Mattie J.T. Stepanek Foundation
This old social media slider from a previous “President’s Day” post popped up today… it was created years ago, when our personal and global concerns and specific cares were different than those of today… and
Across nearly two decades, I lived and laughed while also loving and losing my four children — all of them born before I was diagnosed with a genetic condition that I unknowingly passed on to
As #Partners4Peace with the Mattie Stepanek Peace Foundation, the Main Street Connect community hosts weekly “Dinner with Mama Peace” gatherings for MSC members, and monthly “Lunch with Mama Peace” gatherings for anyone in the community.
Members of the Main Street Connect Community gathered with “Mama Peace” to celebrate the end of 2022 and welcome 2023 with a fun party in Poppy Boy’s Kitchen. About two dozen members revelers came together
Welcome to 2023–a year of “Be”… this was my “midnight moment word”… #Yes! #Amen. #Huzzah… #Be…
The recent and current days have been abundant with challenges… but they have also been abundant with community, and family, and the things that remind me of the wonderful worthiness of life—even amid challenges… Thank
We live in an amazing world… as Mattie said, with genuinely and generally good people. More people love, and respect, and seek and shine and bring light than the fewer people who make unfortunate choices.
A week ago today, I was packing up to head off for four amazing days with my IAFF MDA family at the annual Softball Tournament down in Watkins Regional Park. Hard to believe that the
What a fascinating day, with connections and conversations and celebrations of neighbors — around the block and around the world… The first “Lunch with Mama Peace” hosted by Main Street Connect at Soulfull Cafe was
Wow… I love that I am living in Downtown City of Rockville… just a block from Mattie’s Peace Room and the Soulfull Cafe at Main Street Connect — where I host #MamaPeaceChat sessions and engage
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