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Children Who Shine From Within – By Rachel Macy Stafford

“What’s your favorite insect?” my seven-year-old daughter asked as we took an evening walk on the first night of her spring vacation. “You can’t pick butterfly. Everyone picks the butterfly,” she...

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Maternity Ward Angel In Disguise

Following childbirth at a military hospital I shared a room with another lady who had given birth within a couple hours of me. This lady had a husband who was soldier. We were both in for a 3 day stay....

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7-Year-Old Boy Will Leave You Speechless With His “Old Soul” Words Of Wisdom

I am certainly not the first parent in the world to be surprised at some of the things my child says. Occasionally the words of our youth shock us. Sometimes they’ll leave you speechless, while other...

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This Father Wrote His Bullied Daughter a Song to Let Her Know how Special She is

Bullying is a huge problem in schools around the world, which leaves thousands of kids a year feeling insecure and abused. This foul treatment can cause both physical and emotional distress. The...

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I See Myself in My Son

“I know what it’s like to be in that teenage stage when you feel the need to prove yourself. One day when I was about his age, I was hanging out with some friends after school, and they wanted to go to...

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Watch This 6 Year-old Girl Give Her Mum a Life-Lesson After Her Parents Divorced

There’s a commonly accepted truth for people who have ever endured a divorce: When things go sour and get heated between mom and dad, usually the children suffer most. Sometimes though, it’s the kids...

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Father of Bride Stops the Wedding to Bring Stepdad up Front

Grab tissues… because you might need them as you look through these pictures. Todd Bachman, father of the bride, brought his daughter to the beginning of the aisle…then he stopped the procession for a...

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A Father and Daughter’s Hair Class

One father has created an awesome class to help other fathers learn about doing hair. Philippe Morgese wrote: “We had a small class full of dads that learned basic brushing, ponytails, braids and buns....

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A Father Was Getting Prepared To Defend His Autistic Son, Until The Man In...

Do you know the value of kindness? Here’s a story of how one Dad saw, and felt, the value of a few well chosen, gentle words of support. Share Rick’s story with your friends by clicking below! Filed...

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Nails – By Ultan Cronin

I’d never cut anybody else’s nails until I was thirty-one years of age. Then, in the space of a couple of weeks, I was cutting the nails of two of the most important people in my life, neither of whom...

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On My Father’s Birthday: A Letter To The Man Who Killed Him – By Dawn Quyle...

Dear Sir, I don’t know your name, but you killed my father on June 9, 1973, in Stockton, California. My father was thirty-two years old then; I was ten. If he had lived, he would have been 74 on...

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Stranger Gives Dad A Very Touching Note After Seeing Him With His Daughter

David Rosenman is a physician and assistant professor in Rochester, MN. He’s also a father with two young children. When David recently took his 9-year-old girl to breakfast at a coffee shop he never...

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Choosing Kindness Led to an Awakening – By Richard Diedrichs

When my father was in his early eighties, he and his fourth wife both got sick. They did not have the means to support themselves at home after the hospital. They moved into a residential care facility...

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What to Say to Death (Talking to my Dad when he could only listen) – By April...

One of the synchronicities of life is that when my Dad’s cancer returned my sometimes boss, Wendy Macnaughton, was Artist in Residence at the Zen Hospice Project. We talked in her studio one afternoon...

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Boy Asks For an Advance on His Allowance. Father Responds in Writing.

Our 6 y/o asked (his) Dad for an advance on his allowance for a toy. This is the response he got. We love this Father’s simple financial lesson and how he gently reminds his son of the consequences of...

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This is 20 Years Too Late – (A Father’s Tragic Tale)

Hello everyone. This is a rather tragic story. It will not be suitable for light hearts. It’s my deepest, most darkest history, which led to my own near-death many, many times. 20 years ago, Germany,...

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(20) Love Lessons From Being Part of a Big Family – By Kathleen Ambrose Warner

Let’s be flexible while being deeply rooted. – Henri Nowen ~ 1. Share well with others or else. All 7 of us have experienced the “or else” 2.  Choose wisely before you dip into the black hole of “or...

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Five Fun Ways to Celebrate the Arrival of a New Baby in the Family – By Lucy...

The arrival of a little bundle of joy is one of the most exciting occasions for any family, and if a happy couple in your crew are soon expecting a baby boy or girl, you’re probably itching to help...

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My Dad Overcame Addiction and is My Real Life Hero -By Jennifer Landis

As far back as I can remember, the thing that I most looked forward to most as a child were the weekends I spent at my Dad’s house. Until I was 12 that meant packing my bags and hopping in the car with...

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After His Father Died, This Son Found A Devastatingly Sweet Note

Some people believe romance is dead… In the age of online dating and apps many people feel the days of gentle love letters and grand romantic gestures are gone. There are no more great love stories,...

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The Old Hemming Ruler, The Empty House, and Grief – By Carmelene Melanie Siani

When a person dies, even members of the same family, experience  their grief differently and this difference can cause more pain and more damage than the actual death can cause. As for me, I’ve never...

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10 Warnings for All Working Parents – By Shelly Lopez Gray (Registered Nurse)

…consider yourself warned 😏 The epitome of how I feel before bed. (1) You will be tired. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again, you don’t know what tired is until you’re a parent. Exhausted...

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Bride is Walked Down the Aisle by the Man who Received her Murdered Father’s...

Jeni Stepien’s father Michael was shot and killed during a robbery in Swissvale, Pennsylvania in 2006. His family donated his organs and his heart was given to Arthur Thomas, who was on “death’s door”...

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“Big UPS to this DAD and all the DADS out there”…

“…on my flight back to Georgia I saw this man, who was a stranger to this woman, offer to help her because she was pregnantContinue reading

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Dear Non-Rent Paying Residents…

This is a letter that almost every parent with teens can relate to… Mums, Dads….maybe you should show this letter to your own teens! SHARING BUTTONS BELOW

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