by Emily P Freeman | Oct 31, 2011 | 31 Days to Change the World
Those who change the world are ordinary people who have the courage to think different. We may start out in our small towns, intimidated by this big world, but we have to know that there are words only we can say, comfort only we can offer, art only we can make,...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 30, 2011 | 31 Days to Change the World
They finish their apples and get to the core, find the seeds tiny and black inside. Their eyes sparkle with visions of tall shade trees with bright red apples hanging low and sweet. They hardly have to discuss it. Rushing into the front yard in a blur of barefeet and...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 29, 2011 | 31 Days to Change the World
You know what happens when a girl who has lived in the bathroom dares to open the door? When a mother who thought she had no voice begins to realize her voice matters? When a student who has believed she was biding her time to live life for real begins to discover the...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 28, 2011 | 31 Days to Change the World
“Our lives are at once ordinary and mythical. We live and die, age beautifully or full of wrinkles. We wake in the morning, buy yellow cheese, and hope we have enough money to pay for it. At the same instant we have these magnificent hearts that pump through all...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 27, 2011 | 31 Days to Change the World
After I graduated, I worked for several years as a sign language interpreter in the public school system. The student I interpreted for was an attractive, well-liked athlete. Though she had a few friends who used sign language with her, I interpreted most every...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 26, 2011 | 31 Days to Change the World
In America, 100,000 children are forced into sexual slavery every year. See. Over 1.4 billion people in the developing world live below the poverty line (U.S.$1.25 per day). See. There were 75 children in a Haitian orphanage who were at risk of being trafficked. The...
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