The tradition of giving a bride-to-be advice is really just a way for loved ones to offer their encouragement and support prior to the big day. The future wife might even be suffering from pre-wedding jitters, so bridal showers offer guests the opportunity to help soothe her concerns. Offering her uplifting words and lessons you’ve learned from your own relationships can help give her peace of mind (and fuel her excitement!...

“Oh you’re just so pretty!” a middle-aged woman cooed after class to the bright-eyed girl. Without skipping a beat, she added, “Oh wait, shoot, I’m not supposed to say that, right?” Her quick correction made me laugh — I knew exactly what she meant. I, too, have been caught by that knee-jerk instinct to compliment a little girl’s dress or hair or face — compliments that are conditioned into our culture automatically....

They fall in love more and more with each other every day, and look forward to seeing where their future goes together. They set the relationship goals high and make marriage look easy. RELATED: The 50 Best Marriage Tips Of All Time, From 50 Marriage Experts Everyone is looking for a happy marriage that will last forever. Here are their secrets to making love last for the long haul....

Instead of simply saying “thank you for your service” in your Instagram captions and other social media posts, consider using a Veterans Day quote that exemplifies the service and sacrifice of the many heroes who served in the U.S. military. As you read over these Veterans Day quotes, reflect on the cost of war and remember the men and women who have stepped up to pay it time and again....

To give you a good idea of what these women are like, we want to celebrate the strong, powerful, passionate ladies who take goal-getting to another level. Here are 25 traits that help them shine, and ones that you can learn a thing or two from. RELATED: 20 Inspirational Quotes From Women Who Have Seen It All 25 Things Ambitious, Get-What-They-Want Women Do Way Differently 1. They know positivity and pep are two different things....

You always thought your best friend would be there for you. You had faith in each other’s loyalty and that’s why she was allowed to do things — like keep your favorite shirt at her place, or know about that secret you kept from everyone else. You let your guards down with each other. Things were safe, and the core of your relationship was knowing no matter what the world, a guy, or family threw your way, you had each other’s backs....

It occurs to me that I’m grieving. As if I don’t have enough going on. Yes, I’m grieving, but I’m also dealing with the addiction epidemic within the pandemic. Due to the stress of the pandemic, the numbers of those drinking and drugging are snowballing, resulting in a growing number of overdoses both from drugs and from alcohol. The pressure on frontline staff is immense. I have to get it together....

While we’d all like to depart from reality for a week or ten, we’d also surely love a night of romance and the thought of an adventure, that’s for sure. The Moon in Sagittarius is about to make that quite possible starting October 9, 2021, for everyone, in fact - but for these three signs in particular: Taurus, Cancer and Sagittarius. People dream of romance - it’s in our nature; we want something to take us away from the drudgery of work; but mainly, we want to feel special - and we want to think that life has more in store for us on a personal level....

Another reason may be that they have been burned in the past and are not ready to make the move again, as the last time came with trauma and pain. Yeah, that’ll do it. And when we have Moon opposite Venus, we have the time to think about this can we fall in love, or is this just not for us? Because the truth is, falling in love isn’t for everyone....

When we love ourselves, it’s not because we’ve graduated into some state of super-corniness, rather it’s about self-esteem, self-respect and honoring one’s life for what it is, as it is. The Moon, in any phase, at any time of the year, tends to bring about self-reflection, and it is during this inner gaze that we can literally choose to love ourselves, thus boosting our confidence in all that we do....

A happy home. Is that too much to ask for? Sometimes it sure does feel that way. We humans really don’t require much in order to be happy, and security, love, and a place to call home, well, that’s about as top of the line as it gets when you’re a human being. Interesting transit coming up: Midheaven in Cancer. While there is no ‘Midheaven’ per se, there is the point in the sky that it represents, and when this point falls in Cancer, we think about Cancerian topics like home, lifestyle, safety....

There are two kinds of people: the kind who desperately need another person in their life to make them feel whole, and the kind who desperately need freedom in order to feel authentically themselves. The Moon sextile Uranus acts as an inspiring agent for those who really don’t want to be involved in love affairs. Some folks just know who they are, and they don’t want to compromise this truth to fit in with what’s expected of them....

So, how does this affect the zodiac signs in their love horoscopes and relationships for the weekend? Libra rules commitments and partnerships. As an air sign ruled by the planet of love, it’s only natural that people will feel ready for romance and want a love horoscope that is easy. Ah, Moon in Libra. Where three zodiac signs finally get a chance to feel like all is well in the world....

This of course is reinforced under the Sagittarian Sun who we are still feeling is a welcome relief from the intensity of Scorpio Season. Mercury is the planet that governs our thoughts and communications, as he transits different signs, we see those areas of ourselves, and our lives are affected. By nature, Mercury is detail orientated. He likes to plan and know what to expect. But Sagittarius is a bit different....

This combo really plays with the heads of human beings, as they are the only species that goes out of their way to feel bad about things that don’t require feeling bad. RELATED: 3 Zodiac Signs Who Will Have A Great Day December 30, 2021 Say for instance someone invites you to a New Year’s Eve party. You say you’d rather stay home because you don’t want to be out there on the road, but your friend can’t understand this, and so they decide to make a huge big deal out of your rejection of their offer....

This transit brings out the extremes in everything. We’ll feel rebellious, angry, anarchistic…and powerful. So, all of our worst traits and feelings will be amplified to such a degree that everything we do will be TOO MUCH. Disorder and chaos, are the keywords for the day. And while this doesn’t necessarily mean we won’t get things done, we may just get those things done through force or conflict. RELATED: 3 Zodiac Signs Whose Love Life Improves During The Moon In Aries, January 7 - 9, 2021 This is the kind of day where we get what we want by taking it; we are pushy, selfish, and way out of bounds, and for some reason, we’ll believe we’re perfectly right in being this way....

We’re looking at Moon in Aries with Moon sextile Mercury, and if you can put the pieces together, and you’ll know that these transits mean hostile communications and angry misunderstandings. Get ready, zodiac signs, and you’re being drafted. RELATED: 3 Zodiac Signs Who Find Their Soulmate During Ceres Conjunct Venus Starting January 4 - 7, 2022 What you can expect today is to start out with a small disagreement that elevates within minutes to a full-blown war between friends, or partners, or family members....

Most of us are at a pause, a particular moment in time when it feels like nothing is happening although we know deep down that soon everything will be. This can feel unsettling for zodiac signs who have a rough day on October 16, 2021, or even confusing as we know we can sense it, yet in the quiet of the night, it feels as if this is how things will be forever....

Mercury in Sagittarius, starting November 24, is a no-nonsense transit that will have a person hopping from one foot to the other with the excitement over plans that are soon to be executed. In love, this is the ‘do or die’ moment. You will either save your relationship or you will bring it to its knees where it will never rise up again. This Mercury in Sagittarius transit is going to take what’s already on your mind and power it up to new levels, so be prepared to stand your ground and fight for what you want because it’s only through fire that this kind of purification happens....

Born in Ulm, Germany in 1879, he is best known for developing the theory of relativity as well as making contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics. Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect, a phenomenon in which electrically charged particles are released from or within a material when it absorbs electromagnetic radiation. Einstein became fascinated by science in his early years when he saw a compass at age five....