A recent article surfaced on the Internet about the rejection of fairy tales by British parents who deemed them too scary and not politically correct. In a poll of 3,000 parents, the survey said that 25% of mothers will not read the traditional fairy tales to their children any longer. Reasons cited were that, “Rapunzel is too...
I never really thought about what I had in my car. I’ve always been preoccupied with what I brought for the kids — sippy cups, snacks, diapers, change of clothes, wet wipes, hand sanitizer, stuffed animals, and toys. This year, however, I started thinking about other stuff. The day before my 34th birthday, I was sitting...
In the last few years, a large number of senior citizens have decided to re-enter the workplace. In fact, 39 percent of workers over the age of 65 were once retired. There are a number of reasons why seniors choose to start working again. Some retirees go back to work to keep up with a spouse...
There are cookbooks strewn around my office as if they were confetti. Page corners are turned down, sticky notes grace pages with scribbled writing, torn pieces of paper bookmark pages of recipes that the family liked or did not like. I have Filipino cookbooks I got from the Philippines so I could cook the family meals...
I grew up in south Texas, and for me, December was always a time when I looked at all the snow on television specials and wondered what it would be like to see it in real life. These days, I still live in an excessively warm climate, and snow, even in the depths of winter, is...
Diseases accumulate and build up due to our daily activities and food intake. Our lifestyle has a great influence when it comes to diseases because our lifestyle greatly affects our body and health. Sometimes, our hectic schedules, emotions, or any stressing factors divert our attention from a healthy living to a disease prone living. With this...
It’s that time. Thanksgiving is only a week away, and the holiday parties will come fast and furious right after that. Along with all the parties and gifts come the vast assortment of desserts of the season. How can we enjoy the parties, and the dessert, without the guilt? Diethicshttps://diethics.com offers some good advice. Recently, a...
When we were diagnosed with infertility I went on a mission to “get healthy.” It’s not that we were that unhealthy to begin with; things like Oreos and potato chips rarely made their way into our home. But there was the coffee all day long… and the home made chocolate chip cookies… and the total lack...
