When a backpack is more than a backpack
When students returned to school after winter break, you may have had to restock your child’s backpack with new school supplies. But halfway around the world, most refugee children don’t have a backpack or any school supplies to put inside. That’s why they were so...
Take a turkey break and transform twice as many lives
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year. I love spending time with my family, eating a delicious meal, and celebrating all we’ve had to be thankful for over the past year. We are truly blessed. But one of my favorite ways to express my gratitude is by...
Why you should still care about the refugee crisis
Let’s be honest. It’s easy to get compassion fatigue when you talk about the refugee situation in the Middle East. After so many years, it feels like this crisis will never end. So, it’s not surprising when people ask, “Why should I even care anymore?” It’s a valid...
Help rescue a child refugee like Adnan
If the refugee crisis in the Middle East, South Sudan, and around the globe has taught us anything, it’s this — children always suffer most. Adnan was born just nine months after the Syrian civil war began. And by the time the little boy was 7 months old, war had come...
There’s no place like home
In the “Wizard of Oz,” young Dorothy is stranded in a land far from her home in Kansas. Over the course of the story, she realizes how wonderful her home is, and she longs desperately to return. In the end, all she has to do is click together the heels of her magical,...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.