by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Travel & Tourism
What happens when you take four juvenile justice professionals, combine their energies with several enthusiastic juvenile delinquents to create and serve up wonderful meals to a caring community in Anchorage, Alaska? You get a much-enhanced library at the Dong Bang...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
Today, I watched You Tube make-up artist and sensation Lauren Luke’s public service announcement about domestic violence, titled How to Look Your Best the Morning...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Healing & Gratitude
My life’s been so clenched lately. At work, we’re reorganizing. At home, I’m reorganizing, looking forward to a year with both of my daughters at home with more than a little anxiety. And there’s no reprieve in sight in my work or personal life for the next few...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
My father Kova Meredith Today is Father’s Day. It’s a time when those who have one remember and (ideally) honor their fathers, those who had one remember their fathers, and those who had none mourn their losses. In my work with juvenile delinquents,...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
In late May of 1985, I received the gift of a lifetime when my dear friend, attorney Ira Uhrig, located my biological father. Kova Meredith was living on a farm in rural Kentucky, and had recently rented a home in Louisville. I was twenty. My father was seventy. ...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Travel & Tourism
I recently returned from working a week in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city in the United States. I’m so fortunate to have a job that pays a slim salary, but offers benefits like generous leave, medical insurance, and an alternate workweek. My work also offers...
