Leg cramping during vigorous exercise is one thing, but leg cramping in the middle of the night is something else entirely. It’s perplexing, it’s painful, and it keeps you awake! Poor sleep causes a poor mood and low functionality the next day, so this is a no-brainer; it’s essential to figure out how to get…
Mom of 8 Says Advocating for Son With Down Syndrome Is Her ‘Biggest Achievement’ in Pro-Life Outreach
A pro-life couple from Missouri has thrown resilience, faith, and gratitude straight into the face of fear after learning their eighth child was diagnosed with Down syndrome. For parents Cathy and Andrew Daub, getting pregnant with their eighth baby came as a complete surprise as they already had their hands full with six boys and…
Looking Over My Shoulder: Hope and Inspiration From an Old Textbook
At my elbow as I write these words is “Modern English Readings, Fifth Edition,” a college textbook published in 1946 by Rinehart & Company, Inc. On the first blank page, written in an impeccable hand with a fountain pen, is this claim of ownership: “Mr. & Mrs. James E. Minick, ’46.” My mom and dad…
Simple, Clever Tricks to Make Your Stuff Last Longer
Being wasteful is easy, especially when everything seems to be so plentiful and simple to replenish. Just order more. Or run to the store, right? Sure, we love to buy things on sale, but that’s not the only way—or the best way—to cut costs. Discovering simple ways to make things last longer is the surefire…
Strong Foundations Make Strong People: Building Virtue in Our Children
The 7-year-old darts through the dining room carrying his plastic shield and wooden sword, and yelling “Up, men! Up and at ’em!” Close on his heels is his 5-year-old sister, barefoot, wearing a tiara on her head, floating in her princess dress, and carrying a spatula for her scepter. Grandpa sees a little boy still…
America’s First Experiment With Paper (Fiat) Money
George Washington—surveyor, farmer, soldier, and statesman—never thought of himself as an economist, but experience taught him a great deal about fiat (unbacked) paper money. When the Congress foisted it on his Continental Army and tried to pay for food with it, his men suffered privation. By contrast, the nearby British ate well because they paid in…
‘God’s Will’: Couple’s Journey to Adopt Preemie With Severe Birth Defects and Bring Him Home
Parents Amy and Nathan Duncan from North Carolina, who always knew their adoption journey would be a little different, became adoptive parents to a premature baby boy with severe birth defects before he was even born. Doctors thought he wouldn’t survive, yet, after 104 days of fighting and fervent prayers, the baby headed home. The…
Musician Nadia Boulanger and Her Boulangerie
To be yourself, limit yourself. To limit yourself, be yourself. This saying is a “double dicho,” an aphorism that says the same thing in two directions. (The concept was introduced to American culture by Ernest Hemingway in “The Old Man and The Sea.”) This particular double dicho could have served as the watchword of a…
Silver Bracelet of American Soldier From WWII POW Camp Unearthed by Czech Metal Detectorist—Returned After 76 Years
Catching a glint of silver in the woods last fall saw the completion of an epic WWII tale over seven decades in the making. An American soldier some 76 years ago lost a silver bracelet of sentimental value in a forest in what was then Czechoslovakia. For many years, the endeared item and other effects…
Ivan Choultse: Painter of Light and Snow
Landscape artists paint the physical beauty around them. Some who live in northern regions have adapted to harsher environments, and this is the setting that suits them to do their art. Russian artists reveal the wonders of nature in every season, especially winter. Although early Russian landscape painters imitated Italian painters, they soon explored and refined…
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