fallon's blog

Music has always been so soothing to me. There's a song for everything and everything in a song. So, being as passionate (and talentless!) as I am about it, I always have music going. Luckily, the rest of the household is the same way.  Read More »

At least once a year at this time, I try to blog about prematurity in some way. Last year, I wrote about legislation that I found important. The year before, I wrote specifically about the March of Dimes and WalkAmerica.  Read More »

I make many grammatical errors in the course of my writing. Going through old posts, I cringe when I come across all of the commas that my comma-happy-self has put in places they don't rightly belong.  Read More »

An Arkansas town has recently been so plagued by crimes (ranging from drive by shootings to home invasions), that the city has voted to place parts of the town on lock down. A 24 hour curfew has been put in place and anyone violating that curfew is subject to being stopped by police and, if they cannot sufficiently explain themselves, placed under arrest.  Read More »

My sister and I were standing in the kitchen prepping for dinner when my husband's cell phone rang. He answered and almost immediately, we heard him shout. I, of course, raced out of the kitchen to find out what was wrong. He held up a finger, indicating I should wait before peppering him with questions as I have a tendency to do.  Read More »

On July 15, 2008, 2 year old Caylee Anthony was reported missing to the police by her grandmother. According to the 911 calls that have been released, her grandmother stated "I have someone here that needs to be arrested in my home and I have a possibly missing child. I have a 3-year-old that's been missing for a month."  Read More »

So, ProgressiveU has been down as most of you have undoubtedly noticed by now. And you even managed to survive an entire weekend without it. Now that we're back up and running after the server issue (heretofore known as the Great Server Debacle... because it sounds cool); I thought I would start the resumption of blogging festivities by continuing (sort of) my last entry.  Read More »

"The death of a baby is like a stone cast into the stillness of a quiet pool; the concentric ripples of despair sweep out in all directions, affecting many, many people."  Read More »