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Outhouse Gauntlet
When I was little, we spent every June visiting relatives in Kentucky. All their little houses were clustered on one sprawling piece of verdant land called Green’s Valley. It had been the site of the general store owned by my great-grandpa, Les Green. My grandpa was the oldest of Les’s thirteen children. Half a dozen of them never left the lush acreage.
By Hollye B. Green5 years ago in Families
Safety in the Savanna
“I know you liked George and Stephanie, but your new house is going to be wonderful! They have a little girl just your age and a beautiful backyard with a tree house and everything. You’ll be able to have so many adventures.” Miss Sandy tried to reassure Amelia, but the young girl recognized the familiar look of pity and doubt on her social worker’s face. As the two drove away from the little blue house on Spring Rose Drive, Amelia beat herself up for thinking this time was going to be different. Sandy looked back at the girl and listened as she lamented on the loss. “She called me Mia and told me she was going to be my mama, but this morning she told me that since George is sick she can’t be my mama anymore.”
By Hailey Kapp5 years ago in Families
The Black Mama Experience. Top Story - January 2021.
Now, if you don't have a black mother or weren't raised by a black woman, this story may not resonate with you. In fact, for some of you "other" folks this story might leave you flabbergasted and feeling like this is your opportunity to stand on your soap box and judge. But, if you've personally had the "Black Mama Experience", well then this story will probably have you laughing out loud as you reminisce about something similar happening to you.
By Marie Edward5 years ago in Families
Man Leaves His Wife After Finding N3.6m In Her Account And Their Son Died Because Of Hospital Bills
The woman speaks out. I just saw this story shared on TVC News and I have so many thoughts about it. I’m sure you’ll have so many thoughts about it. It is a wild story.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Families
Muna
Kabisa and Ghali Muna escorted the winner of the overall competition into Ghali’s office in her greenhouse. Two leather couches facing each other in a large space with associate gardeners busy working but attentive to Grandma’s needs, guidance, and personal advice. About 10 associates from ages of 10 to 80 worked happily as Kabisa and Ghali sat on one couch. Enye a seasoned garden worker from a village about 100 miles south of Kemet sat across from Kabisa after shaking hands. Enye is the father of Salli a 10 year old girl with bright eyes and a smile that melted her father’s heart every time. Her mother Nyongeza was from the same village as Ghali. They made the bubble around the group glow with friendship and kindness. The two old friends that are enjoying the connection they have been missing for years sometimes forget that everyone else is there and that they are supposed to be doing an orientation for Salli. Ghali brings tea to the small table between the couches, Nyongeza following laughing and chatting as they all sit and sip and glow.
By Clarence Bell III5 years ago in Families
If Not For Me
I went to the ER last night. I definitely thought I was having kidney failure of some sort. It seemed so sudden that I was encased with horrific back pain and abdominal distress. I felt nauseous. I was crying, which is rare for me, the only times I've cried before this for pain was when I gave birth to my now three-year-old and when I was a teen and my menstrual cramps would be so bad that I would almost pass out from them.
By Tayla Bennett5 years ago in Families
The Impact of Kindness
I awoke one morning at three a.m. to the impatient demands of my older sister for me to wake up and get ready to leave. I was fifteen years old, and she, my younger sister, and I had spent the previous week visiting our mother who had recently remarried and moved to another city that was a four hour drive from where we lived. My older sister, Tiffany, had to work later that day so it was necessary for us to leave unreasonably early, which required us to get moving at a time of morning that my teenage self believed to be a time no one should ever experience consciously.
By Vince Coliam5 years ago in Families
The Barn owl
In the winter of 2020 the Corona pandemic swept threw Canada like a bad snow storm and as our family and friends started to die a round us, the Government of Canada put a nation wide lock down on the country. No one could leave their homes unless they were essential workers or going out for necessities.
By Suzanne Bennett Mcelroy5 years ago in Families
Owl You Need is Hope
By; Kerry Krzenski The wind howled through the pine trees, blowing the snow all around. The flames of the fire danced with the wind creeping from the top of the chimney. Hoping the fire would not blow out completely, ten-year-old Emery Willow and her toddler sister Fern were sitting as close to it as possible, eating the porridge Emery had just warmed up for them. Coughs in the background reminded them it was time to check on mother, who had contracted an illness so terrible, she had been unable to leave her bed in days.
By Kerry Krzenski5 years ago in Families
Walking Through the Forest
Mark Harris was an inquisitive guy, always wanting to explore the world around him. This was very quickly brought to an end when his elderly father, Harry, became ill. Now, Mark's time was spent taking care of an ailing Harry, staying close by should the worse come to fruition.
By Joe Harris5 years ago in Families
