What do the countries of Fiji, Bonaire, Germany and the United States along with more than eighty other countries have in common during the month of May? During this month, all usual activities will be suspended for a day as people everywhere honor Mom – it’s Mother’s Day. Restaurants are already booked, greeting cards and [...]

I told my roommate I had to cover a butterfly release for Green Lifestyles because of our May theme – Children and Food. “Come on, who are you kidding?” he said. “You just want to see a butterfly release.” He was pretty much right. Who wouldn’t want to see a butterfly release? Every year, Kidspace [...]

Everyone has had those moments where you are staring in the mirror thinking to yourself, or maybe even out loud, “Where am I going with my life?” Our paths are constantly taking us back and forth and my resume is a perfect example of this phenomenon. I began my professional career hell bent on being [...]

Few things facilitate intercultural communication as effectively as international marriages. Ten years ago last month David Beerman, from the United States, and his wife Gillian, from the Netherlands, translated a cross-cultural conversation into Moby Wrap, Inc., a company that aims to provide American parents with comfortable baby carriers. A decade later, Moby Wrap has gone [...]