Beyond the Pages of Grammy and Me
I was never the child who said she wanted to be a princess or an astronaut growing up, but instead, I told people I wanted to be an author. I always liked to read...
Category: Kindness In The Community
Amazing Spelled Backwards is Still Amazing
Mental illness is no laughing matter. According to National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 out of 5 people in the U.S.suffer from mental illness. Having anxiety, depression, or any other form of mental illness...
Making Kindness Contagious
A banner that read “Make Kindness Contagious” transmitted that vision into Mayor Tom Tait, inspiring him to run for mayor of Anaheim, California, on a platform of kindness. Establishing kindness as fundamental to the...
Domestic Violence: An Issue Hidden Behind Closed Doors
With repeated instances of painful words, constant physical battle, sounds of shattering bones, and cyclic regression of succumbing to pressure, domestic violence is the definition of an unbounded power play between partners of a...
Life Begins: Wishes Granted by… Teenage Genies?
Everybody celebrates their birthday differently. Some like huge parties, others appreciate a peaceful night in, and many may look for something in between. One factor, however, tends to be the same – birthday cakes....
Everybody Say “Love”
I was 18 years old when I attended my first Pride. Beforehand, I was under the impression that my “pride” wouldn’t extend beyond my late night twerk-a-thons that I had by myself when everybody...
Homeless But Not Hopeless
Homelessness is seen everywhere, even in the towns where one would think not. In reality, unpredictable events can leave any individual or family homeless. These include eviction, natural disasters, lack of affordable housing, domestic...
The Golden Rule Strikes Again…
“I don’t think my life is any different…I’m married, I have a baby, I work in the field that I wanted to work in, I graduated from Middlebury.” Sounds like a pretty good life,...
Food for Thought: Grayslake Restaurant Sets a Seat at the Table for Kindness
Tucked amongst the cozy walkways of Grayslake, IL, The Vine Restaurant has been a staple in the community for the past 11 years. Of course, while it is true that food has always been...
Helping Trans Youth One Video At a Time
Cameron Russo is a 22 year old transgender man from Boston, MA. Transgender is a term for people whose gender identity, expression, and/or behavior is different from those typically associated with their assigned sex...