Relationships & Family

Toddler Helps Deliver Brother

batch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:05:06 -0600

According to gnn.com, when Bobbye Favazza went into labor at home, she called her mother saying she felt the baby coming. She had been expecting to deliver via cesarean section a few weeks later, which is why she was caught off guard.

Her mother immediately called the paramedics, and while Favazza was waiting for them to arrive, she found that she had a very good chance of giving birth in her own home. In what proved to be an inspirational story, her 2-year-old son Jeremiha helped deliver the baby.

Toddler Helps Deliver Brother

batch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:05:06 -0600

Adopt-a-Bear Program Helps Children Face Difficult Times

batch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:05:05 -0600

The judges of Miami-Dade county developed an organization that would provide teddy bears to children who were faced with real life stories of abuse.

Halie's Rainbow

jbloustein — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:44:50 -0600

Brazil, Indiana is a close-knit community, and so is the local high school’s marching band, the Northview Marching Knights, eight-time state champions.

Every Thursday, after practice, the staff gathers for dinner at the home of Bob and Ruth Anne Medworth, director of the band and color guard, respectively.

The Medworths live only a mile from the high school, so everyone shows up minutes after practice lets out.

My Perfectly Imperfect Thanksgiving Dinner

jbloustein — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:48:41 -0500

Remember the first Thanksgiving of your married life?

Remember wanting to make it perfect, so you’d make a good impression, especially on your mother-in-law?

I’ll never forget mine. It should have been a disaster. It almost was.

Let me start where every Thanksgiving dinner starts, with the turkey. I’m not a novice when it comes to turkey.

Grandma's Stories

jbloustein — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:07:07 -0500

I’m a teacher, and I like to arrive at school early to get ready for the day.

But one day last fall I pulled into the parking lot and sat, thinking about what I’d heard.

For the last few years I’d listened to a National Public Radio program called StoryCorps. It’s a series of intimate, taped interviews—daughters interviewing mothers, wives interviewing husbands, all just average Americans listening to stories told by the most important people in their lives.

How to Teach Kids to Be Thankful

batch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:05:07 -0600

Thanksgiving can be the perfect opportunity for parents to introduce children to the importance of being generous and showing gratitude for life's blessings.

Child development expert Chuck Smith of Kansas State University suggests that parents begin modeling these concepts by reaching out to those in need as part of a family project.

For example, taking children to the grocery store to choose donations for a local food pantry will help them gain awareness of hunger and need, Smith says.

How to Teach Kids to Be Thankful

batch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:05:07 -0600

Thanksgiving can be the perfect opportunity for parents to introduce children to the importance of being generous and showing gratitude for life's blessings.

Child development expert Chuck Smith of Kansas State University suggests that parents begin modeling these concepts by reaching out to those in need as part of a family project.

For example, taking children to the grocery store to choose donations for a local food pantry will help them gain awareness of hunger and need, Smith says.

How to Teach Kids to Be Thankful

batch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:05:07 -0600

Thanksgiving can be the perfect opportunity for parents to introduce children to the importance of being generous and showing gratitude for life's blessings.

Child development expert Chuck Smith of Kansas State University suggests that parents begin modeling these concepts by reaching out to those in need as part of a family project.

For example, taking children to the grocery store to choose donations for a local food pantry will help them gain awareness of hunger and need, Smith says.

Greetings from…Turkeyville

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:11:40 -0600

Turkeyville was in the middle of farmland just north of Marshall, Michigan, surrounded by acres of cornfields and grass.

I pulled into the parking lot, keeping an eye out for turkeys that might be patrolling. I surveyed the wooden building with red shutters and doors.

There was a huge sign out front featuring a running turkey. “Cornwell’s Turkeyville,” it read. “Home of the world’s best turkey sandwich.” Sounded promising.