Being told that you have cancer is the most surreal experience of a lifetime. Time stops, voices become incomprehensible and the feeling in your gut is like being dropped from a 50-story building.

Many children learn to say "please" and "thank you" at an early age, but truly instilling a sense of appreciation in a child goes beyond teaching words. Dr. Andrea Hussong, clinical psychologist and ...

In the face of all the hardships of the world, remembering the things we are grateful for can be reassuring. But constantly being grateful can also lead us to blatantly ignore all our problems. I ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - With Thanksgiving coming in a few weeks, the month of November invites us into a season of gratitude. Author and blogger Caitlyn Scaggs says it’s important to harness the power ...

Over the last months, my husband and I have been quarreling a lot (see Self-Erasure and its Discontents). The pandemic changed all that. The lines we drew in the sand have all blown away. My demands ...

We are all human. We wake up every morning and take the simplest things for granted, drinking a glass of water, washing our hands, brushing our teeth, taking a shower. We watch television, enjoy the ...

She loves delving into the mundanities of pedestrian life and unveil the underlying magic that they hold, in her writings. She has dabbled effortlessly between children in her creative writing classes ...