Tag: Family & Home

Rugby Player Praised for Subbing Out to Breastfeed Her Daughter in the Middle of a Game

A photograph of a rugby player breastfeeding her 13-week-old daughter on the sidelines in the middle of a game has garnered an enthusiastic response. Emily Brierley from Bradford in Yorkshire, England, was subbed during a Stanningley Ladies rugby league game on June 13 to feed her baby, Arabella. After a six-month break from the sport…


8-Year-Old Girl Writes Letter to Late Dad Addressed to ‘Heaven, Cloud 9,’ Gets Unexpected Response

As sons, daughters, and wives across the globe celebrated Father’s Day on Sunday, June 20, 8-year-old Sianna Tully from the UK was missing her dad, who’d passed away when she was just 4 months old. Unable to spend time with her dad that day, the girl from Braunstone, Leicester, chose to write him a letter…


Mom With Broken Pelvis Rescues Daughter During Surfside Condo Collapse After Falling 4 Stories

Amidst tragedy—when a 12-story oceanfront condo in Miami collapsed Thursday morning—an act of heroism was shown when a badly injured mom pulled her daughter from the rubble. Angela Gonzalez, 40, and her 16-year-old daughter, Devon, were on the ninth floor of the Surfside Chaplain Towers when the level they were on collapsed and together they…


Homebuyer Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs

Thankfully, not every buyer has the same taste. There was an old expression that people would use when Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores were in every neighborhood: “That’s why Baskin-Robbins has 31 flavors.” But truth be told, there were always a few flavors that sold the best. The same holds true with what sells houses. The…


Teen Lumberjack Who’s Been Chopping Wood Since Age 6 Starts Own Business Selling Firewood

Michigan eighth-grader Cameron Janda has been chopping wood ever since he could read. Now 13 years old, he’s been running his own business chopping and selling firewood for two years—and he still finds time to ace his schoolwork. Proud mom Barbara Kline says it is her son’s rigorous organization that makes all this possible. “The…


91-Year-Old Teaches Cursive to Arizona Students to Keep Art of Handwriting Alive

The rise of the keyboard, and smart technology, has seen the tradition of handwriting fall by the wayside in most modern classrooms. A woman in Scottsdale, Arizona, continues to keep the art of cursive writing alive, however, more than 20 years after officially retiring from teaching. Marilyn Harrer, 91, began teaching cursive writing in 1951; after teaching…


Are You Ready to Make the Switch to Induction Cooking?

During the 18 months that we lived in a tiny apartment in anticipation of our move from California to Colorado, I did not have a traditional stove and oven. Instead, I used my countertop Breville Smart Oven and portable Duxtop single-burner induction cooktop. Induction Is Different Induction is definitely a different method of cooking with…


Music, Mission, and Home Studies: A Visit With the Scott Family

Let’s head down to Florida and meet the Scott family: homeschoolers and musicians extraordinaire. But first, let’s pay a visit to their website, TheScottDuo.com. Here we find two musicians, Rosa and Marion Scott, who sport a list of awards and honors that will blow the reader away. They’ve attended various universities, including the Julliard School…


Paper, Pen, Books, and Eggs: Resources and Some Advice for Homeschoolers

Recently, my daughter and her family paid a visit to Virginia. My 8-year-old homeschooling granddaughter, a firecracker of a girl, bounded up to me and cried with delight, “Grandpa, I’m learning to read!” For two years, my granddaughter had struggled to learn to read with the books used by her four older siblings: Alpha-Phonics, some…


You Can Have the Things You Love

Frugality. It’s a word that, for many people, screams deprivation and even poverty. I get letters from readers who say they’ve had it with trying to live below their means and never having anything they love. “What’s the point if all of this deprivation if it just makes me feel even more miserable?” was the…