Tag: Life & Tradition

Every Child Needs a Mrs. Patton: Teacher Helps Boy With Brain-Based Delays Excel Academically

Every child needs a Mrs. Patton in life. That’s what Tracy Ross, mother and novelist from Cincinnati, Ohio, thinks. Her son, Kamran, 17, was born with brain-based developmental delays. However, he had a Mrs. Patton—a loving, nurturing, and giving teacher—and it altered the course of Kamran’s life. Under the selfless care of Mrs. Patton, Kamran…


What the World Needs Now: Grace, Harmony, and Raphael

When darkness seems to shroud the world, traditional art can help. Art’s ultimate role is to uplift us by reminding us of how to be good, true, and the best we can be. When traditional artists create such enduring art, it can awaken our innate goodness. The works of Italian Renaissance master Raffaello Sanzio (better…


Reviewing 2021, Part 4: Asking the Delicate Question of ‘How?’

What is the last question that every thinking person needs to address if they are to live a full and fulfilling life? So far, we first considered where our culture stands today on spiritual matters. Then, we considered some questions: In the second article, we looked at why existence exists; then in the third article, we…


Brilliantly Detailed Ink Drawings of the World’s Iconic Structures—Take a Closer Look

Artist Emi Nakajima says she’s a “dream traveler.” The Japanese, Thailand-based illustrator journeys around the world in her imagination, creating captivating architectural drawings. Describing the transportive power of art, 27-year-old Nakajima told The Epoch Times that she began looking at photos of buildings as a child. Her restlessness to discover foreign lands led half-Japanese, half-Thai Nakajima…


The Power and Beauty of Great Verse: Celebrating National Poetry Month

April, lovely April. Scraggly March with its lion’s entrance and lamb’s departure has at last taken a final bow, and April now steps to the stage. Associated with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, and derived from the Latin “aperire,” meaning “to open,” April waves her magic wand and turns lawns from brown to effervescent…


Former Teacher Chooses Homeschool: ‘An Incredible Blessing for Our Family’

As some parents decide whether to homeschool their children, a specific facet of the homeschooling population may offer some unique insight. Among homeschoolers you might be surprised to find a great many former public school teachers who said “no thank you” to the prescribed route and chose the path of homeschool for their own children….


Sports Embody the American Way

The benefits of sports for young and old are abundant and clear. First up, of course, are physical recreation and pleasure. The 9-year-old soccer goalie, the high school sophomore who makes the baseball team, the volleyball player who wins a spot on her college team, the 30-year-old man who’s playing on his church’s softball team,…


The Swindle of Mass Testing and Schooling

In the last few years, I’ve heard a lot of complaints that doctors don’t do real doctoring anymore. They do blood work and run various other scans and tests, but they often can’t seem to figure out the problem if a patient doesn’t fit the cookie-cutter mold that those tests and scans can diagnose. A…


Woman Sends Granddaughter to Lone Elderly Man’s Table to Ask Him to Join Them, Prompting Double Kindness

An Australian couple were dining with their grandchildren when they noticed a lone elderly man at a nearby table. Something about the sight of the man in his 90s touched their heart, and what they did next has tugged at netizens’ heartstrings. Ali and Chris were at a Chinese restaurant in Yarrawonga, a town in the…


22-Year-Old Raises Teen Half-Sister After Parents Die: ‘She’s My Own Child’

A 22-year-old college senior, who filed for guardianship of her 16-year-old half-sister after the teen’s mom died, says that giving her sister the chance to live her teenage years to the fullest is worth the sacrifice. Hunter Nelson, originally of North Carolina, now lives in Kentucky with Gracie Nelson, a high school sophomore. The half-sisters’ father…