Burned 8 y/o Safyre, sole survivor of arson fire, wants Christmas cards | Examiner.com

Do you send Christmas cards? Here's a name to add to your list--Safyre, and she is a true gem. When you read her story, you'll smile through your tears. Because this little lady has true grit in the face of staggering adversity and all Safyre asks for is Christmas cards. KSDK reported on Dec. 9, that Safyre was badly burned at 5 years old and is the sole survivor of a 2013 arson fire that killed her entire family. As you might imagine, life has not been easy for the fire orphan. Her auntie and uncle care for her, but what with scarring, surgeries, skin grafts, stares, disability, post-traumatic stress disorder, loneliness, emotional scarring from arson, fear, perhaps survivor guilt, life isn't easy. The holiday season is particularly difficult for anyone struggling with grief, loss, pain and suffering.  Burned 8 y/o Safyre, sole survivor of arson fire, wants Christmas cards | Examiner.com

Christmas work party wish list questionnaire for holiday gift exchanges | Examiner.com

Holiday gift exchanges for the Christmas work party are awkward. Trading gifts among people you don't know may seem like a pointless pain in the neck. But if you're attending a company work party and the gift exchanges are unavoidable, here are ways to make it work. Some people look forward to gift exchanges--senior citizens, developmentally disabled people, employees in small businesses, adult education students, work at home groups. A problem with gift exchanges is not knowing what to get a co-worker for the holiday work party. So have participants fill out a work party wish list questionnaire or preference profile. Here's a wish list questionnaire to print and distribute a few weeks before your holiday party. Gift suggestions based on Christmas wish list questionnaire answers are included.   Christmas work party wish list questionnaire for holiday gift exchanges | Examiner.com

Thanksgiving food basket donations: Best food drive items to give food banks

Thanksgiving is the season for giving and food pantries are a great place to donate. Is your workplace or church hosting a food drive? Here are the best donations to give food banks, canned good drives, missions and homeless shelters this holiday season. If you've worked at food banks you know that some foods are donated in over-abundance. There are also certain food basket donations you never have enough of. So give these foods and supplies to the next Thanksgiving and Christmas food drive.  Thanksgiving food basket donations: Best food drive items to give food banks | Examiner.com

Sweetest Day gifts: Budget romantic presents for lovers, couples and sweethearts

Sweetest Day is Oct. 17, 2015: it's celebrated the third Saturday in October. Here are Sweetest Day gifts and budget romantic presents for couples, lovers and sweethearts. The emphasis here is on personal, frugal and economical. Goodness knows with the holiday spending countdown starting, the last thing anyone can afford are more lavish, expensive gifts! Some ideas are sweet little homemade gifts--very much in keeping with the romantic essence of Sweetest Day.Sweetest Day gifts: Budget romantic presents for lovers, couples and sweethearts | Examiner.com

 

Calavera skull cookies recipe for Dia de los Muertos Day of the Dead | Examiner.com

Looking to scare up some spooky-good Halloween treats? Or maybe you're throwing Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) shindig and need calavera (skull) cookies. Now you could do the (kind of boring and overdone) sugar cookies shaped like skulls. Here's a hilarious Pinterest Skeleton fail cookie to illustrate how not to do it!Calavera skull cookies recipe for Dia de los Muertos Day of the Dead | Examiner.com

 

World's oldest cat is 26? Fishy tale of elderly feline shows funny syntax fail

A Live Science report on August 15, says the world's oldest cat is 26? This fishy tale of the most elderly feline shows a funny syntax fail. And that's not all in this story that smells of tuna, including the age of the old tabby. There's a question of whether "Corduroy" of Sisters, Oregon, is in fact, the eldest puss.World's oldest cat is 26? Fishy tale of elderly feline shows funny syntax fail - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

 

Turkish newlyweds served their wedding feast to 4,000 Syrian refugees at camp

A couple recently celebrated their wedding with 4,000 guests. It wasn't a royal wedding, nor a celebrity knot-tying. In fact, the bride and groom didn't even know their guests! Turkish newlyweds served their wedding feast to 4,000 Syrian refugees at camp. In lieu of a typical marriage celebration, the couple, Fethullah Uzumcuoglu and Esra Polat fed the hungry in a Syrian refugee camp, reported Yahoo! Canada Good News August 5.  Turkish newlyweds served their wedding feast to 4,000 Syrian refugees at camp - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com