Childhood

Revolutionizing Support for LGBTQ+ Youth: The Power of Host Homes . Content Warning.
Understanding the Need Understanding the requirement for help among LGBTQ+ youth confronting vagrancy is significant. These young people frequently experience special difficulties because of their sexual direction or orientation. Many end up in perilous conditions or are alienated from their families on account of what their identity is. Conventional havens could not sufficiently address their particular necessities or give the comprehensive climate they require. Therefore, these adolescents face expanded dangers of segregation, provocation, or even viciousness. Understanding this need includes perceiving the significance of making protected and strong spaces customized to the encounters of LGBTQ+ people. Have homes step in to fill this hole, offering a sanctuary where these young can feel acknowledged, comprehended, and safe, giving help to the people who could somehow feel segregated or unsupported. It's tied in with recognizing the remarkable difficulties these people face and furnishing them with the consideration, acknowledgment, and security they merit.
By Noor Ahmad2 years ago in Confessions
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A DREAM WALKING?
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A DREAM WALKING My mom did … and it wasn’t fun Now that I’m older, MUCH older and mom has gone to live with dad and my brother in heaven, I can truly appreciate what I put her through. Oh, my! My poor mom!
By Margaret Brennan2 years ago in Confessions
Finding my shine.
Why can't I be great like others? That question buzzes around my head like a mosquito you just can't swat away. It's like a mystery I'm trying to solve while navigating the rollercoaster of life. Always feeling like the odd one out, peeking at greatness from the outskirts, I wonder if I'll ever find my own spot among the stars.
By WENNA WILLIE2 years ago in Confessions
I have been here...
I have never told this to anyone, because I've always thought it was too much to explain and people wouldn't believe me. This would be the first time I attempt to explain what happened. I remember as a kid, trying to figure out how to predict the next event that would happen when experiencing deja vu, if it's already happened, then all I need to do is remember, right?
By Edwin Gitau2 years ago in Confessions
The Person that knocked my heart ❤️
15/12/2023, 5:38 pm | As a girl I am someone who has been always working hard to get the best for myself but once I fall in love it's different now for sure cause love changes the person you can agree with this and i have been in love for more than 2 years now with the same person without even expressing my interest in that person like I do showed interest but I think he is definitely blind and I have been trying to propose him through a popular chatting app that we all use and yes we are friend but I don't know why but we used to talk a lot on text but we even stopped that from months and we ignores each other in class I don't know why but we do some people will definitely get offended by the thing about teenage love or finds its annoying but at this stage you just can't control yourself that is true it's the harmones not you but still I tried a lot controlling my feelings but my heart ignored all his red flags and just noticed the green flags and i thought for a long period that it was just harmones but now I think I am in love and his care towards me make me fall more for myself and what made me fall for him are a lot of things but I think he also likes me because he cares for me sends me his photos teases me and the thing is that he do gives me hints he looks at me most of the time in the class which I do noticed but didn't believe myself untill my friend told me about it and as what I feel he also likes me as much as I do and we both realised it but we both don't wanna confess and didn't want to cause we both think we don't like each other but it is what it is and it keep going controlling my feelings but my heart ignored all his red flags and just noticed the green flags and i thought for a long period that it was just harmones but now I think I am in love and his care towards me make me fall more for myself and what made me fall for him are a lot of things but I think he also likes me because he cares for me sends me his photos teases me and the thing is that he do gives me hints he looks at me most of the time in the class which I do noticed but didn't believe myself untill my friend told me about it and as what I feel he also likes me as much as I do and we both realised it but we both don't wanna confess and didn't want to cause we both think we don't like each other but it is what it is and it keep going think I am in love and his care towards me make me fall more for myself and what made me fall for him are a lot of things but I think he also likes me because he cares for me sends me his photos teases me and the thing is that he do gives me hints he looks at me most of the time in the class which I do noticed but didn't believe myself untill my friend told me about it and as what I feel he also likes me as much as I do and we both realised it but we both don't wanna confess and didn't want to cause we both think we don't like each other but it is what it is and it keep going like this I am trying to find opportunity to make conversation but we can't............but now I can't change my feelings towards him too so I am going to keep up with my feelings towards him.
By Candra G2 years ago in Confessions
Healing F**king Hurts sometimes
As this year comes to a close I am reflecting not only on my year, but also my almost 3 years on Vocal. I reached 1202 reads the other day and I just wanted to thank everyone that has supported me over these last few years. I came to Vocal to journal my life, and things I was going through at the time, and am still going through now. I wish I would have wrote more on here, not just about my life but just about anything and everything. Anyways I just wanted to take time to reflect on a few pieces I've written and make some updates on them. I hope for anyone that might be struggling with any of these topics can find some comfort in not being alone.
By Kimmiekins42 years ago in Confessions
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine entertainer, bites the dust matured 61. Content Warning.
Andre Braugher, who highlighted as Captain Raymond Holt in the hit parody Brooklyn Nine and as Examiner Legit Pembleton in Murder: Life In the city, has passed on developed 61.
By Olajide Akerele2 years ago in Confessions
Growing up as an ethnic minority
Hi! My name is Daniel as you might have surmised from my username. I am a third generation Chinese American on my father's side of the family and a second generation Chinese American according to my mother's side of the family. Growing up as a kid in the 90s (yes, in the 20th century, not the 21st, man I'm old), I thought I was just like anyone else. I would go to the park with friends and classmates and neighborhood kids, I would go to swimming lessons over the summer to learn how to swim aka performing well enough in the sport so that I was not actively drowning in the deep end of the pool. I would play with Beyblades, the spinning metal tops of doom that I believe were eventually banned from most elementary schools across the nation because of the shrapnel and carnage of metal and plastic pieces coming off of these "toys" and causing injuries to the wide-eyed spectators that were gathered around them. I celebrated the 4th of July or July 4th or Independence Day for the international fans of the United States Of America from abroad. I also celebrated Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival (Ooh, fancy name for a holiday!). So yes, I was truly an American kid and still am at heart besides doing a few things that seemed odd to my classmates and peers that as time progressed, made me self-aware and start to doubt myself and everything around me.
By Just Daniel2 years ago in Confessions
My family is forcing me to share a room with my horrible sister
Living with my older sister has been an perpetual struggle, to put it mildly. She's not just difficult; she's outright horrible. The depth of my hatred for her became fully apparent when she left for college, providing me with a brief respite from her oppressive presence. Our shared room, a battleground of conflicting preferences, epitomized the challenges of cohabitation.
By Vent-Verse2 years ago in Confessions
As Told By: I’m A Mean Girl and I Hate Myself For it.
I have the self-awareness to admit that I’m a mean girl just like the great Regina George said, “At least I know I’m mean.” I guess I have the morality to admit to myself that it doesn’t make me feel good, but I keep doing it. I guess there is a part of me that wants to stop but I can’t.
By Michelle2 years ago in Confessions
Move Over Holly, Hanukkah is Here. Top Story - December 2023.
Oh look, it's December! That means it's Chris-HANUKKAH season! That's right, it's time for the Festival of Lights and lots of jelly doughnuts. We'll light some candles, sing some songs, and fill our bellies with fried food. Do you know why?
By Oneg In The Arctic2 years ago in Confessions
Get to Know Me
This article was inspired by the following piece by Mother Combs... 1. My favorite Christmas movie is How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey. I've thought it was adorable for as long as I can remember. It has some catchy songs, in my opinion, too.
By Rene Peters2 years ago in Confessions