by Patricia Holbrook | Dec 29, 2015 | AJC, Blog
The last days of any given year often carry bittersweet feelings for me. I tend to look back into the year that closes with a mix of joy and sorrow, pride and disappointment. I believe that, for most of us, we cannot help but analyze the closing year and set our hopes...
by Patricia Holbrook | Dec 15, 2015 | AJC, Blog
The real-life video showed various children filmed while writing down their Christmas lists to Santa. They eagerly shared their wishes: a new electronic gadget, an expensive doll and a swing set were among the many items. On the next scene, the interviewer asked them...
by Patricia Holbrook | Dec 1, 2015 | AJC, Blog
I stood in line earlier this week at the security checkpoint of Baltimore-Washington International, looking down at my watch, certain that I would miss my flight to Atlanta. Security was on high alert following the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris and subsequent...
by Patricia Holbrook | Nov 17, 2015 | AJC, Blog
An interesting story is told of Col. Joahnn Gottlieb Rall, commander of the Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey, during the Revolutionary War. It is reported that the colonel was playing chess when a courier brought a letter containing an urgent message stating that...
by Patricia Holbrook | Nov 3, 2015 | AJC, Blog
Shortly after midnight on Oct. 23, hurricane Patricia became the strongest Pacific hurricane on record in the Americas. My phone started buzzing with texts from my family and friends that morning, since my name was soon to be associated with the strongest hurricane...
by Patricia Holbrook | Oct 20, 2015 | AJC, Blog
One hundred million shoe boxes. From Uganda to Indonesia, from Ecuador to the refugee camps in the mountains of Iraq, 100 million children received a gift of love in the form of a shoe box in the last two decades. To some of these children, the small shoe box...
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