Thoughts on the Democratic Convention

If you listened to the speakers last you you may have come away, as I did, with a wish for a Heinz-Kerry and Obama ticket. When it comes to values and ability to engage the listener, I found that I was amazed at Barack Obama's ability to speak to the issues and remind us of our patriotic roots. And then, Kerry's wife did an equally fantastic job. While I might think that Obama would be the ideal

A Great Adoption Inservice

Yesterday, I gave up my Saturday to attend an Arizona inservice on infant adoption options. It was a great update and covered everything from the emotions of the adoption triad to Arizona law. It was well-organized and funded by a grant... so it was free CEUs for us, a nice lunch and good conversation. As an adoptive mother and medical social worker, the inservice gave me tons of things to think

Do Vacations Really Help?

I always look forward to vacations. But the reality is that I also feel that I pay for them, both before and after. On the About Mental Health site, I noticed an article on the subject, "Do Vacations Really Help?"  A summer 2002 survey of 1000 Americans by the Gallup organization found that most of us return from vacation more tired then when we left. So true!

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Monday Again

I don't really like Mondays. It's back to work after an all too short weekend. Transitions are never easy, unless it is transitioning to the less structured time of the weekend!
 
I have invited Christson, social worker from Nigeria to post to this Blog as well. Hopefully, we will have many social workers from around the world posting their thoughts and experiences.
 
Liz Mitchell
Social Work

Sunday and the Beautiful Clouds

It's Sunday. We went to church which is something we haven't done in quite some time. Sometimes life is just too hurried. At the end of the service the minister stopped to address the needs of a church member who's 23 year old grandson lay in a coma. Evidently this had been his situation for some time. He was urging her to let go... to let her grandson's life lie in the hands of God and what will

Saturday is a Good Day!

So far, no one has called off sick for the weekend shift and I can work at home and maybe... just maybe... do some walking for exercise. With all the work-life balance I espouse, I had better get out and walk the talk!
 
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Blogging - Social Workers Can Do It

It's Friday and I have decided that Social Work World needs to keep up with the trends. Voila' a Social Work World Blog! On our site we have added an eBay Social Work Auction, have tons of links to interesting social work sites, accept articles written by our colleagues. So why not a Blog for Social Workers? You are welcome to comment and post too. I recently posted a link from a fellow that