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I Can Only Accept It

1/18/12 1:05pm by BBernard
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A few weeks ago, I shared the story of a spunky, smiling local 7-year-old girl, Jorelys Rivera, who was abducted in broad daylight as she ran back to her apartment from the complex’s playground to grab a drink. She was never seen alive by anyone other than her abductor again. (Here’s the link to that post: http://www.mamasagainstdrama.com/2011/12/possible-not-probable/.)  Read more >

The Loss of Jorelys Rivera and the "Possible, Not Probable"

12/6/11 12:36pm by BBernard
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Jorelys Rivera

This past weekend in a little city called Canton, just north of Atlanta, 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera, was snatched -- in broad daylight -- from her apartment complex’s playground while in the care of a babysitter as her mother rested after working a nightshift. Then she was sexually assaulted and murdered. Her beaten body was shoved in a Dumpster. A special kind of trash can that compacted debris. She was found after a two-day search. The experts will tell the parents of Canton that what happened this past weekend to Jorelys is “possible not probable.”  Read more >

I Haven't Written a Letter to My Kids

11/16/11 12:15pm by BBernard
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Let’s talk baby books. You know what I’m going to say: My first-born has an almost completed baby book. My second-born has an empty baby book. What each of these baby books has in common, though, is a little lonely envelope labeled “Write a Letter to Your Child.”You’d think this would be no problem, er, considering a make a living writing. And yet, there the envelopes sit – vacant, unfilled – like my heart must be for not giving my babies this simple gift of words.  Read more >

The Day My Son Went Unruly

11/9/11 10:21am by BBernard
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My nearly 6-year-old son is something of a perfectionist and almost totally a rule follower. At my first-ever-elementary school parent-teacher conference, my heart burst with pride when I heard what an extremely respectful and sweet boy I was raising. Score: He says, “Yes, m’am,” when I’m not around. He hates to disappoint grown ups. He’s a pleaser. He colors in the lines (as best he can) and he wants to get it right.  Read more >

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Full Name
Brooke Bernard
Member Since
July 2011
About Me: 
Brooke Bernard blogs most Wednesdays at http://www.mamasagainstdrama.com. And she's trying out Twitter (really, "tweeting"? It's such a silly word). Follow @BrookeBBlogs. Brooke started seriously writing in the fourth grade when she won a literary contest with a short story about being trapped in the library overnight. Every aspiring writer’s dream, right? 
After college, where she double majored in English and journalism, Brooke took an office manager position at a parenting magazine, simply to get her foot in the door. From there, she worked her way up to calendar editor and eventually editor. After several years editing various consumer and trade publications, Brooke bought some office furniture and started freelancing from home while bouncing a baby boy on one knee. 
Today, she’s the mother of two, still freelancing part-time and trying not to spill any wine on the computer keyboard while convincing her 5-year-old that the Facebook logo is her company logo. “Yes, honey, updating my status is serious business.”
Brooke and her very patient husband live with their son, daughter and two neurotic dogs way down south. 
Profession: 
Editor/Writer
Location: 
Georgia

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