Today, Random Acts of Kindness Week begins. We're observing the day by remembering a woman who helped set off a chain reaction of kind acts... and, of course, by performing kindnesses…

Explaining a tragedy to children isn't easy. Younger children may not be aware of an event like the Sandy Hook shootings or the Boston Marathon bombing, but older children in the affected area and across the U.S. are likely to hear about it. If you have an older child, one old enough to surf the web or read the news, you may find yourself fielding questions about where and why and what if. Here are…

Today, October 15, is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. It's a type of loss that may not always be fully understood, even by the parents' closest friends and family. That's why we and other support groups are bringing attention to it today – both to help our readers understand the devastation that comes with the loss of a pregnancy or an infant, and to show those…

Here at Legacy.com, the many men and women who die of breast cancer each year are always remembered. Whether it's through the hundreds of obituaries we publish every month for people who died from breast cancer, or from our own memories of family members and friends who fought the disease, there's no doubt that breast cancer awareness is an integral part of our work.



Today, as Breast Cancer…