What? A national holiday to celebrate a grandparent? Is this another commercialized marketing scheme? I sure was skeptical at first until I dug deeper. Then I realized: this is truly an important day and a nationalized holiday.
Digging Into History
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Dad, there's a countless list of things you taught me, and continue to teach me. From showing me how to color inside the lines, how to use a power drill, how to ride a bike and how to...
So often, when we meet someone new, we ask, “What do you do for a living?” or “Do you have kids?” But so rarely we say, “Tell me something interesting about yourself,” or “What’s your favorite childhood memory?”
Whatever happened...
I hated Valentine's Day for a long time.
As a jaded teenager, I dreaded the day that reminded me I had no admirers. My school did a fund-raiser every year where for $1 you could send a carnation to anyone...
When I began researching and looking at colleges I wanted so badly to go far away from home. I was tired of the area I grew up in and wanted to "spread my wings." I decided on a school...
Last year around this time I planned to write an anonymous post about how to handle difficult relatives. In particular, I was thinking of a in-law--let’s call him Brad--who is a mostly functional alcoholic with an anger problem. I...
Where does one begin when it comes to telling their story? As I sit here and reminisce on the years of mental and physical abuse I endured, I still wonder how I ever made it into that situation. See...
When my husband and I first started dating we were having sex all the time. But maybe everyone is when they are first dating; that’s why they call it the honeymoon stage, right? My girlfriends and I would talk about our...
It’s cold and wintery, but the temperature finally hit above 45 degrees and you are determined to get your kid to the park. You hope the outcome will be to get some much needed socialization for him, and yourself...
This International Women’s Day, it feels easy to reflect on how far away we are from where we should be, especially as moms. The last two years of pandemic have taken their toll on gender equality with the burden...
Rhode Island Life
Family-Friendly Walks Throughout Rhode Island
Now that spring has officially arrived and warmer weather is (hopefully) on its way, it's the perfect time to get outside for a family...
