Monthly Archives: May 2013

With No Way to Return Home, Syrian Refugees in Iraq Live in Limbo

By Carolyn | Published May 30, 2013

The boy standing in the cement block doorway called to us to take his picture. We couldn’t resist his bright smile in the bleak and dust of the refugee camp. We went over and snapped a few shots and he looked at them proudly on our cell phones. His uncle, who was hovering close by, […]

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A Mom’s Best Or Worst Day

By Carolyn | Published May 9, 2013

The following blog first appeared on The Huffington Post. _______________________ Every day, thousands of women celebrate one of life’s most amazing experiences — becoming a mother. But every 30 seconds a mother’s first moments with her baby are cut short, on the very day she gives birth. Until now, we didn’t know how common this […]