15 WAYS TO BE A BETTER PERSON IN 2016 | nytimes.com Wear comfortable underwear and powerful clothes. Be nice to babies, especially on airplanes and be the boss of your phone, not the other way around. HOLIDAY HUDDLE | Jillian Lauren With the welcoming of her new son whom they hope to adopt from the foster care system, Jillian Lauren dishes on the fear of uncertainty and describes trauma as her most terrifying opponent in life as well as her greatest teacher..."Trauma is a . . .
Friday Finds
1. 3G Cardio | Pro Runner Treadmill 2. No nonsense | Seamless Tights 3. Card Ninja | Portable Storage 4. Acer Mineral Gray 14" Aspire One Cloudbook | Walmart 5. Pudding Apeel - Tapioca + Rice Active Fruit Glycolic Mask | Farmhouse Fresh 6. Boka Box | Monthly Subscription for a Healthy Mouth 7. Lately Lily Matching Game | Barnes N Noble 8. Leo Messi Foot Bubbles | Starter Kit 9. Cardamom Pu·erh | Numi Organic Tea . . .
Wednesday’s Child: Jackie
Every Wednesday I feature a child recently highlighted by a local Wednesday's Child newscast to share the stories of children from around the country who are waiting for a family. My hope is that this can broaden exposure for the children highlighted, but also serve as a reminder that these children represent thousands of children currently in the foster-care system. Perhaps their stories will inspire you to consider opening your home to a child needing a family. For more information and to . . .
What I want you to know about overcoming a self-harm addiction
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Kristin Michelle. "What happened to your arms?" It's a question I hear on a regular basis as someone who once dealt with self-harm. I struggled with cutting from ages 13 through . . .
Christmas in photos
We had a really nice and mellow Christmas this year. It was one of the first times that we didn't travel over the holidays. My nephew is getting married in January so we will be visiting my hometown in Florida then and will see all of my family. So we stayed at home for the holidays.We kicked off the kids' winter break by going to Winterfest, a local festival with ice-skating, sledding, and a variety of carnival rides. These California kids are not so great at ice-skating but we had a blast.We . . .
What I want you to know about being a lesbian mom
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Cary. There was a great "What I Want You to Know" post on this site about wanting a family as a queer woman. It captured that feeling of wanting a family, but knowing that there . . .
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15 RELIGIOUS MOMENTS THAT GIVE US HOPE FOR THE NEW YEAR | huffingtonpost.com 7. Runners Without Borders brought Arab and Jewish teens together...Runners Without Borders, an organization that brings young people from Jewish and Arab homes together to run in Jerusalem, opted out of a city-wide race that conflicted with Ramandan and organized their own interfaith race in June. A 17-year-old Arab teen won the competition. "What we're trying to emphasize is not the political side, not . . .
Wednesday’s Child: Kensley, Marin-Grey, and Thornton
Every Wednesday I feature a child recently highlighted by a local Wednesday's Child newscast to share the stories of children from around the country who are waiting for a family. My hope is that this can broaden exposure for the children highlighted, but also serve as a reminder that these children represent thousands of children currently in the foster-care system. Perhaps their stories will inspire you to consider opening your home to a child needing a family. For more information and to . . .
What I want you to know about autism
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Julia. Listen—most of what you think you know is wrong. Rhetoric about autism focuses on parents, siblings, caretakers—the “burden” of an autistic person’s existence on those . . .
Picking cards for the holidays
This post is sponsored in partnership with Walgreen's and Hallmark I’ve always loved picking out cards for my friends, and I equally love getting cards in the mail. Sure, now we have internet memes and Facebook stickers that we can send to one another, but there is something so special about a card. Our family has a lot of special occasions coming up that warrant the giving of cards. My dad's birthday (okay, that already happened but we are late on it), Christmas, Jafta's birthday . . .
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