Feeling insecure in a relationship can make people see threats where none exist. When jealousy takes over, an innocent interaction can feel suspicious, especially when someone worries another person might take their partner away. This teenager shared how her neighbor confronted her and started policing her clothes because she believed her husband was getting distracted … Read more

Whether we challenge ourselves or dare someone else to do something outrageous, there is something tempting about standing out from the crowd. Doing what nobody else would can give a quick sense of accomplishment. But without proper care, everything can spiral out of control. Sam Ballard was a 19-year-old Australian and an aspiring rugby player … Read more

Looking after children is basically a job. Indeed, for many a babysitter and nanny, it is literally what puts food on the table. Statistics show that the more children one adds to the “job,” the higher the prices go, that’s just the way of the world. So when she was asked to babysit 16 whole … Read more

When a school teacher from Thailand noticed the amount of unfinished doodles on test papers, he took it upon himself to finish them. “At the beginning, most of them drew because they were bored, or waiting for a test to be finished. After they realized what I was doing, they started drawing more, and requesting … Read more

Death is one of the ultimate mysteries of life that we’d probably never be able to fully understand, mainly because we can’t ask the folks who’ve passed what their experience has been like. That’s why we have to rely on the real-life anecdotes of people who’ve experienced being dead, even if it was just for … Read more

When a couple turns to surrogacy, the expectation is usually that an embryo is transferred to the surrogate, the pregnancy progresses, and eventually the intended parents welcome their baby. However, one Queensland couple found themselves in a situation that was anything but straightforward after their surrogate became pregnant with twins who turned out to have … Read more

Modern people sometimes might forget they’re part of nature. With the unending cycle of stress about money, relationships, and the whole world around us seemingly going down the toilet, we might forget we’re part of the same world as that beautiful butterfly inside a flower. If we’d remember to be one with nature more often, … Read more

As a kid, I was fascinated by prehistory. I still am, but back then, I could spend hours going through books about ancient life and how the Earth was formed. I blame it on my love for dinosaurs, but that fascination with our world’s distant past never really went away. So when scientists uncovered how … Read more

Oleg Oprisco is a brilliantly talented photographer from Lviv, Ukraine, who creates stunning surreal images of elegant women in fairy-tale or dream-like settings. There’s one significant difference, however, that sets him apart from other artists who create similar work – Oprisco shoots using old-school film photography. The fact that he shoots with film means that … Read more

Even though adoption has been around ever since humans have existed, it can bring loving families together as well as break hearts all over the place. Questions about biological roots always come to the surface, and in many cases, they are left unanswered. And it’s these missing answers that usually matter the most to adoptees. … Read more