Death is never a taste one gets used to. No pallet can be acquired for it without some serious causes for concern. Some deaths are sudden, which can be traumatic for the people left behind. But, some are gradual, like cancer, eating away at life one bit at a time. Shannen Doherty has been no...

Math homework can be quite difficult if you are a child. And this traverses geographical boundaries- whether one is a student in the USA or a student in India. A child dealing with math homework accidentally called 911 because he thought they would help him out. And they did help him solve his problem. The...

As a nanny and preschool teacher, I praise and admire parents. Raising or caregiving for children is incredibly rewarding but inarguably exhausting. No sentiment seems to affect parents more than guilt. Guilt for going to work and leaving their children in the care of others. Feeling guilty for stopping off to treat yourself to lunch...

When Xueli Abbing was abandoned at an orphanage as a baby, she had no idea she’d grow up to be a model for Vogue. But, after a few interesting turns in her life, she made it as an international model at age 16. You never know where the world will take you, or how things...

Drunk driving ruins not just the lives of those it takes, but also of those left behind. This Toronto, Canada family is a devastatingly sad example of that. A drunk driver killed all three of Edward Lake and Jennifer Neville-Lake’s children and their grandfather. Seven years later, hours after father’s day, their father Edward succumbed...

Bullying is a real problem that doesn’t get addressed too often. But a 2021 TikTok video has brought forth the other side of the coin. Should public humiliation be a good punishment for someone bullying? This short clip was posted by @userxgwig52jip on TikTok which showed a young boy standing on the side of the...

How far can one justify the actions of a neighbor? And, how far should one allow their neighbor to dictate their lives? Recently, a r/AITA post came up which spoke about a woman who was facing problems from her neighbor. Apparently, the neighbor’s kids wanted to play in her private pool- something she didn’t want....

Everything in life has an upside and a downside, even simple things such as opening or closing the bathroom door. Many people have numerous preferences including their desire to keep germs or odors at bay. Moreover, methods may differ from country to country; some practices may seem strange to those in other parts of the...

Dale Schroeder, a man from Des Moines, Iowa had devoted his entire life to his carpentry work and it was all he ever had. Born in 1919, Schroeder worked for 67 years at the same workshop, living minimally and saving a lot of his earnings [1]. He never married, had no children, and no living...

Periods are no fun – just ask anyone who gets one. At best, they’re inconvenient and at worst absolutely debilitating. Probably one of the most difficult parts about having a period, however, is how much of a taboo topic they have become. So much so, that there are many “secret things” that people, even those...

A miracle has come in the form of a brain. One mother was told by her doctors that the child she was carrying had not developed a brain. She was recommended to terminate the pregnancy five times. However, the soon-to-be parents chose to ignore their suggestion. Noah was born with only a small percentage of...

Recently, some new parents safely surrendered a set of twins to a hospital in South Carolina under Daniel’s Law. This law, otherwise known as the Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, allows parents to safely give up their children so long as they are less than 60 days old and unharmed. There are designated places...