Category: Family & Home

3 Generations of an Arizona Family Beat the Odds Sharing the Same Birthday

Upon learning that her daughter-in-law was pregnant, an Arizona woman had a strong intuition that the baby would be born on her birthday. A birthday that she already shares with her 95-year-old mother. And, she was right. Great-grandmother Gail Loos-Ross, 60-year-old grandmother Shelley Loos Parkhurst, and baby Birdie Eve Mendoza Parkhurst were born on Sept….


VIDEO: Orphaned Baby Grizzly Meets Polar Bear Cub Companion After Arriving at Detroit Zoo

Visitors of Detroit Zoo can now witness the budding friendship between a polar bear cub and orphan baby grizzly at the sight’s renowned Arctic Ring of Life habitat. The adorable white and brown balls of fur can be seen rolling about, swimming, and tussling together in the 4 acres of lush grounds, filled with tall…


Ingested Pennies Are Toxic to Pets

Q: Our son collects pennies and was dismayed to get home from school today and find that our new puppy, Lincoln, had knocked over his penny jar. Hundreds of pennies were scattered over his bedroom floor, but I am more concerned that Lincoln may have eaten some. Are ingested pennies dangerous? A: Yes, for two…


Easy Homemade Soup to Soothe the Soul and Budget

I have a treat for you today: A recipe for classic butternut squash soup that is ridiculously quick and easy. Easy on the wallet, too. Thick, creamy, and full of flavor, this is a company-worthy butternut soup recipe you will make now and forever! Before we get going here, and just in case you are…


Finding a Perfect Mate Starts With Oneself

The online world is negatively affecting the American dating scene. If you didn’t suspect that already, an experience recorded by Villanova professor Anna Bonta Moreland over at First Things will make that clear. Moreland gave her students an online discussion assignment to share their dating experiences. The results were very moving and revealed how tired these young…


Fort Lauderdale Firefighters See Family Has No Crib for Infant—So They Drop Off Brand New One

A Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crew is offering up some good news—after responding to a home and potentially saving a young life. Fire Rescue Crew R246 went to a home in Broward County to offer medical assistance to an infant in need. After providing care, the officers saw a potential hazard that could threaten the child’s…


Police Stop Distraught Elderly Man for Speeding—Help Connect His New TV Instead of Giving Ticket

Law enforcement officers know that handing out a ticket isn’t always what keeping the peace and serving the community calls for. It sometimes means stopping by an elderly neighbor’s house to connect a new 50-inch flat-screen, because they’re not a tech-literate—or just having a bad day. Such was the case late September, when Officer Coates…


Proud Mom Takes Identical Pictures of Her Daughter on First Day of School for Over 10 Years

A proud mother has taken an identical picture of her daughter returning to school every year for the last 10 years. Dagny Barnett, 53, has pictures of her daughter Chloë, 14, striking the same pose outside their home near Redhill, Surrey, England, since she started attending nursery a decade ago. This year, as Chloë started her GCSEs…


Book Review: ‘Take Back Your Time’ by Christy Wright

The latest book from author Christy Wright is a refreshingly practical guide to getting on top of the things that matter most and away from the things that don’t. In “Take Back Your Time: The Guilt-Free Guide to Life Balance,” Wright begins by redefining the concept of life balance—a term that has become, perhaps, a…


The Little Things Are the Big Things: What Men Can Do to Improve Their Marriage

“What does a woman want?” Sigmund Freud famously asked. In many ways, it’s a knuckleheaded question. With almost 4 billion females on the planet, we can assume that women want any number of things. Surely most of them desire what the great bulk of humanity wants: respect, love, joy, liberty, and so on. Those universal…