Importance of celebrating your baby’s first birthday

Life is unpredictable. One moment you’re a new mom holding the most precious treasure in your arms and the next you know they’re on their feet flashing her toothless smile. Then you wonder where the year has gone. Your baby’s first birthday is a remarkable event as it represents the importance of celebrating her first […]


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Kids Birthday Party Ideas for Boys – DIY Decorating Tips for Pirate, Cowboy and Astronaut Themes

We all want our children to treasure the memory of each birthday party. So much, in fact, that as parents we tend to panic and blow the budget on fancy themes and costumes. Sometimes, however, the simplest ideas are still the best. While each generation has its favorite trends, characters, and toy lines, some basics […]


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(From the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of Enoch) The passing of Enkidu

No human foot, from now on, had ever come close to the hoary, half-human-looking beast! And if so, if some had seen it, what name would they have called it, if not monster or beast? He didn’t have any. No one had previously searched for him, over time it would be said: the gods sent […]


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The aftermath of a school tragedy: some coping strategies

I was the principal of the high school in Montourville, Pennsylvania, when TWA Flight 800 blew up off Long Island in July 1996. The recent tragedy in Connecticut, like the other school tragedies we witness, always brings thoughts not only about the disaster itself, but about the tragedy that follows such a disaster. In 1996, […]


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