My heartbreak led to a global kindness movement
“The chances of you conceiving naturally are non-existent. The chance of us successfully harvesting eggs is also minimal." I sat. Heart pounding. Palms sweaty. I began to feel the walls slowly start to come in on me. My breathing shallow, head
The lonely summer that healed me
Lonely is not a word one generally hears to describe summer in a favorable way. Lonely is a word we avoid. It is dark and scary and summer is usually described with words like “bright” and “sunny.” I had a
Notes from camp: Where children find a new perspective of who they are
Last year, more than 260,000 kids attended a summer or day camp with The Salvation Army, primarily at one of its 44 camps across the U.S. This is just one account of a life impacted at summer camp. Camp is about
Why you should craft a ‘do good’ resolution this year
It’s almost that time of year again, when we turn inward, reflecting on a year of growth, change, stagnance, improvement. The resolutions we chose at the beginning of the year were either penciled in, knowing from preceding years that we
It’s all in the modeling
Most people have a difficult time explaining character. It does have several different meanings. Some immediately think of an actor playing a particular part in a play; others might think of it as a specific written or printed figure representing a