Hello Hugs!

Moving away during the school year can be hard for kids.  One Pre-K student and his mom decided to surprise his former class. They showed up at the end of the school year to say hi.  He was welcomed back with overwhelming joy and lots of hugs. Click the link below to watch a joy-filled, and hug-filled,…Read more »

Fore to Cheers!

The U.S. Open Golf Championship was in L.A. over the weekend. With the PGA Tour and LIV Golf merger, golf has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. A bit of golf news that didn’t get much attention happened a few weeks ago. Joel Dahmen is not well known on the tour,…Read more »

Happy Father’s Day, Murphy!

This is Murphy’s first Father’s Day, and he’s a dad like no other! Murphy is a bald eagle at the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri. When his fatherhood instincts kicked in this spring, his caretakers knew just what to do. They gave Murphy an orphaned eaglet to nurture, and he’s doing a great…Read more »

Dance Off!

Most kids don’t want their dads dancing in front of their school. In fact, that’s the stuff of nightmares! Unless your dad is part of the Outta Puff Daddys! It’s a unique dance group formed as a joke, but now several years later it’s still dancing strong. The dads might complain about being out of…Read more »

Town’s Favorite Guy

Journey with us to Galveston, Indiana to meet Allen McCloskey: humanitarian, kindest American, special guy, Guinness world record holder, and gravedigger. See how Allen holds the key to having “enough” and brings joy with 70 years of caring for hometown folks who honored him with a town birthday party! We can all learn a lesson…Read more »

A Very Good Thing

Teachers and students are on summer break, but the lessons learned are always on our minds. When it comes to teachers, so many deserve recognition that it’s difficult to pick Teacher of the Year. Rebecka Peterson recently won the honor. One of the reasons she won is for her blog titled One Good Thing. Like…Read more »

Teachers Wanted!

We’ve all seen and heard the news coverage. There’s a teacher shortage in the United States. School districts across the country are trying to figure out how to hire and retain teachers. Alaska may have the answer. It’s simple. Pair new teachers up with veteran teachers. Give new teachers a teacher mentor to guide, encourage,…Read more »

One Voice

Today is Memorial Day. We set aside time to honor the men and women who died serving in the military. In tribute to them, we share “One Voice” performed by The United States Air Force Symphony Orchestra and The Singing Sergeants at the Washington National Cathedral. Click the link below to hear this beautiful song…Read more »

JOY!

You remember the line from the movie Love Actually . . . “If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around.” The same applies to Joy. If you look for it, you’ll find Joy everywhere! At a minor league game. At the airport. At retirement celebrations. At…Read more »

Joy in the Chaos

There’s a special nurse in Indianapolis. She’s NICU Nurse Katrina Mullen. When Shariya Small arrived at the hospital pregnant with triplets, she knew her life was about to change, but she had no idea how much it would change. Katrina was there for Shariya in ways she’d never experienced before in her young life. Their…Read more »