5 Impactful TED Talks That Are Worth Hearing
I’m a student at seminary. I spend the vast majority of my time thinking about the deeper parts of life, what might come after life, and how we bring the two together by [...]
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13 Unique Boxes That’ll Make the Perfect Gifts
The gifting dilemma is an every-year occurrence. I cannot tell you how many times I ask someone “what do you want?” and they reply “ Oh.. I dunno”. That doesn’t [...]
Sweatpants & Books | 4 Things You May Not Know About Oscar Wilde
Born in Dublin, Ireland on October 16, 1854, Oscar Wilde is a literary and cultural giant whose works continue to inspire artists of all kinds more than a century after his [...]
Personal Essays | It’s Like A Cancer
When so people have wondered, why haven’t I written about this? Well, I just haven’t. And, it’s for so many reasons. Not the least of which is that it has taken me [...]
Sweatpants & Parenting | Grateful When They’re Ungrateful
By Barbara Doyle I said it again. “Do you know what would have happened to me if I did that when I was a kid? You don’t even know how good you have it.” I forgot what [...]
Sweatpants & Parenting | Through the Looking Glass
By Elizabeth Newdom Do trees feel pain when their leaves change color? I am looking out the temporary window of our newly rented townhouse. The glass is cloudy from tiny [...]
Sweatpants & Parenting | I’m Tired as Hell, Too, Mamas. Tread On.
By Kirsten Clodfelter Sometimes it doesn’t matter how shitty your month has been. Or how long your pitiful toddler has been waylaid at home with the flu. (I mean, who’s [...]
Personal Essay | Hope Springs Eternal
By Julia Park Tracey My 10-year-old daughter asks me where Jesus stood in the line of human evolution—was he before or after Cro-Magnon Man? I beg the question for a [...]
Sweatpants & Parenting | The Queerest Mom at Soccer Practice
By Jerusha Gray A while back my son decided that he wanted to play soccer with a local parks and rec group. We packed his backpack with matching knee socks and the most [...]
Blanket Fort Books | Look Through My Window by Jean Little
By Barbara Doyle Look Through My Window is a novel by award-winning Canadian author Jean Little, whose numerous works of children’s literature include Mine For Keeps, From [...]
