Month: January 2015
January 15, 2015
Never got the opportunity to deeply bond with his dad
Dear President Obama, What’s supposed to be one of the happiest moments in a woman’s life can also be one of the scariest. The birth…
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January 15, 2015
I need my income to take care of my children
Dear President Obama, My name is DeLonda, I am a 31 year old mother of 2. For the three months, I’ve been blessed to be…
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January 15, 2015
Luckily, my employer was very kind
Dear President Obama, My name is Shannon and I live in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. When I started my job as a sign language interpreter for…
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January 15, 2015
She struggled through 2 heart attacks
Dear Mr. President: My name is Nancy and I am a member of 9to5 Wisconsin. I would first like to take this time to thank…
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January 15, 2015
I worry now that one of my kids will get sick this winter
Dear President Obama My name is Evelin. I live in Bellevue Washington with my husband and 2 children, and work at a social service agency.…
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January 15, 2015
Getting sick as a child was an adventure and a gamble.
Dear President Obama, I’m writing to ask you to push for paid sick days legislation in Congress and to urge every mayor and state legislature…
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January 15, 2015
Dad deserve more time with my newborn
Dear Mr. President, My name is Patrick, and I'm writing to you as an excited, but appropriately terrified father-to-be. And there's a lot to be…
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January 15, 2015
Caretaking experience was completely uncompensated
Dear Mr. President: I am writing to urge you to support a national family and medical leave program. Twenty years ago, my father passed away…
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January 15, 2015
Seven-months pregnant with my first child
Dear President Obama, I am thirty-two years old and seven-months pregnant with my first child. The experience of growing my family with my loving husband…
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January 15, 2015
I am a 33 year old mother
Dear Mr. President, My name is Sonya and I am writing to share my deeply-held belief that America would greatly benefit from a national bill…
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