Motherly Love for the 143 million orphans & abandoned children

Mother's day is a great time to notice and give motherly love to the children without mothers and throughout the year with every opportunity we have.

Is Mother's day a Hallmark creation? 

The celebration of motherhood occurs throughout the world; many of these can be traced back to ancient festivals, like the Greek cult to Cybele, the Roman festival of Hilaria or the Christian Mothering Sunday celebration. Is Mother's day a Hallmark creation? 

293,000 children enter foster care each year in US - 130,000 children waiting for ...

House of the Rising Sun

After returning from a two week adventure in Japan, I’ve found myself struggling to accurately describe it’s multifaceted beauty to family and friends. On one hand, I feel Back from the Future and on the other, I feel like I’m back from a bygone era where people stopped to smell the cherry blossoms. Japan is strikes a simultaneous blend of the traditional, modern and bleeding edge.

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Saddest and greatest blunder of my life

Desertification of the world's grasslands, Savory suggests, is the immediate cause of poverty, social breakdown, violence, cultural genocide -- and a significant contribution to climate change.

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One billion grain per second: Forced migration

Architecture student Magnus Larsson details his bold plan to transform the harsh Sahara desert. »A vast 3D printer made of bacteria crawls undetectably through the deserts of the world, printing new landscapes into existence over the course of 10,000 years...«

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Cherry Blossom Centennial Forever

Have you noticed the artistry and detail in the Centennial Cherry Blossom stamps? Artist Paul Rogers of Pasadena, CA, created the stamp art images. To achieve that balance, Rogers placed a monument and small group of people on either side of the panorama. Adding a layer of complexity to the scene, he dressed the group on the left in 1912 period attire — including two girls in Japanese kimonos

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