“Every easter, an old man would paint little bunny prints along the sidewalks as well as every door where a child lives, without fail. Over the summer, that old man passed away, so no one expected to see the tracks this year. Turns out that his eighteen year old grandson got up at three this […]

In the summer of 1975, a young Indian artist named Pradyumna Kumar, known as “PK,” sat on a busy sidewalk in New Delhi, sketching portraits of strangers with charcoal-stained hands. His drawings were more than lines; they carried emotions, as though he could capture the soul behind each face. PK came from one of India’s […]

Every Thursday, my daughter can’t wait to run out to the sidewalk and wave at her favorite trash man. Last week, she decided she wanted to surprise him with a homemade muffin. To our amazement, the day she chose turned out to be his birthday! He told us it was the only gift he received […]

“This school year, one of my students had a hard time not being able to take his teddy bear into school. It’s his comfort zone. So I told him he could leave him on the bus and I will keep him buckled in and watch over him while he’s in school. The first day he […]

“The first night at home, when we brought him from the dog shelter. Perhaps the happiest photo of the adoption ever. This is what saving lives looks like. Please do not buy, but adopt. “

“Don’t judge me. If i complain about my children, don’t say i don’t love them. If i say how perfect they are, don’t tell me I’m too braggy. You don’t see the hours I spend holding and loving them. If I’m honest about motherhood, don’t say I’m ranting. You didn’t see how many years I […]