What Would You Feed Your Family For $29 A Week?
Could you live on $1.38 per meal? The Food Bank for New York City wants to know if you can do it. From their website: What is the #FoodBankNYCChallenge? Attempt to live on a [...]
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Heeding the Signs |The Persistent Optimist
I vacillate daily between a belief that the universe sends me important signs in everything—that butterfly that just landed on my car when I want good news, and the fork [...]
Feel Good Fix | Perspective, Relaxation, And A Knock Knock Joke
Consider this a restorative for your soul. By the time you finish watching these short videos, you’ll have a smile on your face for sure. First up are The Kloons. It’s [...]
The Duckling Complex: Why I'm Still Learning How To Take A Compliment
I have never liked getting compliments. Well, that’s not entirely true. What I don’t like is the immediate experience of receiving a compliment. I find myself trapped, [...]
The Toilet Feeling
I was giving one of those ridiculously long, lectures from the front seat of the minivan one day, rattling on about how honesty and integrity, along with kindness, are [...]
Carl In The Rye: In Defense of The Walking Dead's Carl Grimes, the Last Poster Boy for Disaffected Youth
*SPOILERS AHEAD If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know about Carl is that he killed off old Dale Horvath and a host of other [...]
The Catracha Coffee Story: One Small Sip Can Change The World
What if the cup of coffee you drink in the morning could literally change the world, change the future? For Mayra Orellana-Powell, that’s a reality. Mayra, 39, grew up [...]
Why Master Violinist Edvin Marton Plays Rock On A $7 Million Stradivarius
When Edvin Marton was five years old, he had a problem: he was in love with a fellow kindergartner and she didn’t know he was alive. He asked his mother what he should do. [...]
The Road So Far: How Supernatural Inspired A Classic Car Rebuild That Brought A Family Together
At first glance, it’s the simple story of a man inspired to rebuild a classic car. Looking under the hood? It’s a story of facing challenges through almost [...]
One Lie | Flash Fiction
Emily Carpenter is a freelance writer from Atlanta who wrangles three boys and is working on her first novel. He swung up his backpack and wiggled into the seat beside her, [...]
