A blushing bride was surprised by a heartfelt gesture from her dad when he wore a handcrafted paper tie she made as a child, aged 5, for their father-daughter dance. She had never believed her dad’s promise to wear the relic at her wedding and thought the tie had been lost years before. The gesture…
Bride Weeps as Dad Dons Dusty Paper Tie She Made Aged 5 for Father-Daughter Dance
A Better Work-Life Balance: Time Management Strategies for the ‘New Normal’
For many these days, day-to-day life looks a bit different than it did just a few years ago. More people are working from home, more companies are instituting shortened work weeks, and more parents are homeschooling their children. Managing the hours of each day while juggling it all can be challenging. I asked productivity coach…
Plan Your Next Vacation Around a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Even if you’ve explored Everglades National Park in Florida and caught glimpses of crocodiles, manatees, and other wildlife, or visited Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where important chapters in the birth of the United States were written, did you know that they’re among 24 places throughout the country honored as World Heritage Sites by the United…
Rackham’s Illustrations of Fairyland
February 20, 2022
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The child in us knows about fairies. There are more than fairies, of course—elves, gnomes, giants, grouchy trees, lecturing flowers, legendary heroes, and men who sleep for 20 years. Fairies and their buddies live under, over, and beyond the world we see. We know about them because illustrators like Arthur Rackham (1867–1939) offer adventures to…
5 Ways to Keep Your Kids From Saying ‘I’m Bored!’ Outside
In an effort to escape the suffocation of being indoors all day, you’ve packed up the kids and headed to your nearest trail, park, or open space. After you’ve applied sunscreen or layers of clothing, leashed the dog, strapped the baby in the stroller, and embarked on that healthy activity called “getting outside,” one of…
Shen Yun Principal Angelia Wang on the Virtues That Make a Dancer
Angelia Wang is iconic. Despite the fact that society at large has long had little working knowledge of the intricacies of classical Chinese dance, within the first decade of New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts’s creation, Shen Yun became a household name. And Wang, having been with the classical Chinese dance company since 2008, was…
Video: 8-Year-Old Daughter Marshals in Air Force Dad From Final Flight, Sons Spray Hose
The proud children of a U.S. Air Force pilot have had the honor of welcoming him home, in traditional style, from his final flight after a 20-year career. Mom Kimberly Damron, of Charleston, South Carolina, filmed her husband John Damron’s happy homecoming and uploaded the footage to social media. The post went viral. “It is…
Texas Parents ‘Driven by Faith’ Adopt 3 Siblings out of Foster Care, Becoming a Family of 8
Driven by faith, a Texas couple with three biological children adopted three siblings out of foster care, growing from a family of five to a family of eight. However, amid all the moments of the chaos of a six-child household, the Mills family home in Abilene, Texas, is filled to the rafters with love. Siblings…
Docuseries ‘Abraham Lincoln’ on History Channel
February 19, 2022
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Recently, a rather pernicious piece of disinformation has gained Internet traction falsely claiming Abraham Lincoln had owned slaves. He didn’t and anyone who suggests otherwise should lose all credibility. While the degree of Lincoln’s anti-slavery beliefs evolved and hardened during his public life, he always found chattel slavery morally reprehensible. Lincoln also resided in free…
Walk Japan to Explore the Soul of a Country
Our hotel bathroom in Kyoto was filled with conveniences that were a testament to Japanese ingenuity: a warm toilet seat that sprayed water, a portion of the large mirror that remained clear even after an exceptionally invigorating and steamy shower, and a sophisticated hair dryer with more settings than I had hairstyles. However, as I…
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