I am not sure about you, but I feel at least partially responsible. I am super sensitive to this crisis and literally tear up and cry every time I see or hear something about these children.

While I am very familiar with the maddening and heart wrenching story of the children of Dafur, I feel that this crisis is a hot topic in the media and with our celebrities.

I seem to hear a whole lot less about the Iraqi war orphans. I have seen a few blurbs here and there, but not as much as some other situations. I am aware also that these children are not able to be adopted, so they could add to the seemingly disinterest of the media.

In a way I feel a responsibility to these children, after all, it was my country who went over there and bombed their cities. Yes, I understand life was not a Disneyland for them before either, but I am fairly certain that over 2 million (est. in 2007) Afghan orphans and even more Iraqi orphans would love to have their parents back.

Regardless of what side of the war fence one falls on, it is an undeniably tragedy that so many children have been affected but these conflicts. They live in deplorable conditions and there is very little hope for their future. In my heart, I feel like there isn’t enough being done for these children. I wish I could take care of them all.

What can we do?

Unicef is working hard to help these little children. (Not only that but they are also currently working in Dafur, Myanmar, and China) You can make any size donation- every bit helps. I know times are tough for a lot of people now with food & gas prices rising, but all you have to do is skip a one coffee and in return get to know you did what you could to help restore life back to these blameless victims.

This post was brought to you as part of the Bloggers Unite for Human Rights.

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Welcome to my pad, please sit right down and make yourself comfortable. Would you like something to drink? I make a mean punch.

I would love to learn about you, I am sure your life is very exciting. Aren’t all Mommies lives exciting? Filled with sloppy kisses, messes, silly sayings, and veggie battles?

Let’s see about me. I am married to J, computer genius extraordinarie. He keeps me grounded and laughing all at the same time. We have 2 little boys Ty who is 5 and Toby who is 4. I also have a stepdaughter A who will be 11 in a few short weeks.

We live in sunny, hot Florida and would love to move right out of this state. Someday. (sigh)

I am a recovering perfectionist. I take on too many projects, but I can’t (or don’t want to?) say “no. ” After 31 years of life I still seem to be growing into my skin. I am always learning and becoming more comfortable with just being ME.

I like to attempt crafty things. I sew, I make cards and gifts, I bake all our bread, make all our cleaners and I cook from scratch almost every meal, every week. We rarely eat out.

I like to read. I am a bit of a know it all as a result of this. I am constantly reading- books, magazine, brochures, newspapers, whatever. My friends look to me like the yellow pages.

I am getting my feet wet in the independent contracting business. I have been webmastering, writing newsletters & employee handbooks, and organizing events.

I am big on going green and have been concerned for the environment years before it was popular. I remember when I was in middle school asking for environmentally friendly & organic shampoo for Christmas. (What a geek!)

I usually enjoy gardening, although this year I am sitting it out. I am trying to simplify my hectic life and this is one thing I had to cut out this year. I am sad, but determined to come back even better next year.

That’s a little about me. What about you? Join the5th Annual Mommyfest Blog Party and play along!

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Today’s Give Me Five’s is about things I have been busy with in the last 2 weeks. Wow, things have been absolutely crazy here!

1. Work- I have been picking up quite a bit of side work. It seems like I may have overdone my load I decided to take on! I am writing newsletters for a few companies, I am designing a website, writing website content, and helping organize events for another. Oh! I am also am back completing employee handbooks for my old company that I worked at before I got swept away with having my boys!

2. TaeKwonDo- last week Ty had a summer camp demo, this weekend the boys were in a large parade performing TaeKwonDo forms and throwing beads, this coming weekend is another demo. All these shows also require extra TaeKwonDo practices. We have been going non-stop!

3. Cleaning-I have been trying to do a bit of Spring cleaning through all of this. Not completely successfully, I may say, but some is better then none in my opinion. I defrosted and cleaned my deep freeze, reworked files, cleaned out drawers and so forth.

4. Trying to get the kids all settled for school next year. I am still waiting on one last school for Tyler. If He doesn’t get into this one, then I will begin the process of homeschooling v. regular neighborhood public schooling. I’ve really had to work on my patience and obsessing over this one. It is difficult for sure.

5. Family and friends. Through all of my busyness, I have tried to continue and improve my time with the people I love. I may have 5 hours of work left for that day, but I make sure I take the time to cuddle with my boys, play some Candyland or watch a movie with my hubby. I have kept all my weekly dates with my friends, even when it has been tempting to let them go so I can sneak in a few more hours of work.

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