Tribute this Saturday for Air Force Capt. killed in plane crash | The Antelope Valley Times

Tribute this Saturday for Air Force Capt. killed in plane crash | The Antelope Valley Times

Victoria attended grade school, junior and high school with my daughter Alexa and they were good friends.  I am good friends with her mother, Michelle.  It breaks my heart that she is gone. 

No Greater Gift Than Being a Mother

ACOG - Study Finds Adverse Effects of Pitocin in Newborns

ACOG - Study Finds Adverse Effects of Pitocin in Newborns

 Researchers found that induction and augmentation of labor with oxytocin was an independent risk factor for unexpected admission to the NICU lasting more than 24 hours for full-term infants. Augmentation also correlated with Apgar scores of fewer than seven at five minutes. The Apgar is a test that evaluates a newborn’s physical condition at one and five minutes after birth based on appearance (skin coloration), pulse (heart rate), grimace response (medically known as “reflex irritability”), activity and muscle tone, and respiration (breathing rate and effort). A baby who scores eight and above is generally considered to be in good health.

Fairchild Airmen killed in Kyrgyzstan crash identified | Spokane/E. WA - KXLY.com

Fairchild Airmen killed in Kyrgyzstan crash identified | Spokane/E. WA - KXLY.com

 Victoria was a wonderful young woman.  She went to grade school, junior high and high school with my daughter Alexa.  Her sister Samantha was friends with my son Oliver and I am friends with her mother Michelle.  So sad that her son will grow up without his mother, but I know he will know her as Michelle, Larry, Nichol and Samantha and her husband will make sure he knows what a wonderful, talented and giving woman his mom was.  It was a pleasure knowing you.

Walt Disney: Water Babies Silly Simphonies

My oldest use to not go to bed until she watched this. . .

An Exam With Poor Results - NYTimes.com

An Exam With Poor Results - NYTimes.com

 Moreover, the exam sometimes reveals benign conditions that lead to follow-up procedures, including surgery, that do not improve a woman’s health but instead cause anxiety, lost time from work, potential complications and unnecessary costs.

Why women should embrace a ‘good enough’ life - The Washington Post

Why women should embrace a ‘good enough’ life - The Washington Post

 In my years as a journalist, I have written and spoken a great deal about women’s lives and struggles, and wrote a book about the conflicts facing successful female professionals. But today, 16 years into life as a working mother and 23 years into a marriage, I’ve come to question many of the truths I once held dear. The woman I wanted to be at 22 is not the woman I wanted to be at 38 — not even close — and she is certainly not who I am now at 55.