The last thing I need is another holiday with its overinflated expectations and endless chores. So when Jackson suggested a new family holiday – that would be celebrated monthly – I was a bit skeptical and apprehensive. Like most holidays, Giving Day (as our new holiday is called) has not…
It was hot that Tuesday morning. Oppressively hot. The sun was just rising and already the day was blanketed in stifling heat. Cruel and unrelenting heat. Teams of migrant workers – many from Mexico and in Illinois for just a matter of weeks – headed out into the dense cornfields…
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. – Anne Frank We are a celebrity-obsessed culture. We devour the contents of People, US Weekly and Life & Style (I, personally, experience heart palpitations if my US Weekly arrives a day or…