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How I (Normally) Celebrate The Holidays. Top Story - December 2020.
It's the most wonderful time of the year, and the Vocal team reached out to me about sharing my holiday traditions! While everyone's holiday season is bound to look different this year - including my family's - I thought I'd talk about how I usually celebrate the occasion. Y'know, when there typically isn't a horrible coronavirus floating around in the air.
By Kathryn Milewski5 years ago in Families
#Wingingit #Mumlife
#Wingingit is the favourite word when it comes to #mumslife , life has never felt so dissorangized . As we are all aware this year has been living hell for everyone around the world . What i did not expect in this crazy pandemic of madness that my Ten year old daughter would start acting like some bring grown ass woman .
By Miss Mcphee5 years ago in Families
Bringing Back The Newspaper Wrapping
One of my favorite Christmas memories from my childhood would be the gifts we would receive from my father. You knew which ones were his because they were always oddly shaped and wrapped in the Sunday comics. These gifts wouldn’t be the trendy things we asked for in the 90s like a bookshelf stereo or a Starter jacket, (hello, I am a hundred years old) but they would contain cool things like bongo drums from a second hand shop in Iowa City, or the bootleg 4 CD set of a Pearl Jam concert one of Dad’s sound buddies recorded off the board.
By Jennifer Gulbrandsen5 years ago in Families
Getting through the Holidays
Holidays can be stressful, even in the best of times. However, if you have lost a loved one recently, you may be dreading this holiday season. You may not be looking forward to celebrating at all, even though you may have plenty of others to spend time with.
By Shelley Wenger5 years ago in Families
5 Ways My Boyfriend Has Surprised Me
There are definitely more than five ways that my boyfriend (John) has surprised me, one of the more recent moments being the day he proposed to me (read about that one here). However, I wanted to used this article to highlight some of the ways in which he has surprised me with small moments of kindness.
By Joe Harris5 years ago in Families
Guardian Angel
One day, when I was a young schoolgirl, it was about the time that I hit puberty. I saw myself outside my body and I explored a while seeing some very strange things until I somehow knew I had to get back to my body, so I did. I didn’t think much of it at the time as I had no idea what had happened.
By Brianna Mota5 years ago in Families
The boat, treasures, and the beach
The red and white boat that dad shouldn’t have bought, according to mom, had a purpose: adventures at a semi-desert beach at the São Paulo Northern coastline. I believe that, at the time, Juquehy was a division of the city of São Sebastião.
By Marilia Coutinho5 years ago in Families
Lila, I bought a boat
Dad got home: his way from parking the car in the garage, opening the living room door, walking through the aisle into the dining room had the same sounds, light, colors and maybe smells. At the end of the aisle was the dining room and kitchen and people just appeared from the darker aisle into the light.
By Marilia Coutinho5 years ago in Families
Finding Dad
Who is my father? Who is this handsome old man looking at me through the cell phone screen, this cute young man with a ridiculous moustache, this blond little kid in an ancient sepia picture with angel wings in some type of pageant, this boy dancing with this girl, couldn’t be older than 15 but they were actually 23 and 25?
By Marilia Coutinho5 years ago in Families
I'm Thankful For The Diagnosis
The moment Dr. Cormier let the words "autism" come out of his mouth completely unfiltered, my brain struggled to understand so many things. I knew my son was different, but I never knew his short journey on Earth would open my eyes in a world most people take for granted. From the moment he was born he was destined for greatness. We chose the name Gatsby because we wanted him to be remembered, and he has made an impact on those around him on a daily basis.
By Kayla Lindley5 years ago in Families
