It was her first time entering the lottery. Karma came back around in the best way possible for a Canadian teenager who as a kid helped the victims of an earthquake by emptying her piggy bank. She won a $48 million (£29.7m) lotto jackpot in Canada – with the first ticket she ever bought. Juliette […]

3 years ago

It’s easy for the presents and the gift shopping to steal a lot of the focus. But ever since my children we old enough to understand, I try to also include activities and chats about what the true spirit of Christmas and the holiday season is all about. For instance, we talk about, in an […]

5 years ago

This is so lovely. December is a busy time a year for families. There are so many things happening, from end-of-year ballet shows to carol services and class Secret Santa and present shopping. So busy, in fact, that it can be hard to take a moment and ponder what this season really is – or, […]

6 years ago

Being a mum is never a straightforward experience, as we reported in our story on How Parenting is More Stressful for Mums than Dads.  But one mum has shared her devastating account of motherhood and her experience of being induced to give birth to her stillborn baby. Jacinta Jane, a mum from the UK, wrote the […]

10 years ago

The story of William and Daniel McCarthy, the brothers who were found dead this week at their home in Bluebell, West Dublin, has most of us thinking of our elderly and vulnerable neighbours this week.  The pensioners, who were both deaf and dumb, lived in the quiet cul-de-sac for more than 26 years, with 76-year-old William […]

10 years ago

A group of Texas Home Depot employees put their heads together to help solve a problem for a very special young customer this week.  The workers were determined to help mum Jessica Johnson, whose two-year-old son Silus was born with Norrie Disease, an inherited eye disorder that leads to blindness in male infants at birth or […]

10 years ago