Baby steps

This morning as I was doing a little but of rushed work, sipping my peach tea, trying to have a good start to my week, I ended up reading this on CNN.com.Like the article says, the sad but true truth is that some parents don't do simple things that every parent can to help their children thrive. It made me happy to ready actually, since I had the joy of teaching some child development classes with a couple of really great moms in Baltimore who have genuinely turned their lives around for themselves and their infant daughters, and who I am sure will be such better parents for it. Change comes slow, since each individual is responsible for taking responsibility for him or herself in the end, but when the decision is made to make a change, and make it for good - wow - really incredible transformations occur. At least that's what I saw when I worked with these amazing women, and it is my hope that their children and their children's children are raised with all the promise and love possible.