by Mary Carey | May 30, 2020 | Compassion, discrimination, police, police brutality, racism
When I worked for a PBS station, I learned children up to the age of four believe whatever they are seeing on TV is actually taking place. If they are exposed to violence, they believe it is occurring in that moment, not taped weeks earlier. This was fascinating to...
by Mary Carey | Mar 11, 2020 | death, dog, grief, grieving, pet
Things can easily go from bad to worse. I broke some bones in my foot, and they continue to not completely heal, which greatly limits my mobility. I thought that was bad, but I had Patsy sitting on the couch across from me as I recovered, and she makes funny...
by Mary Carey | Oct 23, 2019 | drug testing, drugs, Motherhood, Parenthood, parenting
First there was one, then there were two, then three, and now it is six. Six children of people who my friends know and love, have lost a child. LinkedIn would refer to them as my second connections. Their deaths were all due to drug overdoses. They all came from...
by Mary Carey | Feb 18, 2018 | Adoption, Bullying, Compassion, empathy, friend, friends, friendship, Parenthood, parenting, Relationships
Students being gunned down and murdered at school triggers things in all of us. Many of us have been having conversations focused on guns. There is a whole other group of people who aren’t talking about guns, but instead, talking about the experience of exclusion....
by Mary Carey | Oct 9, 2017 | Harvey Weinstein, sexual harassment
I kind of feel badly for Harvey Weinstein. I worked with someone like him. He was gross too, but I always kind of felt sorry for him. When I was in my twenties I worked for a broadcasting company. The person in charge of our office was a man named Gerald. He was...