NEW

International Women’s Day

Because this is Women’s History Month, I can’t help but appreciate the female relatives closest to me who were game changers in our family. My paternal grandmother Audrey (“Granny”, as I called her) born in Acola MS was the first in her family to attend college at...

Good Samaritan

#GoodSamaritan STORY TIME: Wanted to share a quick story about something wonderful that happened to me yesterday and restored my love for humanity. I was driving #BroVyas’s SUV to the city to move some paintings around from one venue to another and one of the tires...

Angels in Light

Angels in Light Crystals make a perfect gift for a family member, loved one, memorial gift or even a keepsake of your favorite pet. Check out our special offer and ORDER YOUR DESIGN HERE Just upload your highest resolution photo and place your order. Keepsakes from...

Here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson!

Below is a message from Ms. Robinson , my sixth grade teacher. I wanted to honor her for being the best teacher I ever had. After trying to get everyone on the same page for a memory book, I was able to have this crystal created for her on behalf of ALL of her...

Hana in Italy

My name is Hana Bushara, and I am a rising sophomore at St. Lawrence University, located in Canton New York. I am originally from Warwick, Bermuda, though I completed my junior and senior years of high school at the United World College of the Adriatic in Duino,...

What are the chances?

You're studying abroad and decide to go sightseeing in Luxembourg and out of nowhere come your classmates from your university back home in the States. Really, what are the odds?            

Before I was an artist…

I’ve worked as a gas station attendant. I once worked at Subway for 4 hours. I’ve collected payments from customers for a sports cards trading company. I’ve been a sales representative at a mall. I’ve taught kindergarten at a daycare. I worked as an eCommerce...

Leslé Honoré Poetry

Dear Body, Yesterday Sandria Washington posted a video about a woman coming to terms with feeling too tall most of her life. I reflected on feeling too tall, not wanting to wear heels, feeling like I just took up too much space. I realized that for probably more than...

Forty-Six

In 1975, Saturday Night Live premiered. And I was born. On March 24, at around 3am, my first season began. And somehow, I’ve managed to get picked up for 45 more. I’ve been thinking a lot about age lately. It’s really quite subjective, isn’t it? I think 46 is old...

This little guy, this beautiful baby, is Gabriel B. Taye when he when he was a toddler. He was born in 2008 and died in 2017. He was a victim of bullying and took his own life. We honored Gabe, with his mom's permission, with a tribute gift...
Miké’s (pron. Mee-kay’s) Story

Miké’s (pron. Mee-kay’s) Story

I went to South Africa junior year of high school. It was an exchange trip. It sounded like a cool trip to do and I wanted to travel abroad just because…We went to Johannesburg and then we went to Cape Town. Honestly, it was an amazing experience. When we were in...
Reem in Peru

Reem in Peru

In my Sophomore year of high school I had the opportunity to travel to Peru for a service trip with about 25 other students from my school. During the two week trip, we completed a service project at a school in Las Palmas; a rural town outside of Peru’s capital,...
Yusef visits the Middle East and Sudan

Yusef visits the Middle East and Sudan

I’d like to preface my comments with a quote from Henry David Thoreau: “Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. Instinctually, we gravitate toward comfort. We are drawn to the familiar. And by that principle, the concept of travel is almost entirely...
Erin in the Dominican Republic

Erin in the Dominican Republic

My daughter traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico at 13 years old with her school to study Spanish and live with a host family. I think this trip was important because it gave her an authentic look at a country many Americans equate with tourism. Three years later she was given...
Service Ambassadors in Hamlet, NC

Service Ambassadors in Hamlet, NC

Our second set of Service Ambassadors hail from Hamlet, NC. Here’s what they had to say:Carmen: I did my volunteer work at Pruitt Health in Rockingham, NC. While there I got the pleasure to work with the residents and have them interact with a new generation,...