Some toddlers give that gift every day to their mothers. How about you? For 2023, Mother’s Day is on May 14. Maybe you’ve already wrapped some gifts and made your plans to honor Mom on her special day. Maybe you’ve been overloaded and are just now scrambling for ways to throw the spotlight on Mama….
Dear Next Generation: ‘Dear Older Me’
There’s a song called “Dear Younger Me” by a popular Christian group, Mercy Me. In listening to it one day, I began to think that the younger me should have written “Dear Older Me” in order to envision what kind of person I would have aspired to be. So when I read The Epoch Times’…
Tapping Into Success: Couple Turns a Childhood History Project Into Thriving Business
It’s often said that one person’s junk is another person’s treasure. Andy Humphrey would likely agree, because the old maple syrup tapping spouts he found in his family’s junk drawer in fifth grade turned into the thriving business he owns and operates today. An ambitious set of entrepreneurs from America’s heartland, Andy and his wife,…
7 Things Parents Should Do Before Summer
Summer’s on its way. As every parent knows, summers are precious opportunities to embrace the very best of childhood and, at the same time, periods of potential challenge when it comes to day-to-day thriving as a family. To make the most of the former and minimize the latter, here are seven things to do before…
Dear June: Financial Gifts Between Sisters
Dear June My 90-year-old sister recently gave me $200 for picking her up for church. I didn’t want to take it, but rather than make a scene (there were a couple of others in the car), I reluctantly took it. My first thought was to mail it back to her, but she’s easily offended. I…
The School Year Home Stretch
Whether you homeschool or send your children to school, for most parents of school-aged children, this time of year is a busy season. Calendars tend to fill quickly with recitals, concerts, ceremonies, project deadlines, and all manner of end-of-the-school-year happenings. While daydreaming about the simpler summer season on the horizon, we may suddenly become panicked…
Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (May 9)
May 9, 2023
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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery rose 55 cents to $73.71 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for July delivery rose 43 cents to $77.44 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for June delivery rose 2 cents $2.48 a gallon. June heating oil rose 1 cent $2.39 a gallon. June natural gas rose 3 cents to $2.27…
Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘Stella Dallas’: Barbara Stanwyck as an Unlikely but Devoted Mother
U | 1h 46 min | Drama | 1937 Director King Vidor’s “Stella Dallas” is about exchanging dreams: those we choose to exchange and those we’re compelled to. His film draws on Massachusetts-born Olive Higgins Prouty’s novel of the same name. The daughter of a mill worker in 1919 Massachusetts, Stella (Barbara Stanwyck) dreams of…
Dear Dr. Chloe, My Therapist Is Moving to a Different State, I Am Worried About Starting Fresh With a New One
Dear Dr. Chloe, I’m very distraught because my therapist recently told me she is moving to another state in a month, and that I will need to transfer to a new therapist if I want to continue therapy. She gave me a list of possible therapists to try, but I’m too upset to consider it–I…
Kohlrabi Deserves Better
Kohlrabi is an acquired taste. It’s bland, with a mild hint of mustard-like fire, and is surrounded by a tough, thick peel. “It tastes like the part of broccoli you throw away,” Sarah Aswell wrote for McSweeney’s in a piece called “Your First CSA: A Month-By-Month Guide to Enjoying Your Farm Share.” Comparing kohlrabi to…
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