Tag: Family & Home

What I Discovered From My Father’s Recovery From COVID

Commentary In early September, I wrote an article entitled “Faith and Love in the Time of COVID” about my father’s bout with COVID pneumonia. When I wrote that article, my father was being moved from the ICU to a non-ICU room. In all, he was in the hospital for two months and had been at…


The Making of Thanksgiving

What does the Thanksgiving holiday bring to mind? If you said family, roast turkey, cranberry sauce, or pumpkin pie, that would likely strike a chord in the minds of most Americans. If asked about the true origin of Thanksgiving, however, the answer might be a matter of greater debate, mixed, mashed, and buttered-up with inaccurate…


Mom Gives Birth to a Whooping 14lb 15oz Baby, Making Him the Third Biggest Baby in UK

A mother has given birth to a whopping 14-pound 15-ounce (6.77 kg) baby in Oxfordshire, making him the third-biggest newborn ever in the United Kingdom. Cherral Mitchell, 31, from Thame, Oxon, needed two midwives to haul out baby Alpha before he left staff shocked with his weight. The little boy, who was born at 38…


High School Runner Collapses on Final 75 Meters—Then Competitor Lifts Him to Cross Finish Line Together

For Brandon Schutt, a senior at Bellevue East, it would likely be his last cross-country event of his high school career. He and Omaha Burke sophomore Blake Cerveny on Oct. 14 were competing in a 3.1-mile A-2 District at Pioneers Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, where they, like all the others runners, hoped to make state….


These Are Key Traits for the Best Retirement States

Here is a complete list of the worst and best retirement states that provides a deeper breakdown of all 20 retirement variables. Here are the top ten states. Key Traits for the Best Retirement States Americans often ask the question, “Where is the best place to retire financially?” Credit Karma did a study to answer…


PHOTO: Florida Woman Spots Alligator-Shaped Cloud in Sunset While Driving Home From Work

A woman from Fort Myers, Florida, captured a “once in a lifetime view” of what appears to be an alligator in the sky. Where else but in Florida? An athletic coordinator for the Boys and Girls Club of Collier County, Brenda Perino was driving home from work on State Road 29 on Oct. 14 around…


Dear Next Generation: ‘Are You “Real” or Are You a “Fake”‘?

I was born in 1960 and remember the rebellion against authority that spawned from the Vietnam War. That was an unsettled time when people turned away from God and their parents, grandparents, teachers, and governing authorities. The respect for family and moral values was forever changed. Since that time, television, computers, the internet, and social…


(Video) Daughter Quits Job to Start Successful Beauty Brand With Dad’s Support: ‘Encourage the Children’

A former high school French and Spanish teacher who launched her own beauty brand during the COVID-19 lockdown reaped six figures in sales in just six weeks. As her venture goes from strength to strength, the 30-year-old entrepreneur claims she couldn’t have done it without one special supporter: her father. Maria Wilkes of London, England,…


10 Pet-Friendly Houseplants for Your Home

While houseplants have the ability to bring life to a room and purify the air while doing it, a drawback is that many houseplants are toxic to animals. Here are 10 plants that add beauty to your home without worry. First, keep in mind that while many plants are technically safe for cats and dogs,…


Florida Woman’s Dog Lost in 2014 Found 7 Years Later in Mississippi, Reunites With Owner

A woman from Coconut Grove, Florida, lost her beloved Maltese seven years ago. But in a twist of fate, the little dog turned up last September—in horrible condition, in the middle of a road in Mississippi. After the 65-year-old dog owner got a call from the microchip company in October, they were reunited. She said…