Birthday Smile

Birthday Smile

by Monica Palmer I think I have a problem. It all started innocently enough. I bought a few Wizard of Oz plates and napkins from a party store. Then, it snowballed. I made poppy centerpieces, cut out clouds and taped a rainbow of streamers to them, crafted a gym size...
MO Viewpoints

MO Viewpoints

Mike Ferguson devoted an entire “Missouri Viewpoints” to the important issue of Hunger in Missouri with guest Monica Palmer, Feeding Missouri’s Communications Manager.   Missourians Helping Missourians 2014 from Missouri Viewpoints on...
I Didn’t Vote

I Didn’t Vote

by Monica Palmer Like many of my fellow Gen Xers, I got very excited about voting the year I turned eighteen. It was an important rite of passage. I was finally an adult with an opinion that mattered! Election Day came, and I waited in line, stood in a little cubicle...
Dirty Laundry

Dirty Laundry

by Monica Palmer   I’m making my dirty laundry public today. Last week, our dryer decided it was overworked, so it went on a strike of sorts. As bad luck would have it, the part we needed to fix the dryer wasn’t in stock at the local appliance store. That is how...
Rich Kid

Rich Kid

by Monica Palmer For the first few years of parenthood, I feverishly worked into the wee hours the nights before Halloween to craft handmade costumes for my son. I refused to buy him the flimsy things from the store, because I wanted him to have a costume made with...