It takes a village to raise a child. It took several mothers to shape the woman I am. I was born in a remote and economically deprived village in southwest China. All the young and middle-aged adults in my village served as migrant workers in coastal and developed...
May 4th is the 45th anniversary of Star Wars! It has been 45 years since George Lucas introduced us to the Force and the bounty of characters who captured our imaginations. People all around the world love Star Wars. “May the 4th be with you” is a celebration...
After some recent indulgences, I decided to mindfully reset and embark on 10 days of clean eating and put my focus on the following areas. Let’s see how I did, what I learned about my body and how I felt. 1) Gluten — I feel better when I don’t eat gluten. Moreover,...
When you hear of restaurants like Panera’s Day-End Dough-Nation, where they donate unsold bakery products and bread; grocery stores giving food banks recently expired packaged food; or Food Rescue US where volunteers transfer surplus food from businesses to people...
These are two small stories between my neighbor and me, and theirs are two of the many kind hearts I have encountered since I set my foot to this strange land in 2010. Because of these kind hearts, I felt at home far away from home. While I do have many hardships...
Since 1992, April has been recognized as Stress Awareness Month. At that time, I am guessing that life had started getting more stressful and coping mechanisms were being discovered. After all, stress can quickly affect our mental and physical state. There is no...
So many options present themselves when one decides to “read” a book in this day and age. After hearing nothing from the private bookstores I contacted asking about the variety of “reading” methods (I thought they’d like some free advertising; apparently, I was...
On February 22, 2018, in Alabaster Alabama, Michelle Lunsford waited for her daughter Camryn to come home from work, but she never arrived. Michelle had a tracker on Camryn’s phone and noticed she was stopped in traffic. Unable to reach her by phone, Michelle...
Although first developed by Francesco Cirillo more than 30 years ago, the Pomodoro Technique remains a popular and effective time management exercise for those looking to improve their productivity. In contrast to some of the more complex and time-consuming...
People often believe that yoga is simply a conglomeration of poses sequenced together to only benefit the practitioner from a physical standpoint, but really the poses are only an eighth of an overall yoga practice.
When my local library installed the self-check-out machines, one person said to a librarian, “I guess you’ll be out of a job” which involves a line of thought akin to “We don’t need farms, because we just go to the grocery store and buy what we want.” Do people...
It is the season of spring; flowers are blooming, and the temperatures are starting to climb. Spring awakens your creative side of description. Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? It is a month to remind us of the importance of creativity of the...
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