Helping Parents Succeed
Halloween is just around the corner. The biggest question for parents is your kids’ Halloween costumes: what are they going to be?
We have found some exciting costumes ideas for your kids, toddlers, infants, babies as well as teens.
To help you save cut down expenses, you can try out some homemade Halloween costumes.
Get dressed up and help your child have a memorable Halloween.
Shannon could hear the footsteps behind her as she walked toward home. The thought of being followed made her heart beat faster.
“You’re being silly,” she told herself. “No one is following you.”
To be safe, she began to walk faster, but the footsteps kept up with her pace. She was afraid to look back, and she was glad she was almost home.
Shannon said a quick prayer, “God please get me home safe.”
She saw the porch light burning and she leaned against the door for a moment, relieved to be in the safety of her home. She glanced out the window to see if anyone was there. The sidewalk was empty.
After tossing her books on the sofa, she decided to grab a snack and get online. She logged on under her screen name, “ByAngel213”, checked her Buddy List and saw “GoTo123” was also on. She sent him an instant message:
I couldn’t stop my tears (of excitement) from flowing for a couple reasons.
I read about a story of a 14-year old girl, Tee Hui Yi, getting a heart transplant after waiting for the right donor for more than a year.
Definitely it’s good news for Hui Yi who has been using a luggage-like mechanical heart all this while. It’s also an exciting moment for her parents who have never stopped praying for her fast recovery.
As a parent, I share in the joy too. The transplant gives a huge relief to her parents.
But what really touched me was more than that.
I feel so proud for the father of the donor – a 15-year-old boy who has been confirmed brain-dead after a road accident.
It really touched my heart when he said this after he received a telephone call from a doctor telling him that his son’s heart had been successfully transplanted to Hui Yi:
“Although I have lost a son, I now feel like I have a foster daughter.”
On why he agreed for his son to be an organ donor, he said: “My son was God’s gift to me. Now, it is time to return the gift to God.”
The moment I read this, my tears started to flow uncontrollaby.
I truly believe that Hui Yi would agree with me that this is a gift of life that is so full of love and selflessness.
I wish more people would pledge to donate their organs to save more lives and help others live a better life.
A German scientist has come up with a solution for snoring–a computerized pillow that shifts the head's sleeping position until the noise stops.
Daryoush Bazargani, a professor of computer science at the University of Rostock and the pillow's inventor, was displaying a prototype of his pillow at a health conference in Germany on Wednesday.
"The pillow is attached to a computer, which is the size of a book, rests on a bedside table, and analyzes snoring noises," Bazargani told Reuters.
"The computer then reduces or enlarges air compartments within the pillow to facilitate nasal airflow to minimize snoring as the user shifts during sleep," he said.
Full report: Scientist invents computer pillow to stop snoring
It occurred to me when I was young, my mom always asked me to stop crying whenever I cried.
Now that I am a dad myself, it’s only natural that I follow my mother’s footsteps. But I realize there’s something wrong to ask a child who is genuinely sad to stop crying.
Men don’t cry mentality is a misconception. We should throw it out of the window. Crying won’t make men a sissy. Rather it makes you stronger.
If you have cried before as I did on a few occasions, you know the “high” feeling that comes after a good cry. Not to mention the feeling of relief. Hard to describe but it’s such a great feeling!
Now let’s talk about crying children.