My @Walmart experience was bad.

I have a secret fear that I am @peopleofwalmart material. This is only 1 reason I don’t shop there, but I had a whim. I wanted to make my cousin an apron for the holiday weekend and it was late so I knew Walmart was my only choice. Also:Walmart in Panorama City is 7 miles […]

When Being A Stay-At-Home Mom Isn’t A Choice

1 in 5 "stay at home moms" live in poverty. I pay $700 a month in day care. Some folks can not afford to pay that much so it is cheaper not to work. At least in Los Angeles Cou to we offer subsidized child care (I need some of that!) 📰 read more on […]

Passive office aggressions

I’ve been asking for 6 months for a new printer or replacement parts to make this one work. I was told it is no big deal and I could “live with it”. Huh. The IT guy found it to be a huge deal and “I can’t work like this” was shouted from his desk this […]

SonyaKeith’s post on Vine

Check out SonyaKeith’s post on Vine! https://vine.co/v/MFxMqTpduYb

Finding Jose From Pacoima and Feeding Hom

Yesenia of @Mendpoverty and I, and our 3 year old daughters, find Jose and give him food and drink.

Meet Nemo

He is my piggy bank. I let kids play with his coins. Once a mother told her child to keep the money and baked when I said "no". She said that because I had a job, I didn’t need the funds and if I really needed it I would have spent it. Well…today I am […]

Training Table Top Design

Sometimes trainings are enlightening. The workshop I was at today would have been great -my first year as a social worker. .tone and inflection .listening .eye contact .staying on point .building trust This is Client Interactions 101. So to keep myself quiet, I modified name rags and renamed my classmates. The instructor was very proud […]

Rape Culture….All in a nice little book

Listening to this is making me angry. He is controlling and assaults her and she starts out angry, scared and fighting. So please explain to me how statements to the effect of 1. I will punish you with kisses 2. You must have known that dress would… 3. Men are not rocks How is this […]

This. This thank you note

Is what makes my day so great and my job meaningful. Pardon the high tech censorship. Xo homeless In Los Angeles

How do you explain the über rich and the homeless

Being on the same streets