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If Thanksgiving is about gratitude, then Christmas is about generosity. Thanksgiving is about appreciating the good things and good people in your life. Christmas is about giving and receiving gifts, both material and emotional. But just because Christmas has come and gone doesn’t mean we get to forget the values we were taught as children. […]

This past summer I got addicted to BBC America, and, as such, got addicted to pretty much any show involving Gordon Ramsay. Known for his temper and language, Ramsay has not necessarily been the most family-friendly host on television . . . until now. MasterChef Junior, now in its second season, is hosted by Ramsay

As a single mom, I desperately want to create unity in my family. I don’t want to be defined by the rising trend of selfishness, or distracted by the “now” of technology. I want my children to love and care for one another. I want to grow old listening to them share stories of “remember

I didn’t stop reading because we had a riff in our friendship, or even because her blog became less interesting to me. The fact of the matter is, I stopped reading all my favorite blogs about two years ago. I didn’t have that many to begin with—somewhere between five and ten that I would check

Some time ago I overheard a discussion between a little boy and his mother. The topic was his kind deed which she had posted on a social media site. When people began to comment about his kindness, the boy was disturbed, and although not able to fully express the reasons for his distress, he let

          …because, dudes, that’s what history really is—a story. In fact, it’s THE story of everything and everybody! And there’s nothing cooler than stories—you know it, I know it, and the babies in their strollers know it.           Let me give you an example—just a teenie-weenie one out of all the awesome stories that make

Playing dress-up is fun at any age, but let’s be real: it’s especially fun when you’re a kid. There’s the typical way of playing dress-up: taking your parents’ clothes and having them sag off your waist while your feet shuffle in clown-sized shoes. But there are so many other things to dress-up in! Try some of

The following is an excerpt from Melissa Dalton-Bradford’s “On Loss and Living Onward”.   It’s a spring afternoon in 2009, nearly two years following Parker’s death, and the counselor at our children’s school in Munich has invited a short list of students and faculty, whom Dalton has hand selected, to gather in an empty upper floor

This is an an easy, light meal with made-ahead confit tomatoes and roasted peppers, and tossed with quinoa and balsamic vinaigrette. Both confit tomatoes and roasted bell peppers are easy to make ahead and can be stored for a couple of days. They’re lovely for all kinds of dishes (as a side dish, as a

I don’t feel unique when I say that there was a time when the infertility started to shatter my confidence; like safety glass, I was broken, but retained my basic shape. I felt a deep, bone-weakening shock. Never had I imagined that it would be difficult for me to get pregnant. The longer we spent