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“Sweetie! It’s time to get up for school!” We all remember that moment. We’d rustle and roll over, maybe asking for a few more minutes of sleep, or leap right into irritation that she had the audacity to wake us from our glorious slumber. “Whatever, Mom.” Every mother on Earth has heard a version of “Whatever, Mom.” She hid her frustration with a weary smile and got us off to school before doing a litany of responsibilities that filled her day far beyond capacity. Everything

By Steven Heumann Bricks and mortar, concrete and steel. No power tools. No electricity of any kind. No running water. One house. When I stepped off the plane in Kenya with the team of ten Americans from Habitat for Humanity, I really didn’t know what to expect. We had just spent the last 24 hours-plus traveling to the other side of the world. I knew what the plan was of course: to help build a house for a family living in poverty. I knew my role: document the build on film

The hardest part about writing any book is the beginning. Trust me. Yes, the ending needs to have impact, but unless the beginning is...

By Heidi Westfall and Steven Heumann In today’s internet age, we exist in two places at once: the physical world and the digital. We...