Scientists are finding that certain discomforts protect us from physical and psychological problems like obesity, heart disease, cancers, diabetes, depression, and anxiety, and even more fundamental issues like feeling a lack of meaning and purpose.” Michael Easter, The Comfort Crisis I highly recomm...
I have a choking phobia. I cut food up a lot. I love my cheap little paring knives for this purpose. When I use my apple slicer, I grab one of these guys, cut out any remaining core, and then slice the segment down the middle lengthwise.Quick and easy and without getting out my ...
Similar to en-courage in a former letter,“En-joy,” seems like it would mean “putting joy into” something, although its meaning usually implies getting joy out of something. My dad’s “enjoying” my music was actually “putting joy into” me. Don’t you just love that?! Kids ...
My plan went to Hell in a handbag on the very first night. Everything seemed to be going swell. We had the most remote and breathtaking spot at 7500’ among the mountains and Ponderosa Pines, surrounded by twinkling stars on the horizon and all above us, giving the effect of being entir...
But whether it is a function of getting older or the fact that my job brings me into such intimate contact with birth and death, I can see now how life comes and goes, possessed of so much drama and emotional meaning, yet also indifferent to it. The awareness of life’s finitude has...
The Faire grounds are primarily dirt, gravel, and grass, so as long as your stroller can traverse those, I’d recommend bringing it. You can always throw the carrier down below. Mother’s room There is no air conditioning at the Faire, meaning it can get pretty warm. For a brief repri...
Bringing the little ones out for a meal can be enjoyable and stress-free, especially at these kid-friendly restaurants and cafes in Singapore
, Robin bares it all in this no-holds-barred look into her life as a wife and mom of three. With chapters entitled “Boob Sweat” and “Eff the PTA and Their Effin Carpool Line,” you’ll get a hysterically honest look at motherhood. ...
Apple Coco Maple Pepper Non-English & Exotic Girl Names Amai (Japanese girl name meaning “sweet”) Ausha (Hebrew girl name meaning “generous”; pronounced as “ahw-sha”) Helwa (Arabic girl name meaning “beautiful” and “sweet”) Imogen (Celtic name meaning “maiden”) Isla (Scottish an...
Hawaiian boy name meaning “high chief of Oahu,” after a chief in Hawaiian mythology Pronounced as “oh-LOH-pah-nah” Tāne Polynesian god of forests and light, believed to be the creator of man in Hawaiian mythology Pronounced as “TA-neh” Tangaroa Polynesia god of the sea Pronounced as...