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Open Letters to My Mama – Letter One
Earlier this year, I wrote my Mama a letter. I miss letters. I think they’re a skill that we are losing, and I think that’s sad. Letters are personal and let you say things that you can’t in a text, or even over the phone. My Mama is the most beautiful woman I know and she’s amazing, but she has no self-confidence and doesn’t realise how wonderful she really is. So, I’m writing this open letter, so the world has access to seeing just how much she means to me.
By Rebecca Smith5 years ago in Families
If you will have me
As I look out my window I see the amber light of the setting sun giving light to the dying leaves that softly and almost majestically twirl their way down to their final resting place. My swollen belly moves like something out of a sci-fi movie, and thought it hurts a little, it makes me smile. Every breath I take, like a ghost, gets trapped on the glass like another piece of my soul that is now gone. I begin to think of these past few months.
By Melissa Silerio5 years ago in Families
The Monster
My life, just as yours, has been a string of events. Some good. Some bad. All leading me to where I am today. Would one thing have changed that? That is a question we all ask, yet never truly know. Maybe it's better we don't know. Probably for our own good, some Devine greater power, or whatever.
By Tara Muckerheide5 years ago in Families
Triplets
Triplets This is a story of a family of 2, a man and his loving wife. They have been married for a year and they have not spent more than a day apart. They started out as friends and after the 2 splits from their previous partners they decided that that they needed to be together. It was always the dream of theirs to have and raise a family together, so the news of a baby was welcomed by all. It was not until the first ultrasound that things began to fall. “Three heartbeats!” Exclaimed the doctor. A sense of excitement filled the mind of the wife, but the opposite feeling of dread overwhelmed the husband. “3 Kids is too much at one time.” Was his initial thought after going over their finances in his head. The wife, sensing his mood change, looked over at her husband with concern. She knew that look but had only seen it when he was experiencing stomach discomfort. She reached for him, but he pulled back. The doctor looked confused as the husband got up and walked out of the room. The wife, still on the bed, called out for her protector as his pace picked up down the hall. This was unexpected. The husband did not waste time getting on the elevator deciding on the stairwell. Full of adrenaline and fear, he took multiple steps at a time. Fleeing out the front sliding doors, his only thoughts were not of his wife and his soon to be born triplets, but of his own survival. He picked up his travel bag from the house, he did not consult his friends or family, he instead booked a flight to …
By DJ Hayward5 years ago in Families
Graduation Nightmare
For many years, I've tried to write a book. My life has been a series of disasters from the beginning and I have a hard time talking about it, because it seems like fiction or something. I could never make up any of this stuff but I admit it is all quite odd. Also, I can never figure out where to begin. The beginning started before I was born, and there were a lot of things I didn't know until two years ago. So, I'll start in the middle.
By Kesha Moore5 years ago in Families
Family
Peaceful Warriors~breaking the cycle Do you remember your childhood? What memories haunt you, which comfort you? We were all so strong and confident, so ready to take on the world, we had power in our imagination, and we had nothing but strength in our hands and hearts. Our dreams were everything. Children are innocent, gloriously innocent, they still believe in the world around us, don’t take that from your children, let them play, let them get dirty, let them fall, then pick them up,and tell them to try again, how you speak to them holds a huge impact on their mental and emotional states. If a child is taught they are useless, dumb, inadequete that is what they believe, and that is who they become, don’t be like your parents, don’t drown them in your own issues, don’t talk about your bills, and your mortgage and how much you hate your job, the word hate breeds hate, it teaches them to be angry. Be better than our parents, teach them good things, teach them that there is no limit to what they can become or achieve. Show them mercy, and they will show others mercy. Don’t strike them, it takes away their trust, and you are their heroes. Don’t take that from them. Fathers are honest, strong, faithful and protective, mothers are loving, strong and kind they are teachers. Teach them that no matter what the truth is always better than being right.
By MoriaCavandish5 years ago in Families
5 Tips for Keeping Your Children Safe Online
1. Make Rules Choose to be proactive rather than reactive. Nothing is inevitable, but you can potentially avoid trouble later by formulating a set of rules now. Share these rules with your children and make sure that they understand your reasoning. There's no lack of unsafe scenarios for using the internet (e.g., child predators, adult content, bullying, scams, identity theft ... to name a few). Rules don't make kids happy, but a temporarily-resentful child is better than an unsafe child.
By Lewis Robinson5 years ago in Families
Chasing Wonder
When I was young, my mother would pull us out of bed, 2 AM sometimes, in the chilly darkness. She would slip into our room with an excited whisper and gently shake us awake "Come see the moon! It's so beautiful!" We'd race down the stairs and out onto the deck, sometimes stopping for a jacket and boots. We'd stand under the light of the full moon for a moment, listening to my mom talk about why it was so big and full that night.
By Raine Sillito5 years ago in Families
To any child
Please read Kaitlyn To My Sweet Baby Girl, I’ll start with I love you! Life didn’t begin until you were born. Every breath you took brought with it a new adventure, a new feeling I’d never experienced, a feeling of life, or the new understanding for the meaning of life. For your first few months I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, I had no clue why you wouldn’t stop crying at 4 in the morning, even after I had tried everything possible. I admit, I got angry at times trying to understand you, trying to learn you only to feel as if I was failing miserably. I even broke down once or twice… or maybe a thousand times. Because the truth is…every minute with you has been an unpredictable string of events that has taught me what motherhood is all about.
By Crystal Archibald5 years ago in Families
