Everyone knows food products reminiscent of their childhood. It could be a type of ice cream, candy, or a special lemonade grandma would prepare every summer. Whichever they are, these memories bring so much joy because it’s not just about the food; it’s about the story behind it. “Food memories feel so nostalgic because there’s...
Nowadays, it’s totally cliché to describe a lady as ‘one in a million’. A little creativity would be appreciated. However, no one was trying to be cute or sweet when they described the late Rose Marie Bentley as ‘one in fifty million’. Doctors estimated that probably one out of 50 million people in the world...
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Alabama at Birmingham found a link between graying hair in mice and the activation of the innate immune system. Specifically, the authors of the study identified a connection between genes associated with hair color and genes that sound the alarm in the event of...
Casey Douglas never wanted to bear children, which shocked her Christian community. Little did she know that she would become the parent of a child who truly needed her. Although Randall wasn’t a child. He was 18 when they adopted him. Adopting a Teenager When they married, Casey and Peter decided to volunteer as youth pastors at...
Parents in this day and age have to figure out what their parents never had to do. So much has changed from previous generations. Parents are now raising children in a world entirely different than the one they grew up in. Once upon a time, it was expected for women to be stay-at-home mothers. Nowadays, many...
Every now and then, the Internet “discovers” something you just sort of assumed everyone knew. Like, for example, that pufferfish inflate themselves with water and not air. It seems logical that people would assume that fish – which famously remain underwater when they are not dead – fill up with water when they inflate themselves. But apparently vast swathes...
A study was published in the Journal Behavioral Neuroscience. It observed fathers interacting with their toddler-aged and sons and daughters with the goal of analyzing any gender-based differences in their interactions. The researchers noticed that the fathers used different uses of language and attentiveness for each one. This was an interesting finding since previous research...
“How to love yourself” is a popular topic among self-help communities. Self-love is touted to strengthen relationships, improve quality of life, and increase feelings of happiness. However, it’s so much easier said than done. There are many habits and personality traits that hold us back, and they are hard to break. On the journey to...
Getting pregnant at 40 must be an exhilarating experience for all the moms out there. You are in a better place financially, mentally and emotionally to take on the responsibility of a baby. In your 20s and 30s, you are under the constant stress of working on your career while raising your children. But in...
“A woman with an opinion must develop a thick skin and a loud voice. Arrows will fly at you but they’ll never pierce through. Louder voices will try to drown yours out, but their pitches would never be high enough…” These words from my grandmother were going through my head that day in 12th grade...
What would you do when you see a jumper preparing for the leap? Many of us would like to think we would remain calm and be the hero. So many people may react poorly, or perhaps even worse, not at all. The mentality of ‘not wanting to get involved’ often prevents people from making a...
This article was originally published on September 5, 2019, and has since been updated. A Swedish study has sparked some debate. The 2019 study claimed that babies born through a Caesarean section are more likely to be autistic and develop ADHD. The research published in the journal JAMA Network Open analyzed over 20 million children, and...
