If you had grandparents growing up, do you remember any gift they bought you when you were a child? Until I was 12, I had two great-grandparents and three grandparents living, and I tried to remember the gifts they had given me. All I could come up with was a pink pillow shaped like a guitar one of my grandmas gave me for Christmas and a pair of tights another grandma gave me when I was about 11 that looked like support hose or something Ruth Buzzi would wear when she played

It’s that time of the year when we make New Years resolutions. If you’re like me, most of mine involve some aspect of my physical being—you know, lose weight, eat better, get more sleep, etc. However, as I contemplated all that this year, I was reminded of a time in my life when I learned that it’s also important to make resolutions to be a more virtuous person because beauty is more than skin deep.