11-year-old Isabella Pieri knows the intense heartache of loss. Two years ago, her mother, Patricia Pieri, died of a rare illness. Since then her father, Philip Pieri, has taken on the daunting role of single parenthood to Isabella and her older brother. The one thing Philip has yet to master? Doing Isabella’s hair. Philip tells […]
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Man Takes Cat Lunchbox to Work to Show Bullied Cousin That Men Can Love Whatever They Want
David Pendragon and his cat lunchbox are making a point that should have already been taken by now. After Pendragon learned that his 10-year-old cousin, Ryker, was being teased for the lunchbox he was carrying, he got the same one and took it to work—his corporate and conservative coworkers loved it. The epic lunchbox features […]
‘Crap Baskets’ Are the Answer to All Your Clutter Woes
If you have a family, chances are you also have a lot of crap. Everywhere. Especially if you have children, who tend to leave evidence of their existence in and around every inch of the paths they have traveled. Some people are really good at keeping up with the daily task of picking up, organizing, […]
I Improved My Life By Lowering My Expectations
By Jessica Elliott of jessicaelliottwriter.com Mental and physical health problems plagued me for years while I played a game of hide and seek with happiness. No matter how much I pushed myself, the more I did, the further behind I felt. Nothing was good enough. I jumped from taking more college classes, to doing yoga, […]
What Makes a Ride or Die Friend
By Valli Vida Gideons of My Battle Call I think everyone needs one person. I have been blessed for over three-fourths of my life to have two. I was lucky to meet them in the fifth grade when my dad’s job as an Air Force Pilot relocated us after the Christmas break. Lucky for me they […]
The Lie I Tell My Doctor and Grasping for the Courage to Tell the Truth
By Jodie Utter of Utter Imperfection My annual well-woman exam is coming up, and I’m wondering if I’ll tell my doctor the truth this year. Each year there seems to be something I find I am not willing to offer up on the intake forms, some truth that’s too hard to tell. Once I’m in […]
Can We Please Have Summer Back?
By Colleen McCardell of Are We There Yet? Spring is officially here. The birds are singing, flowers are poking their heads through freshly rained-upon dirt, and the air smells good, right? Wrong. As I look out my kitchen window, all I see is white. It’s Montreal. And it’s snowing. Why is it still snowing? It’s […]
15 Hilarious Tweets About Technology That Remind Us Just How Old We All Are
Our generation is the only one that straddles two worlds—we didn’t grow up with technology, but are completely dependent on it now. Our kids have no concept of life without it. And our parents and grandparents lived the bulk of their lives in simpler times. We are the AOL—instant messenger—dial-up generation. Most of us got […]