Your mother is not always the person who brought you into this world. Maybe she adopted you a few years in, or maybe she married your father after you were born. A mother is not defined as who gave birth to you but rather who has nurtured you like a parent should since the moment she […]
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When he found me hiding bashfully behind a tree at my babysitter’s house, he held out the small round box. My Army sergeant uncle was home on leave when he surprised me; he was a seasoned soldier whose World War II Purple Hearts, stored upstairs in my grandmother’s house, had become playthings for his nieces […]
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For most families, the holiday season means feasts. It’s a time when the whole family gets together so you can eat and give thanks. Some families, though, are not thinking about which foods to have at their feasts. Instead, they’re wondering if they are going to have any food at all. Heifer International is an organization working toward ending […]
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I knew what to say when the kids in school asked, If you were stuck on a desert island with just one thing? I cupped the small treasure in my hands: a pair of Chanel earrings. Mine. I’d sit pretty on a piece of driftwood in the open sea: Composed. Classy. My face, sunlit by […]
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This particular DIY project was inspired by a similar candle found on Etsy, which repurposes a Starbucks Frappuccino bottle into a candle. Since the Etsy user, WineWix, is currently out of commission, and since there was no tutorial on how to make one, my lovely friend Kelli Mosher had to get creative in order to make it work. […]
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