Red flags and green flags are big topics when it comes to dating. Red flags historically warn of incoming danger. Meanwhile, green flags refer to positive signals. A date who yells at the waitstaff? Red flag. A date who shows empathy to strangers? Green flag. But some red flags are not obvious. Sometimes they can...

Sarah Biren
Food Journalist
Sarah is a baker, cook, author, and blogger living in Toronto. She believes that food is the best method of healing and a classic way of bringing people together. In her spare time, Sarah does yoga, reads cookbooks, writes stories, and finds ways to make any type of food in her blender.
Some people are best friends with their siblings, but others can’t get along at all. Sibling rivalries exist childhood but they can continue far into adulthood. These relationships are complicated because on one hand, you have a shared history that no one will ever understand, and on the other, that history involves a lot of...
At first, Kahley Schiller thought her fatigue was normal. After all, she was a mother of two young children and she ran her own Pilates studio. Then the exhaustion worsened until the 39-year-old could barely finish a simple workout or even properly catch her breath. She also began experiencing extreme waves of nausea. But when...
People who live in old homes may discover unique vintage features in the strangest of places. Some of these features can still be useful, such as laundry chutes. Meanwhile, some are useless today, such as damper controls. And some add old-timey charm to the interior design. In any event, newly-built houses and apartment buildings don’t...
When a loved one dies, they leave a gaping hole behind. That void cannot be filled but as time passes, the mourners learn how to live with it. A sudden loss is even more wrenching because there was no warning and no opportunity for any kind of closure. We think we have all the time...
Despite the many campaigns against bullying, the problem still persists. However, one incident became an inspiring anti-bullying story. In this case, there were no intervening parents or teachers; the kids themselves stood up for their classmates — and in the middle of a basketball game. As a cheerleader, Desiree Andrews stood by the court when...
The marriage proposal is a highlight of many relationships. It’s a strong declaration of love and commitment to spend the rest of their lives together. However, sometimes “forever” is cut tragically short. One woman took to Reddit with a heartbreaking story. After dating for five years, her boyfriend proposed. But this dream ended when he...
Dogs are truly man’s best friend. They are our loyal companions, comforts, and heroes. We’ve seen guard dogs, firefighter dogs, guide dogs, emotional support dogs, but this dog goes to the next level. Henry the eight-year-old Boston terrier saved his owners’ nine-month-old daughter’s life. Somehow, he sensed she was in danger and began to alert...
Haley Parke announced the birth of her second son on Facebook. However, what should have been a happy day was full of grief. Her husband, Jb, suffered from a rare form of kidney cancer with the prognosis of six months to live. But earlier that week, he went to the Hartford hospital when complications arose....
Betty Walsh, 82, was attacked outside the Best Kebab and Fish Bar in London. Her attacker punched her to the floor and stabbed her. Twenty-year-old Ali Abucar Ali stepped in to try to help her. But the attacker fatally stabbed the young man. When the ambulance arrived, paramedics rushed Walsh to the hospital and pronounced...
Having a baby is an incredible gift. Having twins is a double blessing. They are like two little peas in a pod and have been so for the past nine months. It almost seems like a shame to separate the peaceful fellows and remove them from each other’s arms. These twins thought their nine months...
We often judge people within moments of meeting them. We assume we have them all figured out but there’s always so much more we don’t know. Appearances can’t show what a person is actually going through. A store clerk in this story learned the hard way to be kind to strangers. After all, little kindness...