As anyone who has worked with children in some form or another will know, there are a lot of things that can happen to a pair of expectant parents that can break their spirits.
Most of these possible scenarios often pull from some kind of loss of the child, or the child being unable to live their life to the...
Our body is a wondrous thing, and although many of the illnesses we experience are seemingly visible, those with a sharp eye will be able to see just exactly where our bodies are warning us about the diseases that we carry around with us.
This is because the health of a single organ affects all parts of the body -...
People have been seeking a cure for cancer for decades and decades. Although today, it is possible to somewhat treat and manage cancer, many still lose their lives to this disease.
The medical treatments that patients have to undergo can be very taxing and exhausting, even when they work out.
It certainly seems like a lot to go through for a...
We have all done something stupid when we were young, and have made decisions that we would regret later in life.
This is part and parcel of growing up, of maturing and learning how to be one’s own person. These periods of trials and tribulations that come our way during our adolescence are undeniably challenging.
Yet the way we respond and...
The last thing you would expect to happen is your child life pass away right before your eyes.
In fact, the idea is such a tragic one that most of us try not to think about it - it is too painful a possibility.
Unfortunately for some parents, that privilege is not something they can have.
For them, they soon find themselves...
Every single year on his birthday, a two-time former All-American diver named Chris Devries takes a fall off a diving board 10 feet off the ground and into a deep blue swimming pool.
For anyone else, this dive, taken in the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Judson Pool, seems like fun and games. But for Cliff, it’s a harrowing experience.
20 years...
It is a heartbreaking scene to find out that yet another child has lost their life.
With a bright future full of possibilities ahead of them, any loss of one so young is truly and utterly unacceptable.
No parent should have to watch their child’s life wrenched away before their due date.
Already it is sad enough an occasion when a parent...
When Meredith Stannard planned to retire, she and her partner had a number of different options.
The most obvious - and typical - would be selling their home and then moving to a special retirement community. Instead, the 66-year-old and her husband had very different plans!
It’s not that they chose not to downsize. In fact, they did that to an...
Halloween is supposed to be a time for fun. Kids go out in cool costumes and fill their buckets with candy.
Then, they - and their parents sneaking in a bite now and then - enjoy the yummy sweets and snacks from their hauls!
Unfortunately, some people can be extremely cruel and mean to children.
They’ll go to dangerous lengths to do...
The month of November has come around once again, and those among us may have noticed our loved ones are busying themselves with growing out a fabulous mustache and beard.
Perhaps you may even be joining in on the No-Shave November (also popularly called Movember) and growing out your facial hair yourself to raise awareness over cancers such as prostate...
