Eyes that see the good in things: May 7, 2018

Did you remember Mother’s Day is just around the corner? Not this Sunday but the next, on May 13. While the Mother’s Day that we celebrate is a recent development in the world of holidays, the basic idea goes back to ancient mythology—all the way back to the long-ago civilizations of the Greeks and Romans. The Greeks paid homage to Cybele, the mother figure of their gods, and the Romans dedicated...