"Labor" Day takes on a new meaning this year with the 2013 Rally to Improve Birth being organized in 160 cities across America, and around the world. Behind this global event is a mother, Cristen Pascucci, pushing to improve the birthing experience for all women.
Since childhood, Corey Wadden has heard his mom raving about a car she's always wanted -- a copper colored 1973 Saab 99 EMS. It took him a year to find the car, but he says her reaction "made it all worthwhile."
80-year-old Ruby Dunson has been raising abandoned children for 42 years. In all, she raised 10 successful children in her small brick home on Detroit's west side, eight of whom she agreed to take in after they were abandoned at birth or abused as kids.Read More
Teen births and pregnancies have plummeted over the past two decades, down 42 percent from 1990. Most Americans, it turns out, have no idea that we're actually in the midst of a big public health success story.
This morning a baby bird fell out of its nest just outside the window that is near my desk. My mind wandered to images of my youngest son, a college freshman. Was this child ready to leave the nest or did I rush him out?
Mothers Day comes early this year - on May 11 in the U.S. Here are some ways to celebrate mom, make her smile, and create memorable moments.
When other people kept their distance from a man in distress, this woman reached out and touched him.
This artist is spending a week making thousands of sandwiches for the poor in honor of all the school lunches her mother packed over the years.
Mom and I fought since childhood. I'd say black, she'd say white. It did not matter on what subject. I found myself many times in the bathroom crying so hard I could not breath.
My good friend Wally Bock wrote an article for his newsletter which he titled Christmas and Cancer Both Begin with C. Wally's mother died of cancer in 1982 after fourteen years as one of the earliest recipients of chemotherapy. One of her life's mottos was What good can we make of this? I was honored when Wally wrote about my experience alongside his mother's.
These mama cats have more than enough milk to go around – so they welcomed a couple orphaned puppies to their brood.
A couple who met on a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle got married on that same flight six years later in a special ceremony for the bride's mother.
One proud mother living in Camden, New Jersey bought a billboard to praise her son for being a fine young man and graduating from high school.
To help celebrate mothers this Mother's Day, read a collection of some inspiring quotes about the positive impact of moms and the beauty of motherhood.
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