Being rendered legally insignificant makes losing a loved one impossibly hard
This video shows the story of Shane Bitney Crone and Tom Bridegroom, a young California couple who started a business together, shared a mortgage and enjoyed a loving relationship. Despite these solid foundations, this tale takes a heart-wrenching turn for the worst.
Shane’s family was happy for him, but Tom’s wasn’t; when he told them about Shane, his father threatened him with a gun and his mother wanted to get him medical attention. In spite of his family’s lack of support, Tom gave Shane a promise ring. Then, something entirely unexpected happened. Read more...
That friend, Jessica Provenz, was nursing her own 6-month-old and figured that donating her milk might be of use to Snyder’s family. She ended up coordinating a breast milk drive that ensures Michal and Jay’s twins have plenty.
“Since Michal’s death, a loosely connected network of about 30 mothers has been regularly donating milk to the twins. Three months later, the twins are thriving, rising above the 50th percentile for both height and weight and consuming 80% donated milk and formula at night. Read more...
Why we will always love the Where the Wild Things Are author
Sendak’s captivating prose and illustrations had meaning for people of all ages. He didn’t believe in “children’s books” or making sequels based on public demand, but he did open up many magical worlds for his readers. Sendak’s legacy as one of America’s most loved authors and illustrators will thrive like Max’s bedroom. Here’s why we will always love him:
He showed the world how to party, rumpus style
No one does it like Max and the wild things.
It seems like just yesterday we threw our own Wild Rumpus Dance party. We love us a good dance party and can’t resist most costumes, so we threw a jam in anticipation of the movie coming out. Together with 500 other fans, we unleashed our inner wild things in a serious way, dressing up like party monsters and dancing our furry faces off. The world needs more rumpus. Read more...
Roch Carrier’s The Hockey Sweater is now a symphony
Roch Carrier’s The Hockey Sweater is a recollection of his childhood in small-town Quebec (Ste. Justine, population 1,200) in the 1940s. He wrote it in 1979, and the next year it was turned into an animated short for the National Film Board. The drawings used in the animated film were also used to make it into a children’s book, which is probably read to the vast majority of Canadian kids. We love this story so much, we put it on our money! Carrier’s story is nothing short of iconic, so it doesn’t come as a huge surprise that the Toronto Symphony Orchestra wanted to put it to music. Bunch spoke to Roch Carrier this week to see what he thinks of Abigail Richardson’s take on it.
What can you tell us about the new symphony adaptation of The Hockey Sweater?Read more...
Star Wars is cool every day of the year, but May 4th is special. It’s Star Wars Day! The only other day besides Halloween and comic book/sci fi conventions when it’s totally OK to show up for work or school dressed as a Jedi or Imperial Storm Trooper (depending on what side of the Force you identify with). And so celebrate all things Star Wars, we must.
1. Star Wars Pancakes
If you didn’t start your day off with Star Wars pancakes, relax. They’re a perfectly normal dinner food, especially on Jedi religious holidays. Special Star Wars pancake molds are pretty easy to find, but if your midi-chlorian count is especially high, you could always try to make your own pancake AT-AT. We assume Jim of Jim’s Pancakes is a close pal of Yoda and Mace Windu. Read more...
Having trouble getting the kids to lend a hand? Add a little fun! Here are a few suggestions:
Sock-cleaning the bathtub: Your kids get to feel like they’re making a mess while they’re actually cleaning. Coat the tub with some lathery soap flakes or sudsy cleanser, add water, and let them dance the tub clean.
Make hand puppet dusters: Hand puppets can slide along banisters, along coffee tables and counters, “devouring” dust as they go. Hot glue gun some felt ears, yarn wiskers, googly eyes onto a sock and you’re kid will have a handheld cleaning buddy.
Glam cleaning tools: Get kids to make their own glam feather dusters by bunching together multicoloured craft feathers with an elastic and fastening it to a bamboo rod or chopstick. Kids’ are much more likely to get into something when they get to use tools that are their size for them. Read more...
