“I found a picture of your great grandfather” My dad sent that text in our family group chat on December 21st and a few weeks later him and I took ourselves down to Florida to go searching for more photos 🎞️❤️🙏 these last few days that I spent with my dad and our family, every one of them coming together so we could look through these photos together… I’ll remember these days for forever. My heart is so incredibly full. #familymemories #memories #childhoodmemories #familytime #growingup | Mari

6.2K views · 1K reactions | In 1785, my great-great-great grandfather...

The morning my HOA blew up my family’s dam – and turned their own neighborhood into a ticking flood zone The boom hit me before the text message did. It was a low, gut-punch of a sound that rolled down the mountain and shook the cup in my hand. I was standing in line for coffee. By the time I redlined my truck up the dirt road, the smoke was already clearing. A hundred years of my great-grandfather’s work. Gone. Hand-cut limestone, blasted into gravel across the creek bed. And there he was. Mark

Heather Perkins and I sculpting wax to lost cast into metal jewelry. Recreating this ring I made with my grandfather as a child that was stolen from me at gunpoint in Los Angeles during the gangbanging crack epidemic 90’s. A 14k gold and diamond version of this design we made together as he was dying from cancer which held deep memory, sense of protection, wisdom and presence of his hands guiding mine. I almost died for that ring, being struck in the head with a baseball bat and still have the d

987K views · 2.2K reactions | "Stilwell Road Retraced" kicks off the Yunnan Journey. The first stop: Tengchong. Join Catherine Cox, descendant of General Joseph Stilwell, as we retrace the Stilwell Road, visit historical landmarks, and explore the deep bond between China and the U.S. during the WWII era. Through this journey, we not only reflect on history but also carry forward the friendship and write a new chapter in China-U.S. cooperation. | CGTN | Facebook