Month: June 2026

What stories do you hope your children or grandchildren will remember long after you’re gone? What wisdom and values would you like to know you passed down to them?

Father’s Day can stir up a wide range of emotions. In this week’s Cuppa Joy, I reflect on how babies arrive with no instruction manual, on the parenting lessons we inherit—be they good or bad, and the wisdom that age can bring.

Why do stories of kindness touch us so deeply? And what happens when children are invited to put those lessons into action? This week I’m sharing the story behind Steve Hartman’s Kindness 101 project and the unexpected ripple effect it has created in classrooms across America.

What helps a child survive life’s hardest seasons? A story about orphan trains led me down an unexpected path—through the childhood experiences of my grandparents, the beloved pages of Anne of Green Gables, and memories of my own family.