Laura Donnelly's Blog – January 2013 Archive (2)

Wrote a recent grant application that required only contact  information and a poem that reflects Latinitas mission.  Disclaimer - had to write this on short notice!

Her numbers are large and fast growing, yet her voice barely heard.

A drop out, pregnant, futureless, media says.

Foreigners, moochers, illegals, the vitriol drolls.

But, we know her better. Her missing narrative.

She’s a writer, producer,…

Expressing gratitude has the most soothing results, sometimes minutes, other times hours later.  I find this year I am even grateful for the challenges which have made me grow and change. Regarding Latinitas, I am grateful to all of you who blog, vlog, post photos and express to us some of the most interesting thoughts I come across in my week.  I am grateful to certain girl bloggers for telling it like it is (Diamond Girl, age 12) and others who sign on during camp or through our youth…