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Let the kids create
Kids being home for this long is never on any parents list- we all want to stay occupied! Have them learn and have things to do for ourselves- until this happens! And we realize how crazy it is to come out of our comfort zone and do something new...like stay home without our own will. It’s boring...it’s tiring....it’s frustrating...
By Sadia Khan5 years ago in Families
The Gift
Just after dusk and darkness fast approaching we gathered on the curb of the most dreadful place of my life. At the front door of the Dallas hospital I stood trying to cope with the tragic event of the day. My only son unresponsive laid at death's door beyond this parking lot. Our friends were trying to console us and comfort our greatest fears but their voices fell upon my ears as one of many flowing through my mind. Just as we had decided it was time to depart my husband started walking quickly toward our suburban. We had parked it in valet parking right in front of the hospital. Becoming frustrated with his urgency to leave I called out to him. He continued his pace as though he was ignoring me calling to him. Suddenly I saw the tail lights of our vehicle light up. I did a complete 360 in my mind in warpspeed realizing he was still approaching our vehicle. Commonsense tries to understand how this could be and I soon grasped the idea our truck was being stolen! Oh yes stolen right in front of the hospital on a night that I thought couldn't be worst until now! The thief backed out quickly and my husband grabbed the side mirror jumping on the running board and off they went at a high speed out of the parking lot! My heart turned to butter and my thoughts were a spiderweb yet I knew I must do something! I took off running screaming "call the police, call an ambulance" as I ran past the cars in the intersection putting my hand on their hood as I ran by. In my mind trauma, stress, and tragedy were very real words at this moment. I knew not only was my son in trouble tonight so was my husband. All I could do was pray and run begging for a good outcome. As the thief approached the third intersection that turned toward the interstate he slowed down giving my husband time to jump off. Our vehicle that had just been completely repaired of every little problem was now stolen and headed down the interstate. We were now left without transportation to and from the hospital which was about 45 miles from home.
By Karen Fullington5 years ago in Families
My Divorce Story
I fell in love in 2011 with someone I thought was the rest of my life. In reality, I was young, naive, and was not thinking at all, thinking more of the word dysfunctional. At 22 years old, I got pregnant. The father of my daughter did not want any nothing to do with me at the time; we were young, so his immediate response was to get rid of it, and when I did not do that, he just decided not to come around for years—broken long before I even decided to get married to my soon to be ex-husband. What excuse can you have other than accountability? Now that I am ready to talk about this, I want to make sure that I start from the beginning.
By Nia on Air5 years ago in Families
The Z restaurant
I am a stay at home mommy with a busy hubby. My kids are 7, 4 and 2 years olds. Hubby works a full week at the office. Work from home perks are long gone. So I am home with the kids almost all day. It’s not easy, distance learning and then homework, Arabic classes, music class, online programs for school, and then the two toddlers. It’s not easy...yes I repeat it’s tough.
By Sadia Khan5 years ago in Families
Apartment 413
October 7th, 2020 It is about midweek and this week has already been way too much to handle. My brother had some sort of anxiety break down and we barely came to find out in the harshest way. Thank God, he is okay and has his head on straight (for the most part) but he gave us all a scare regardless. That scare manifested in me emotionally, it was the tear shed of 2020. I cried my eyes out all of Monday evening because I could not believe my brother would joke with his life. I was so hurt and disappointed at the same time. But maybe this is God’s way of just bringing us closer together and making us conscious of things we would have otherwise never been. Either way my family now knows I care more than they think and that I love them always.
By Melanie Guajardo5 years ago in Families
Motherhood as Meditation
This morning I got up to make a cup of tea before the children woke. I had scarcely filled the kettle before tiny sounds called me back to the bedroom and a sleepy baby held her arms up. I tried to set her down with toys so I could carry on with the morning but she fussed and wailed until I scooped her up again. Motherhood as a different pace than the life I knew previously. We have created different rhythms and embraced a slower pace of life. So I settled my daughter on my hip and finished filling the kettle, including her in my morning tea rhythm. A rhythm is a practice of ebb and flow that evolves to suit each season of your life. I have come to use rhythms at home to create a container for our daily movements. These rhythms arise as I pay attention to our daily life and our needs, using these rhythms to make space for our wants and needs, creating a flow for each day.
By Raine Sillito5 years ago in Families
SURPRISE
It's the end of June 2006, I find myself flying into Chicago, Ill. In route to a very small town in Wisconsin 3 hours north to Princeton, Wisconsin to be exact. There's a celebration and if I know my older sister, it's going to be huge~ it always is. And this means her baby will be off on her own, college life, my Goddaughter & niece MJ~ "Magpie" has graduated High School and this will come as some surprise as I love surprising people, it does make life much more interesting.
By dees Hintz5 years ago in Families
Wooden Toys are Best for Every Kid. Studies Approved
There is always something special about the tactile feeling of running your hands over a beautiful, well-crafted wooden object. And children's power of understanding is much better than others. These toys remind the parents of their childhood when there were no gadgets like digital age and wooden toys were everything for them. They offer several benefits and result in the better physical and mental health of a child. The manufacturers enclosed them in attractively designed custom boxes to grasp the attention of everyone. Even the studies have also proven this fact.
By Diana Garica5 years ago in Families
Learning from Life, Part 1. Background.
Life for me has always felt more like a burden than a blessing, my family believes in curses, we believe that the actions our ancestors chose fell upon us in our lifetime. My family believes I am cursed, destined for a life of pain, of anger, and of heartbreak. I believe all it takes to break it, is to break the cycle.
By Victoria Bryan5 years ago in Families
