If you graduated school prior to the year 2000, chances are, you might have taken
a home economics or home studies class…if you were a girl that is.
There’s no denying how useful it is to learn these principles of domesticity.
Nowadays, the idea of women and men looking after the home and family is more accepted.
But sadly, home economics classes are dying out, and fewer schools are
giving their children – girls and boys – the opportunity to learn the basic skills of adulthood.
The room remained suspended in a collective gasp, the air charged with a tension so palpable it felt like the walls themselves were holding their breath. All…
I went to visit my hospitalized daughter with my son. That sentence sounds ordinary, but the moment I stepped into Room 304 at St. Andrew’s Children’s Hospital,…
Ethan could feel the warmth emanating from the steel bars, a stark contrast to the cool metal of his cane. He knew the dog was close, but…
His heart raced, not knowing what awaited him inside. As he approached the door, he observed the worn paint and the overgrown lawn, signs of neglect that…
I thought I was saving a homeless woman, but I had no idea who she really was. The moment my husband saw her sitting in our kitchen,…
A trucker pulls over at a diner and orders a cheeseburger, a cup of coffee, and one slice of cherry pie. While he’s waiting for his food,…