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My Dream Home
If I’m dreaming don’t wake me up! I love Disney and my dream home will have a Disney theme in each room. My dream home must have ample square footage since I’ll need a mastar bedroom, four Be our Guest rooms and five bathrooms. It will have a huge kitchen with stainless steel appliances, a family room, and an indoor pool!
By Shirlynn White5 years ago in Families
Last Breath
What did it really mean to die? I don’t know, I don’t really know. But my thoughts wandered all over the place as I bled out on the floor of my garage. I felt a rush of adrenaline as I reached for my phone, trying to grab my phone and dialing 9-1-1.
By Abygael Silvers5 years ago in Families
The original corpse bride
Chinese bachelors and bachelorettes face immense societal pressure to get married and have children. Chinese parents play a central role in selecting their children’s new spouse. Unwed’s are often labelled as “bare branches” or “leftover women”, and the parents are going to extreme lengths to marry them off.
By Amber Blaize5 years ago in Families
The Single Mothers Survival Guide Series - Victim No More
“Mentors are lifelines in the bridge over the deep waters of victim to victor.” Living independently from others’ viewpoints requires that we take responsibility for our own lives and actions. In order to do this, we must stop blaming others and stop playing the role of a victim. We may have been hurt, betrayed, or abandoned in our life, but if we stay stuck in this groove of being wounded, it will be difficult to progress to the steps that can lead to a happy and fulfilling life. To make matters worse, being a victim is a role our children can take on. There are three phases to the removal and healing of the victim pattern; acceptance, forgiveness and accountability.
By Nicole Orozco5 years ago in Families
My Dark Rosaleen
In my short twenty five years on this earth, I have seen and experienced more than many have in a lifetime. I have been through horrors I believed at the time would be impossible to survive. I have watched those I love lose their battles with the hand of death itself in front of my eyes and I have grieved the loss of children that I never held.
By Clara Elizabeth Hamilton Orr Burns5 years ago in Families
The Last Big One
Dale drove down the overgrown drive to a house he could just barely see. Glimpses of the lake flashed through big old oaks on either side of the truck. He slowed a little to savor it, remembering his fond envy for the place. Not in a mean way, no, nothing malicious at all. He just wanted to live in a place like it someday. He smiled at that thought knowing down deep it might not happen. It was just too special, too individual. He would have to buy his own, or make his own, or build his own, not just step in here and take this one. It wasn't his to possess and he knew it. Somehow he felt the place knew it too.
By Doyle Carver5 years ago in Families
Mr. K's Umbrella
I still remember that day last year like it was yesterday. I just left the office for the day and the air had a tropical feel to it; I could smell the storm brewing. The warmth combined with the breeze felt wonderful after a long day of work. My day didn’t start out great; running late in the morning, I forgot my tote bag which had my umbrella and walking shoes in it. The forecast said a storm was coming. It was shortly after 5 pm. I looked down at my stilettos, those damn heels that I loved so much. Just as I was thinking about whether I would make it to the bus stop, a block and a half away; thunder broke and it began to pour.
By Marilyn Glover5 years ago in Families
The Single Mothers Survival Guide Series - Reclaiming Yourself
“We are able to break generational cycles, one layer at a time.” Why? Why? Why did this happen to me? What did I do to deserve this? What is wrong with me? These are questions I think every person on this planet ask themselves at some point in their life. Deep down, if we have felt failure at any time in our life, we may still feel inadequate years later. After two divorces, I had to start looking within myself to find the answers to the WHYs of my broken life. I decided to listen to Tony Robbin’s advice and change my questions to HOW. By asking how this happened to me, my inward search led me to look at my denial and to think about the old programmed tapes I had running in my mind. What this showed me was that by not loving my core being, I had masked my true self, and caused myself much heartache.
By Nicole Orozco5 years ago in Families
A Little More about Pregnancy
I am just under 20% done reading What to Expect when you’re Expecting. Let me just say as a transman it can be a little rough with just how gendered the book is, but it is fantastic information. The information about tests and what to eat are great, but I am at the part of the book where it is talking about the first month. And let me just say. The pregnancy glow is absolute bull.
By Kaleb Haycraft-Thomson5 years ago in Families
Love In A Cup By G. A. Moore
If the night couldn't get any worse, five thoughts of stories were whirling in my head, like I needed more to think about. I just wanted to get a good-night sleep, for once. The bags under my eyes were starting to look as if they could house another set of eyes. I just wanted the storylines to shut the heck up and begin again tomorrow. I could hear my mother, the want to be philosopher herself, saying, "don't put off 'til tomorrow, what you can do today." She was a hard woman. When I was a kid, she would never let me catch a break or chill when I was just out of it. Right now, I am totally out of it.
By G.A. Moore5 years ago in Families
