and More 
Saturday, January 19, 2012

With the fantastic and tragic Manti Te’o story taking the forefront this week, a story about a star college athlete being duped, or victim of an elaborate Catfish scheme, wherein he was tricked into believing a beloved online girlfriend had died then finding out she never even existed, I wondered how I could protect my children, who are a tween and teen regularly using social media, from falling victim to such pranks.  Of course, we discussed the situation and I was stunned at the knowledge they already possess. (read more)


Save It for Later: Women Veterans and Senators
Sunday, November 11, 2012

Congratulations! You survived the Election 2012.  It was exciting and great for women.  Here’s the best of what I bookmarked this week, all related to women and being American.  Happy Veteran's Day!
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Back in April, Anna Mahler, a regular contributor toWednesday's Woman spotlighted Taryn Davis, founder of the American Widow Project.  Veteran's Day is certainly a time to keep our widows in our thoughts. (read more)



Save It for Later: Voices of Healing
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Last week, I was thrilled to be featured at Erin Margolin’s space for her series Your Roots Fridays, where writers explore their beginnings.  I struggled with this post because, as I am sure some of you experience, it’s difficult to articulate where words come from and where the need to write originates.  Please check out my submission, Me Too, and then explore the rest of the great stories submitted by others in the Show Us Your Roots series. As I explored Erin Margolin’s space, I realized she is an active voice and co-founder of the Gay Dad Project.  This is a project that you must take note of and share with friends. (read more)

Save It for Later: BlogHer '12, Reality TV, and Back to School
Sunday, August 5, 2012

Thanks to the kindness of Ashley Taylor and Stacey Gill, I had the opportunity to go toBlogHer ’12 and celebrate my VOTY honor.  Thanks to my inability to overcome the fear of the dentist, I missed it.  Dentists are expensive--more expensive than what I had saved for a flight to NYC.  I was faced with deciding between a cracked front tooth and lost crown being fixed and attending the conference.  The situation depressed me.  And I still haven’t found an affordable option for fixing my teeth.  I’m in a funk and hoping to overcome it by continuing a fearless examination of what it means to be me: Sperk*, a human, mom, friend, and (read more)

Save It for Later: FAMU and Penn State
Sunday, July 15, 2012

Briefly, Robert Champion, a drum major in the FAMU marching band, was hazed to death by band mates on the band’s bus—Bus C, to be exact—a bus known for passengers being hazed if they chose to ride on it.  Seems the band director knew hazing was going on, but thought it had stopped.  However, in an interview shown on E:60, he claims he did not know it was going on, at all.

Also on Wednesday, the family of Robert Champion filed a wrongful death law suit against FAMU.  Of course the president is stepping down.  It’s not timely; it’s what is done once the law suits start coming in.  In my opinion, (read more)  

Save It for Later: Father's Day and Jerry Sandusky
Sunday June 17, 2012

Father's Day is not a fun one for me.  As some of you know, my father is a child molester and I was one of his victims.  I know I am not alone in experiencing mixed emotions during Father's Day and some have different reasons than my own.  However, there are some great dads out there and they deserve to be honored.  If you are one of those dads, and you know who are even if you did not receive a new drill or tie, Happy Father's Day.  Keep up the good work.  Your kids need you.  You are significant in their lives and you must never forget it--even on your worst of days (read more)




Save It for Later on Pinterest
Friday May 4, 2012

To gather my thoughts into a cohesive and purposeful state, I usually read articles of interest via Twitter orPulse News, or I will pin, pin, pin on Pinterest.  However, today, organized thought eludes me. 

I am thinking that if I share some of the content I have been curating at Pinterest (or using in desperation to bind an idea into a succinct bit of writing), it may be fruitful in helping me to work out whatever restlessness keeps me from focus (read more).

Save It for Later:  My Bad Blog Comments and Poetry
Sunday April 22, 2012

Friday I sat down to catch up on the great bloggers I connect with each week at yeah write.  To do so, I was going through the comments left at my yeah write #53 entry, making sure I connected with each author at their place of blogging.  See, I believe in reciprocity, not for the sake of gaining followers, but for the sake of establishing meaningful connections.  I truly value the relationships I am making through Sperk*, and as we all know (read more),







Save It for Later: Topics that Wore Me Out
Sunday, April 15, 2012

I had a therapist once tell me that if I felt like I needed to stay in bed and had an opportunity to do so, to go ahead and do it.  That’s exactly what I did yesterday.  I needed it and feel better for it.

Although I had the most incredible week which included an outpouring of support for my post on child sexual abuse and the Church, continuing to create meaningful connections with other bloggers, both of my girls getting all A’s on their report cards, the sun shining, and the winter blues diminishing, (read more)  

Save It for Later Saturday: Kony Conundrum
Monday, March 19, 2012

The Kony 2012 campaign has lost a little steam in the realm of attention.  But I think it deserves more examination.  Currently with over 82 million views, the InvisibleChildren video, a short film about brutal Lord’s Resistance Army leader, Joseph Kony, went viral after its March 5, 2012 upload to YouTube.  Since then there has been an outpouring of support for and criticism of the movement.

I talked with my children about the campaign to gain a sense of how much attention it was getting in their schools.  I wanted to be sure they were approaching the topic with critical and (read more)



Save It for Later Saturday: Empowering Your Princess 
Monday, February 6, 2012

I wouldn’t call myself a feminist of the stereotypical kind, but I am very passionate about female empowerment.  When I came across this article shared by @DrPriceMitchell, I knew it would be one I would include in this week’s review.  In 10 Wonderful Quotes from Women, Dennis E. Coats, Ph.D. give us (read more)









Save It for Later Saturday: Teens on Google+, Early Ed, and Picnik
Monday, January 30, 2012

There are plenty of opinions on teens and social media.  In Driving Online Without a License I outlined my own opinion and experience with introducing Facebook to my daughter.  In short, I think that teens should use social media. But, just as parents set guidelines for social behavior when teens leave the house, guidelines must be set for social online behavior. (read more)








Save It for Later Saturday: The Election, Conflict Resolution, and Reassurance
Saturday, January 22, 2012

This week during one of our dinner conversations, my daughters fired off questions about the presidential election.  The questions were not difficult to answer.  I understand the electoral process.  But the questions were difficult for me to clearly answer in a way that was meaningful to them.  There’s a lot to the electoral process and they were not aware of much beyond voting, counting, and winning. (read more)








Save It for Later Saturday: Open Classroom, LEGO Friends, and Pinterest
Saturday, January 14, 2012

One of my favorites on Twitter is @timbuckteeth, aka Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor of learning technology in the Faculty of Health, Education and Society at Plymouth University.  His background in e-learning is extensive.  He is a vanguard in the field of educational technology. (read more)