Must Reads

November is National Philanthropy Month. To celebrate Royal Neighbors’ legacy of empowering women and building communities, meet Juliet Christenson, Product Development Manager at Royal Neighbors.

I was a 45-year-old father of two children when my dad passed away. At the time, I didn’t realize how young he really was when cancer took him at the age of 69.

Fall is a bittersweet time for parents. The back-to-school routine has been a welcome one in the past, but when your last child leaves the nest, it’s normal to feel both dread and excitement.

What does your ideal vacation look like? Is it a long weekend at a remote cabin where the air is filled with the scent of trees and the sweet song of nightingales?

Kim Jordan is part of a conventional family. She and her husband drive a white minivan. Their home in Gilbert, AZ, is filled with the singing, dancing, and music of their daughters Sophie, 13, and Katie, 10.

Children have a tough task in front of them – inheriting a planet facing climate change, increasing pollution, and diminishing natural resources.

The buzzer reverberated throughout the four-story building. Women took their seats behind desks arranged in wide open spaces – no cubicles in sight.

Each model stood on the runway nervously awaiting her turn. Before she took her first steps she held up a sign. In a few words the tragedy that nearly crushed her life and spirit was reduced to words on a 2’ by 3’ poster.

The two groups are as different as they can be. They live nearly 600 miles apart from each other and are located in different states (one in Northwest Illinois, and the other in Fargo, ND).