It’s August 6th 2015, day 4 of my Matthew Kenney Raw Food Chef Training in Huahin. Wait a moment, I hear you think, “I thought you already were a raw food chef”. Well, I did Elaina Love’s training in Bali in 2013, and that certified me as a raw food chef and educator by Pure Joy Academy. This is my personal desire to upgrade my skills and knowledge and learn from what I consider the best raw food academy that I know of.

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  Give them power I say! Our kids that is – when they are involved in taking responsibility for their packed school lunch (and for their health in general) then success is more likely. The same goes for us working parents!

For fellow consumers of news imagery, the past several days have delivered a particularly grueling daily diet of disaster photographs. Toxic explosions, inner-city bombings, unfathomable photos of institutionalized slavery, heart-wrenching images of the millions of desperate, displaced fugitives of war battered me vicariously each day of the past week. To be sure, the brave photojournalists who put themselves on the front lines of atrocity and danger to focus the world's attention all deserve our incredible gratitude and respect.

  You’re all set to go, you've bought new backpacks, met the teacher and lunchbox is prepared. It's a bittersweet feeling that comes with another new school year. And as you deal with that, you might already see yourself relaxing once they are off to school with a cup of coffee on quiet, kid-free mornings.