Dad was a visionary. He delighted in following and building upon his dreams. He loved a challenge. For instance, he might look at a piece of scrap and see a car. Michelangelo seemed to do that with marble.
Do you know where your parents met? The story of your birth? Can you recite a tale of suffering from you ancestral archives? It turns out that possessing those answers may help you develop resilience.
The major criterion for inclusion in this set of questions was that they test knowledge of things that children could not possibly have learned first hand.
Aunt Theresa may not have appeared very pretty on the outside, but to this day I've never met a more beautiful person on the inside. Kat is the love of my life, but Aunt Theresa will always be my special Valentine.
The courtship of Matthew Smith and Adele Guinee began in 1942. They'll be married 67 years Nov. 25 and have been blessed with a full and happy life. The Smiths know they're lucky.
If you were to peel life like an onion, you'd find layer after layer of hidden meaning philosophers have debated over for centuries and will continu...
Here are 8 tips on keeping memories of grandparents alive for children who won't have the gift of years with them.
Writer/ Performer Juan Francisco Villa on his solo show Empanada for a Dream, a story about growing up downtown on Allen Street in the Lower East Side...
This is a regular column featuring original fiction by and for high school students, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for you...
Our stories -- the stories of everyday people -- are more powerful and interesting than the lives of celebrities that clog up our airwaves every day.
My hope is that as a global community we can address the deeper issues that have fostered terrorism in the first place.
