Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Families.

The Story of My Father
I want to tell you the story of my father. Even as I begin I am certain of my failure, left with the empty certitude of knowing the narrowness of my understanding, the limitations of my memory. Whatever details of his life I might recount, they are already shaded, coloured by what came after, developed with the chemicals of remembering which produce an accuracy that only further indicts their deficiencies. My father appears to me now as if through the eye of a keyhole, a lingering shadow on a far wall, a one-sided conversation, a past which is obstructed by the stubbornness of my selfishness and childish innocence.
By Eliza 5 years ago in Families
Grandad
Grandad had always been interested in the sea, for as long as I had known him, and for as long as my mum and dad and aunts and uncles had known him too. I don’t know whether his interest predated my grandma or not, since she had died when I was very young, but I assume that it did.
By George Knight5 years ago in Families
Veronique's Story
Moonlight brightly shone down on the quaint French restaurant as beautifully lit string lights hung upon elegantly manicured trees and smooth light posts.
By Julia Settle5 years ago in Families
A Book of Ages
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to publish this book at first, but after a lot of thinking, I decided that it can help people. It can make a difference. On top of that, it can fill a hole that has been missing in my life for ten years. Let me explain.
By FP5 years ago in Families
Rosella's Tapestry
It was an unusually sunny day that greeted Rosella upon waking. Brooklyn had been submerged in rain the past two weeks and it was a relief to be able to look out her window without a curtain of gray. Home on summer break from her studies as a botany major, Rosella was still grappling with the death of her father, Alvaro, who died a few weeks ago in a car accident. It was hard. They’d always been close and really only had each other; her mom died when she was too young to remember and her father was an orphan.
By Dana Root5 years ago in Families
The Wedding Gift
Ross propped himself up on his elbow and looked down at the sixteen-year-old girl laying on the blanket next to him. “What do you say, Nita? Marry me?”
By J Magnuson5 years ago in Families
Family
Eva was a young girl in her 20s who was nor outstandingly beautiful nor ugly. She was just an average girl with an average life in an average city. One day, as she was leaving her boring office job, as she came to call it, she decided to walk home instead of taking the train. She was longing for a better life; perhaps, she was longing for a more adventures existence and for someone whom she could discover the world with. In her mind, her life was boring. Maybe her spontaneous decision to walk home will be the key for a new life; a life that she has been imagining and dreaming of for a while now. Eva always fantasised about discovering something like people do in telenovelas.
By Melinda A. Komuves5 years ago in Families
Mom's Missing...
"Mom you need to leave my apartment, my babies MaMa and her Mother is moving in. Their trailer is infested with roaches and due to the recent cold weather, their pipes busted."
By Greer Collins5 years ago in Families
Me For You
Picture day with a middle schooler. It’s like she throws on her scrappiest clothes just to piss me off. “At least put on a sweatshirt that doesn’t have holes in the neck,” I say.
By Julie Thompson5 years ago in Families
The Reception
The day was supposed to be about us: Me and Callie, our commitment to one another, our love. I suppose it mostly was, and as we sat hand-in-hand at the reception, I knew things had gone as well as could be expected. She’d said her vows. I’d said mine. Friends and family cheered as Callie triumphantly lifted a bouquet of dahlias over her head and trotted back down the lawn. Now we were quiet, tired, and warm with wine.
By Willow Kraimer5 years ago in Families
How are you communicating your feelings?
Hi, welcome to my post. You’ll find information on aspects of homeschooling like languages, organisation and We are a family that believes in learning every day and grabbing adventure when it presents itself. I am the Mama and I am have never fit the mould. Being part of the LGBTQ+ community, neurodiverse and aiming for anything but the typical nuclear family. My dream life is not the typical 9-5, which was not the life my partner expected to end up living as he has grown up with traditional values. We have similar goals for our life together and for our children.
By J . Turner5 years ago in Families
Home-schooling
Home-schooling. Something every parent has had to do at some point during the last 12 months and probably most, never thought they would.
By Kayleigh Taylor5 years ago in Families