After years of work, including Jeff walking alongside Angela as she had to grieve the loss of her husband afresh as well as her father, who died a few years ago, the two were able to really start reconnecting in a significant way. So much so that on June 16 of this year, they renewed their marriage vows in Central Park. Read More
I Don’t Think I’ll Ever “Just Know” I’m Done Having Kids
That being said, I always believed that, when we were done having kids, we would “just know”. After all, that’s what I’ve been told by numerous friends (not to mention my own mother!)– many of whom birthed their first or second child, and shortly after sent their husbands for the good ol’ snip snip. They “just knew”, and assured me that I would, too. They seemed to have this peace and finality that I always imagined I’d have. Read More
Daughter Learns About Mom’s Secret Wedding Day Note to Her Fiance in Touching Post
Her mom believed in her her entire life. She knew that the key to supporting her was simply listening and giving her the strength to figure things out on her own. She then shared those findings with the person who would be the most significant relationship in Nikki’s life upon her passing: her husband. Read More
Interview with Jill Sylvester, Author of the Land of Blue
I wrote the Land of Blue from both a personal and professional standpoint, after working with clients for several years, watching where individuals struggle most: with the voice inside their mind. Read More
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Feeds His Girlfriend While She Breastfeeds Daughter
On June 10, Dwayne shared a photo of him spoon-feeding his long-time girlfriend, Lauren Hashian, while she breastfed their one-month-old daughter Tiana. The caption on the photo is enough to melt our hearts and make us slow clap! Read More
Teacher’s “Summer Packet” Includes No Homework at All, and We Love It
Many times, especially in higher grade levels, students receive lists of things they need to accomplish before the next school year begins: summer reading lists, math drills and worksheets, and more. It can destroy the purpose of a summer break, which should be rest and rejuvenation for kids who work hard and learn so much throughout the school year. Read More
Two Men are Doing Their Part to Eradicate “Book Deserts” in Low Income Areas
“Book deserts are found in high-poverty areas in both urban and rural settings,” Marshall told Babble. “An inability to access books is extremely problematic because it creates a vicious cycle of educational disparities related to access, resources and outcomes. Read More
94% of Teachers Spend Their Own Money on Classroom Supplies
This might not sound like a lot of money for some, but taking into account that school teachers earn less than the average college graduate, are often not given cost of living raises (and, because of inflation, their income has actually gone down the last 15 years), and have to teach more children with less resources every year, it is a lot. Read More
Breathtaking MRI of Mother and Baby Depicts a Bond Deeper Than Flesh
“What’s captivating about that image is the relationship that it depicts,” Saxe told TODAY. She goes on to explain that, after her first child was born, she spent hours laying with him inside of the machine, hoping to track the development of his rapidly growing and changing brain. “It felt like my experience of being his mother and my experience of being a neuroscientist got suddenly and deeply intertwined,” she explained. Read More
Proudest Moments from Actual Parents
Kids do the darnedest things, right? They do things that drive us crazy, but all of them, some more often than others do something so wonderful at their own discretion that we as parents can sit back and say “I raised them right”. Read More