Seeing Thanksgiving through the eyes of my child
Vasco called it "Thanks-for-giving." There is no Thanksgiving holiday in Malawi, where my son is from. So Thursday was his first. And it was my best.
Gap ads reduce holidays to treacly meaninglessness
There are only 35 shopping days left until Christmas. I'm keenly aware of this primarily because of those overcaffeinated Glee-show-choir-in-red-white-and-blue-alpine-sweaters-and-ear-flaps-making-high school-cheerleading-pyramids Gap ads that started running about a week ago.
We have a choice: to be right -- or compassionate
Compassion is, by one definition, "a deep awareness and sympathy for another's suffering."
