DADS and MOMS PAC eNewsletter! - March 2010

DADS and MOMS PAC eNewsletter! March 2010 Email:  info@dadsmomspac.org Bill research and legislative contacts:  http://www.dadsmomspac.org/pacnews.html Dads and Moms PAC,   We have been working hard this pivotal year.  Dads of Michigan PAC is also Dads and Moms PAC.  This year we will be reinventing mission, strategy, objectives, and reinvigorating the constituents.  We worked on the organizational business model, organization structure, 2010 legislative agenda, and Family Preservation Ballot Proposal (FPBP). This is an election year.  Change is good and we need a lot of it.   There are many Democrats and Republicans that support the issues.  Our issues are not about what political party you support, it is about what is right for families.  The greatest thing to do is talk to your candidates in your District.  If you can not reach them, call and talk to the Chief of Staff in their office.  We will be generating a candidate list this year.  Please keep us posted and submit your candidate  recommendations to info@dadsmomspac.org http://www.dadsofmichigan.org/pacnews.html and look at Contact Directors in the top toolbar.   2010 Goals and Objectives Dads and Moms Pac is in pursuit of a very aggressive agenda for 2010. The financial woes are subsiding and this is an election year. We are reactivating our PAC network in every County in Michigan to accomplish this agenda. Please join us and sign up for the eNewsletter. DADS OF MICHIGAN PAC 2010 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA    http://www.dadsmomspac.org/pac-news.html   Ballot Initiative    http://www.dadsmomspac.org/pac-news.html Dads and Moms PAC is supporting the state wide effort for a ballot initiative for Shared Parenting in 2010. Although this is a big task, the use of electronic and social networks provide options that were not available in 2004, the last year this was attempted. We also hope that this will generate a lot of discussion about the benefits of parent involvement in their children's lives despite divorce and custody. Download the ballot and instructions and start helping today. Email info@dadsmomspac.org to get involved. In discussing this Ballot initiative with some leaders in DC, here are some thoughts for consumption,   1.  The ballot initiative identifies who in the current legislature supports/opposes Shared Parenting. 2.  It identifies which political candidates support/oppose the issue. 3.  It generates publicity - which has positive and negative consequences.  The last one received TV and radio coverage at no financial cost. 4.  It identified passionate people to recruit to influence law and policy.  5.  It clearly identified many of the influencers on both sides of the issue, even on our side of the issue. It is ready for you to begin gathering signatures and spreading out throughout the network of people. Please always include instructions along with the ballot. It must be printed out on 8 1/2" x 14" with 2 sided printing.   Follow these links … Ballot Initiative Instructions 2010 Child Parent Relationship Protection Initiative Please sign up for the cause at Facebook:   http://apps.facebook.com/causes/causes/449336/about?cause_id=449336 Shared Parenting Ballot Initiative - also found at A Childs Right To access the ballot initiative from the organization A Childs Right, click here. http://achildsright.typepad.com/achildsright/2010/02/the-michigan-2010-childparent-relationship-protection-bill-.html Also, sign the ACFC Shared Parenting Petition   http://www.acfc.org/site/PageServer#SP_Petition   Shared Parenting Survey Detroit News Shared Parenting Survey http://info.detnews.com/redesign/forums/feedback/lettersindex.cfm?topic=Parenting&forum=newstalk   DV Spring Cleaning: Register Now for the Biggest Event of the Year! Domestic violence laws represent the biggest roll-back in civil rights since the Jim Crow Era Our constitutionally-protected rights and our families are being threatened by the Violence Against Women Act and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act. Both laws are up for renewal in the next year. If we don't tell lawmakers about all the damage that's being done, how can we expect them to fix these laws? The DV Spring Cleaning will be the biggest domestic violence reform event ever held – we invite you to come and make your voice heard! Just the Basics, Sir: ·  WHO: You and dozens of other committed activists from around the country (and even from other countries!) ·  WHAT: Spring Cleaning ·  WHERE: Washington, DC (We will provide you the names of inexpensive hotels in the area. Limited free lodging is available on a first-come, first-served basis) ·  WHEN: Arrive on May 5; meet with staffers on Capitol Hill May 6-7 ·  WHY: The Violence Against Women Act is coming up for renewal in the next year. Lawmakers need to know how VAWA and the FVPSA are trampling on civil rights, harming families, and not helping the victims of violence who most need our help. ·  HOW MUCH: Free if you register by April 23, 2010. $25 if you register after that. (Make checks payable to SAVE and send to P.O. Box 1221, Rockville, MD 20849) A telephone orientation meeting will be held one week prior to the event. We will ask persons to be professionally-dressed for staff meetings. The Spring Cleaning event will also feature a gala (and free!) Turning the Tide dinner on Thursday, May 6. Details of the dinner will be sent to registrants. To Register: Fill in the needed information below and email to this address: barbara@saveservices.org Name: Organization: Street: City: State: ZIP: Cell phone: Email: Questions? Send and email to  barbara@saveservices.org   4th Annual FAMILY PRESERVATION FESTIVAL   JULY 23 - 25, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC UPPER SENATE PARK 200 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 (North Side Of The Capitol Building)     FAMILY PRESERVATION FESTIVAL 2010 IS DESTINED TO BE THE LARGEST GATHERING EVER OF FATHERS, MOTHERS, GRANDPARENTS AND OUR CHILDREN ALL OF WHICH WILL BE CAMPAIGNING FOR EQUAL PARENTING RIGHTS, FAMILY COURT REFORM, CPS REFORM, STOP PARENTAL ALIENATION AND MORE.  http://familypreservationfestival2010.yolasite.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Family-Preservation-Festival/247442833020?ref=mf   Thursday, July 22, 2010  Talk to your State Representatives! Go to the following link, find out who your representatives are and start contacting them now!   Be in D.C. on Thursday to let them know that we need change! http://www.congress.org/   KEY LEGISLATION   ·         HB 5114  is a "shared parenting" bill;  http://www.dadsmomspac.org/shared_parenting.html which will amend current law so that a written custody agreement by both parents will be presumed to be in everyone's best interests.  It is the successor of HB 4564.   In cases where parents cannot write a custody agreement, the court will establish one, based on the presumption of the right of both parents to joint physical and legal custody of minor children.  This presumption may be rebutted if there is clear and convincing evidence that one parent is "unfit, unwilling or unable" to handle their parental responsibilities. Passage of HB 5114 will make the presumption of shared custody the rule rather than the exception in Michigan, allowing both parents to retain physical custody of their children for "alternating and substantially equal" periods of time.  We are currently working with key stakeholder groups and legislative leaders to garner additional support for this bill.    Current sponsors include:  Brian Calley, Kevin Green, Jeoff Hansen, David Agema, Tom McMillin, Tom Pearce, Ken Kurtz, Rick Jones, Marty Knollenberg, Robert Dean, Mike Huckleberry, Richard LaBlanc, Ken Horn, Bill Rogers The following is a list of representatives serving on the House Judiciary Committee.  This is a key committee that will likely determine the fate of this proposal. Reps. Meadows (C), Lipton (Maj. VC), Lisa Brown, Constan, Corriveau, Coulouris, Kandrevas, Bettie Cook Scott, Warren, Schuitmaker (Min. VC), Amash, Haveman, Rick Jones, Kowall, Rocca   Testimony In Support of Shared Parenting HB 5114 http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2009-HB-5114 Dr. Mike Ross Family Rights Coalition http://frcmi.org/ Dr. Mike Ross Testimony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBYxuuCfu88   Murray Davis Testimony (1 of 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYucJucXY6o Murr ay Davis Testimony (2 of 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCtVfCq22_s   Rev. Ronald Smith Testimony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONn6FpgkK50 Derek Bailey Testimony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ohy-kAQWVY Bill Reisdorf  Testimony (1 of 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLtK15EkImo Bill Reisdorf  Testimony (1 of 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6Kk5VZ9d4 Dave Taylor Testimony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_CbO_t6PHo   FIND YOU'RE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES We suggest when contacting your representatives that you not only email them.   Instead, call their offices on the telephone. You'll speak to a real person, and have much more impact.  These people are there to serve you.  It is their job to talk to you and to listen carefully to your concerns. http://house.michigan.gov/find_a_rep.asp http://senate.michigan.gov/SenatorInfo/find-your-senator.htm   DEAR REPRESENTATIVE Thank you very much for your vote for parents, and family. Dads and Moms struggle unsuccessfully with courts to be involved in their children's school and sports activities and with their lives.   Seventy percent in Detroit and one third of Michigan children have only one parent.  Look at the social consequences, to children that loose parents, and parents that loose their children.  We do not support involvement with unfit parents, but even unfit parents can become good parents when given a chance. 1.      Request a modification of the Parenting Time Guidelines published by DHS. 2.      Initiate a Referendum that stipulates that State or Federal funded educational institutions comply with: Title 20, Chapter 31, Subchapter II, Part 4, § 1232g. Family educational and privacy rights I have asked my family and friends to write and vote on this important issue.             Sincerely,   CONTACT THE MEDIA Just like the advice above, it is better to write or call individual editors and reporters.  Tell them what is on your mind.  Suggest story ideas to them.   Tell them how family law is destroying your life, or the lives of you family.   They are always looking for a fresh take on an issue.  Give it to them! Follow the procedures listed in the notes for contacting elected officials above. http://www.dadsmomspac.org/contact_directories.html#media Dads and Moms PAC Action: Many of you can not commit the time to be in Lansing for legislative sessions. With many of the pending bills reaching a critical stage, your small monthly contribution or one time contribution is greatly appreciated.  We can process these via credit card each month via the Paypall account at http://www.dadsmomspac.org.  Please contact us to make your pledge. 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ACTION ALERT: Support CA AB 2416--Child Custody Reform to Help Parents Who Serve; MA. Anti-NCP Bill Opposed by F & F Dies March 30, 2010 Top Stories Action Alert: Support CA. AB 2416—Child Custody Reform to Help Parents Who Serve California AB 2416 will help protect the loving bonds that servicemembers share with their children—to email and fax a letter in support of the bill, click here. Please send your letter whether you are a California resident or not. Fathers & Families has worked closely with the American Retirees Association, Assemblyman Paul Cook, and others on AB 2416, which will be heard in committee on Tuesday, April 6. At Fathers & Families we receive many letters from divorced or separated military servicemembers with painful but preventable family law problems. Many parents serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, or other distant locales are anguished that custodial parents have impeded or completely eliminated their contact with their children. When the deployed soldier calls his children at the court-specified time, nobody answers. Letters are written, but they never reach the children. Needless to say, it is extremely difficult for a deployed servicemember to effectively overcome this visitation interference. Given the length and frequency of current deployments, many soldiers lose all contact and sometimes even their relationships with their children, particularly if the children are young. Other servicemembers return from serving to find that while they once had a custody arrangement which allowed them to play a meaningful role in their children’s lives, the new custody arrangement allows them only a marginal role, if any role at all. To regain their previous custody arrangement they must engage in costly, time-consuming litigation, which increases conflict and dissipates much of the time and money that they would otherwise be spending on their children. AB 2416 will address these problems in several ways: AB 2416 authorizes courts to issue orders granting grandparents, stepparents and extended families the ability to exercise a deployed soldier’s normal parenting time. By encouraging courts to issue such orders, we allow children to preserve their loving bonds with their deployed parents, and also protect the important relationships children share with their grandparents, stepparents, and other extended family. AB 2416 will substantially reduce the current problem of deployed servicemembers being unable to enforce visitation/contact orders. AB 2416 creates a rebuttable presumption that when a military parent is deployed, upon his or her return, child custody and visitation orders will revert to the original order. This protects the crucial role these parents play in their children’s lives, and helps prevent a military parent from having to re-litigate their case. To send a letter to Sacramento in support of AB 2416, click here. America was greatly moved by deployed sailor Bill Hawes’ tearful reunion with his little son and little Siri Jordan’s reunion with her divorced father Dan Jordan. AB 2416 will help protect precious relationships like these. Fathers & Families’ legislative representative Michael Robinson and assistant legislative representative Nicole Silverman have spent months lobbying legislators and gathering support for AB 2416.  F & F is creating real, tangible family court reform today, but our deep, professional involvement in Sacramento requires money–contribute to the organization which fights for you by clicking here. Together with you in the love of our children, Glenn Sacks, MA Executive Director, Fathers & Families Ned Holstein, M.D., M.S. Founder, Chairman of the Board, Fathers & Families Heroic Nanny Runs Through Fire Barefoot to Save Little Boy “[I]t’s just one of those things you can’t put any value on…There’s no price to be paid. It’s a debt that will never be able to be repaid.” From Hero nanny badly burned while saving boy, 5 (TODAYshow.com, 3/26/10): The young woman sat in a wheelchair, her feet swaddled in special bandages for burns, her right arm and hand also heavily bandaged. Snuggling under her left arm was a 5-year-old boy who looked up at her frequently and from time to time caressed her fingers. This was Friday morning, three days since the boy, Aden Hawes, had last seen his nanny, Alyson Myatt. Which was just after she had run barefoot through a wall of flames to save his life. “I love her so much,” Aden told TODAY’s Ann Curry Friday from Kentucky’s University of Louisville Hospital, where the heroic nanny is recovering from burns she received during the courageous rescue. “I miss her when she’s gone.” The words made the 22-year-old Myatt smile and choke back a tear or two. That was something she found herself doing frequently as she recounted how she awoke Tuesday morning to find the house on fire and Aden trapped in his room with flames running through the carpeted hallway outside his door. Fire officials said there’s no question that Myatt’s fearless actions saved Aden’s life and allowed him to come through the experience unscathed. J.B. Hawes, a single parent who hired Myatt two months ago to be a live-in nanny, joined her and Aden at the hospital and choked back some tears of his own. He had been in Minnesota on business when the fire broke out and rushed home Tuesday. “I came straight to the hospital and saw her on the bed,” Hawes said. “To realize what she did, saved my son’s life, you can’t thank someone for that. There’s nothing you can do to repay them for taking that kind of a risk”… …at 6 a.m. Myatt awoke to a crashing boom and wailing smoke alarms. The booming sound was that of the fan falling out of the ceiling and hitting the floor after catching fire again. Myatt jumped out of bed and rushed upstairs in her bare feet... Read more     Legislative Update Good News: MA. Bill to Marginalize Noncustodial Parents, Which F & F Opposed, Dies Fathers & Families opposed and testified against HB 930, a bill supported by the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association that would have further marginalized noncustodial parents in relation to their children’s medical needs. Board Chairman Ned Holstein, MD, MS and Deputy Director Melissa Hodgdon testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Financial Services in opposition to the Bill in February. We’re pleased to report that the Bill is now dead–good news for Massachusetts noncustodial parents.     What's Happening? Fathers & Families Supporter in Sacramento’s Capitol Weekly ‘Children who have been alienated need help’ Child Custody, Parental Abduction, and the Connection to Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy NYT Article on Suicide Misses the Elephant in the Room - Suicide is a 'Male Thing' Army Wife Divorces Husband, Gets Custody of Son; Neglects to Tell Husband About Divorce; Neglects to Tell Court About Son In Sweden, a False Rape Claim and Student Parties Show Double Standard at Work Dad Spends 13 Months in Hospital with Daughter, but Where's Mom? NYT Parrots AAUW on Alleged Anti-Female Bias in STEM Fields - Again NC Man Freed by State Innocence Commission After 16 Years in Prison Website Seeks to Help Those Exonerated of Crime After Time in Prison When Will Policy-Makers Take Seriously Boys' Underperformance in Scool?     Kids & Dads Father: 'I wanted her to be absolutely sure in her mind that I was here for her' From the New York Times' A Father-Daughter Bond, Page by Page (3/21/10): "Jim Brozina and his wife had two daughters, Kathy and Kristen.  Jim loved to read to them when they were little, but when the older girl, Kathy, was in the fourth grade, she announced that from then on, she would read to herself, thank you very much.  She didn't need Dad for that anymore. "But Kristen still wanted her father to read to her, so Jim wasn't totally bereft.  He read to Kristen every night, but as time passed, the dreaded (for Jim) fourth grade approached, the time when Kathy had struck out on her own.  About that time though, both of Kristen's grandparents died, Kathy went off to college and her mother announced she was divorcing Jim.  Jim and Kristen were left with only each other. "Then, with their family pared abruptly from six to two, Jim proposed the 'Streak.'  He suggested that he try to read aloud to Kristen for 100 consecutive nights.  She agreed, and the thing was easily done; they read every night for over three months without ever missing a night.  But that wasn't enough for her, so Kristen upped the ante - and then some.  With the Streak over, she suggested they go for 1,000 straight nights.  Jim was pleased, but wondered how they'd manage it.  After all, that's over 2 1/2 years without ever forgetting, without ever being apart, without ever being sick. "Still, they embarked on the new Streak...In all, Jim read to Kristen for a total of 3,218 days, nights, mornings, afternoons.  For almost nine years, they never missed a day..." Read more     Join Fathers & Families Fathers and Families is a family court reform organization with a comprehensive strategy, an impressive history of legislative and fundraising success, and the largest reach of any advocacy group of its kind: Get Involved Give a Gift Become a Member of the Fathers & Families Action Squad     Become an F & F Activist/Supporter by Filling out Our Volunteer Form Missed an E-Newsletter? Read Them All Here

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ACTION ALERT: Support CA AB 2416--Child Custody Reform to Help Parents Who Serve; MA. Anti-NCP Bill Opposed by F & F Dies March 30, 2010 Top Stories Action Alert: Support CA. AB 2416—Child Custody Reform to Help Parents Who Serve California AB 2416 will help protect the loving bonds that servicemembers share with their children—to email and fax a letter in support of the bill, click here. Please send your letter whether you are a California resident or not. Fathers & Families has worked closely with the American Retirees Association, Assemblyman Paul Cook, and others on AB 2416, which will be heard in committee on Tuesday, April 6. At Fathers & Families we receive many letters from divorced or separated military servicemembers with painful but preventable family law problems. Many parents serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, or other distant locales are anguished that custodial parents have impeded or completely eliminated their contact with their children. When the deployed soldier calls his children at the court-specified time, nobody answers. Letters are written, but they never reach the children. Needless to say, it is extremely difficult for a deployed servicemember to effectively overcome this visitation interference. Given the length and frequency of current deployments, many soldiers lose all contact and sometimes even their relationships with their children, particularly if the children are young. Other servicemembers return from serving to find that while they once had a custody arrangement which allowed them to play a meaningful role in their children’s lives, the new custody arrangement allows them only a marginal role, if any role at all. To regain their previous custody arrangement they must engage in costly, time-consuming litigation, which increases conflict and dissipates much of the time and money that they would otherwise be spending on their children. AB 2416 will address these problems in several ways: AB 2416 authorizes courts to issue orders granting grandparents, stepparents and extended families the ability to exercise a deployed soldier’s normal parenting time. By encouraging courts to issue such orders, we allow children to preserve their loving bonds with their deployed parents, and also protect the important relationships children share with their grandparents, stepparents, and other extended family. AB 2416 will substantially reduce the current problem of deployed servicemembers being unable to enforce visitation/contact orders. AB 2416 creates a rebuttable presumption that when a military parent is deployed, upon his or her return, child custody and visitation orders will revert to the original order. This protects the crucial role these parents play in their children’s lives, and helps prevent a military parent from having to re-litigate their case. To send a letter to Sacramento in support of AB 2416, click here. America was greatly moved by deployed sailor Bill Hawes’ tearful reunion with his little son and little Siri Jordan’s reunion with her divorced father Dan Jordan. AB 2416 will help protect precious relationships like these. Fathers & Families’ legislative representative Michael Robinson and assistant legislative representative Nicole Silverman have spent months lobbying legislators and gathering support for AB 2416.  F & F is creating real, tangible family court reform today, but our deep, professional involvement in Sacramento requires money–contribute to the organization which fights for you by clicking here. Together with you in the love of our children, Glenn Sacks, MA Executive Director, Fathers & Families Ned Holstein, M.D., M.S. Founder, Chairman of the Board, Fathers & Families Heroic Nanny Runs Through Fire Barefoot to Save Little Boy “[I]t’s just one of those things you can’t put any value on…There’s no price to be paid. It’s a debt that will never be able to be repaid.” From Hero nanny badly burned while saving boy, 5 (TODAYshow.com, 3/26/10): The young woman sat in a wheelchair, her feet swaddled in special bandages for burns, her right arm and hand also heavily bandaged. Snuggling under her left arm was a 5-year-old boy who looked up at her frequently and from time to time caressed her fingers. This was Friday morning, three days since the boy, Aden Hawes, had last seen his nanny, Alyson Myatt. Which was just after she had run barefoot through a wall of flames to save his life. “I love her so much,” Aden told TODAY’s Ann Curry Friday from Kentucky’s University of Louisville Hospital, where the heroic nanny is recovering from burns she received during the courageous rescue. “I miss her when she’s gone.” The words made the 22-year-old Myatt smile and choke back a tear or two. That was something she found herself doing frequently as she recounted how she awoke Tuesday morning to find the house on fire and Aden trapped in his room with flames running through the carpeted hallway outside his door. Fire officials said there’s no question that Myatt’s fearless actions saved Aden’s life and allowed him to come through the experience unscathed. J.B. Hawes, a single parent who hired Myatt two months ago to be a live-in nanny, joined her and Aden at the hospital and choked back some tears of his own. He had been in Minnesota on business when the fire broke out and rushed home Tuesday. “I came straight to the hospital and saw her on the bed,” Hawes said. “To realize what she did, saved my son’s life, you can’t thank someone for that. There’s nothing you can do to repay them for taking that kind of a risk”… …at 6 a.m. Myatt awoke to a crashing boom and wailing smoke alarms. The booming sound was that of the fan falling out of the ceiling and hitting the floor after catching fire again. Myatt jumped out of bed and rushed upstairs in her bare feet... Read more     Legislative Update Good News: MA. Bill to Marginalize Noncustodial Parents, Which F & F Opposed, Dies Fathers & Families opposed and testified against HB 930, a bill supported by the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association that would have further marginalized noncustodial parents in relation to their children’s medical needs. Board Chairman Ned Holstein, MD, MS and Deputy Director Melissa Hodgdon testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Financial Services in opposition to the Bill in February. We’re pleased to report that the Bill is now dead–good news for Massachusetts noncustodial parents.     What's Happening? Fathers & Families Supporter in Sacramento’s Capitol Weekly ‘Children who have been alienated need help’ Child Custody, Parental Abduction, and the Connection to Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy NYT Article on Suicide Misses the Elephant in the Room - Suicide is a 'Male Thing' Army Wife Divorces Husband, Gets Custody of Son; Neglects to Tell Husband About Divorce; Neglects to Tell Court About Son In Sweden, a False Rape Claim and Student Parties Show Double Standard at Work Dad Spends 13 Months in Hospital with Daughter, but Where's Mom? NYT Parrots AAUW on Alleged Anti-Female Bias in STEM Fields - Again NC Man Freed by State Innocence Commission After 16 Years in Prison Website Seeks to Help Those Exonerated of Crime After Time in Prison When Will Policy-Makers Take Seriously Boys' Underperformance in Scool?     Kids & Dads Father: 'I wanted her to be absolutely sure in her mind that I was here for her' From the New York Times' A Father-Daughter Bond, Page by Page (3/21/10): "Jim Brozina and his wife had two daughters, Kathy and Kristen.  Jim loved to read to them when they were little, but when the older girl, Kathy, was in the fourth grade, she announced that from then on, she would read to herself, thank you very much.  She didn't need Dad for that anymore. "But Kristen still wanted her father to read to her, so Jim wasn't totally bereft.  He read to Kristen every night, but as time passed, the dreaded (for Jim) fourth grade approached, the time when Kathy had struck out on her own.  About that time though, both of Kristen's grandparents died, Kathy went off to college and her mother announced she was divorcing Jim.  Jim and Kristen were left with only each other. "Then, with their family pared abruptly from six to two, Jim proposed the 'Streak.'  He suggested that he try to read aloud to Kristen for 100 consecutive nights.  She agreed, and the thing was easily done; they read every night for over three months without ever missing a night.  But that wasn't enough for her, so Kristen upped the ante - and then some.  With the Streak over, she suggested they go for 1,000 straight nights.  Jim was pleased, but wondered how they'd manage it.  After all, that's over 2 1/2 years without ever forgetting, without ever being apart, without ever being sick. "Still, they embarked on the new Streak...In all, Jim read to Kristen for a total of 3,218 days, nights, mornings, afternoons.  For almost nine years, they never missed a day..." Read more     Join Fathers & Families Fathers and Families is a family court reform organization with a comprehensive strategy, an impressive history of legislative and fundraising success, and the largest reach of any advocacy group of its kind: Get Involved Give a Gift Become a Member of the Fathers & Families Action Squad     Become an F & F Activist/Supporter by Filling out Our Volunteer Form Missed an E-Newsletter? Read Them All Here

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