Haiti catapulted onto the international stage last week when its president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated in his home by a group of gunmen wielding assault rifles. His wife, Haitian First Lady Martine Marie Étienne Moïse, was wounded in the attack. This latest tragedy plunges Haiti further into chaos with shootouts in the streets, widespread...
Starting in June 2020, I began looking forward to New Year’s Eve. When New Year’s Eve finally arrived, our family anxiously waited for the ball to drop—or rather, leisurely descend—from Times Square. Typically, this moment is disappointingly dull; there have even been a few occasions when we’ve watched a previous New Year’s celebration...
With less than 10 days until Christmas and the anticipation of a heavy snowfall, our household is in full Christmas mode. We’ve decorated the tree and hung an excessive number of lights throughout our home. We’ve splurged on cookies and hot chocolate as after-school snacks. We’ve listened exclusively to holiday playlists. And I’ve rediscovered...