More and more people started working from home. For most, this isn’t an ideal situation. It’s hard to maintain a work-life balance when both occur in the same place, especially when the home environment is distracting. Makeshift home offices could be in the guest room to the kitchen table, often with bored kids running around....
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People tend to have strong feelings for where they live. They may yearn to move away and explore somewhere new and inviting. But some are happy staying where they are. Not only that, they take great pride in their homeland. An analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas discovered which states in America are...
Matthew Stewart became a well-known social media influencer for a very wholesome reason — his relationship with his grandmother, Bobbe. The two share fun and heart-warming moments on their social media pages. They garnered over 325 thousand followers on Instagram and 5.6 million on TikTok. But in October 2020, Stewart announced that his grandmother would...
After their controversial but famous interview in 2020, Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey created a docuseries about mental health called The Me You Can’t See. In it, Prince Harry speaks about Meghan Markle’s treatment by the royal family and how triggering it was. It strongly reminded him of his own late mother, Princess Diana, who...
A mailman in Leicestershire, England discovered a very unique letter. The address read: “to Dad, Heaven, Cloud Nine”. Unfortunately, a letter sent to heaven is out of his jurisdiction. But Simon was determined to find the child who had just lost her father. So he posted a picture of the envelope on a Facebook group...
Butterflies hold a special significance for Max Van Gorder and his family. His sister, Vanessa, died in a car accident several years ago, and the winged insects have become her mementos. So, of course, they had to bring a butterfly or two when Max married his wife Lydia in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. The couple wanted to...
A pregnant mother saved three girls from drowning in Lake Michigan. She had no idea this would happen when she took her children — ages six, three, and two — to the beach one afternoon. In fact, Alyssa DeWitt, 27, almost canceled the trip because of the strong winds. “I’d packed them into the van,...
Many kids sell lemonade, but this young girl turned her stand into a successful business. The best part is that the proceeds from her lemonade stand went to buy baby supplies for mothers who need them. Three-year-old Ava Lewis and her mother, Maggie, have been busy since their business exploded in popularity. Ava set up...
No responsible parent would leave a child in a hot car, yet many of them are committing another potentially fatal mistake. Picture the scene: A parent straps a baby into a stroller for a walk on a hot, summer day. The sun is bright, and the infant’s skin is sensitive, so the parent covers the...
A six-year-old from Massachusetts was devastated when her beloved dog suddenly died. However, despite receiving lemons, she decided to make lemonade — literally. Jaylyn Keeney set up a lemonade stand to raise money for an animal shelter to dedicate to her pup’s memory. “Our dog’s name was Dexter. He was a mini golden-doodle. He ended...
Real estate agents get to see everything- even the things they would rather not see…ever again. Like the worst home designs. They get to see houses of all shapes and sizes, from demure to drastically elaborate, along with some…uh “interesting” architectural choices. It’s almost like fashion, except the only people who really have to see...
There are many unsafe challenges circulating social media. Some are unique, like the sunburn art challenge, but some began long before the internet. For example, the chroming trend is a re-packaged version of inhalant abuse. It’s also called “huffing” or “whippits.” It involves inhaling toxic chemicals from household products, like aerosol cans or cleaning supplies,...