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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
I was an accident but not a mistake. As a young a teenager, my mother fooled around with a neighborhood boy and their dalliance produced a child. As I typed that word “dalliance,” I thought about the vocabulary, language proficiency and communication skills that propelled me from poverty to prosperity. Reflecting on my early beginnings gives me a reason to thank my mother for her strength and sacrifices.
By Karin Hopkins6 years ago in Families
Before She Becomes the Shade Itself
Taking inventory of the parts of me that constitute my personality, my strength and fears, and my accomplishments and (yes) my failures, I eventually find myself looking towards the women who have featured in different parts of my life and helped to form who I have developed into, and who I have become.
By Tricia De Jesus-Gutierrez (Phynne~Belle)6 years ago in Families
Activities for Toddlers During Quarantine
Are you under a coronavirus quarantine? Does your child just have a normal childhood illness? Is life with a toddler frustrating? Any way you slice it, being at home with people in the 2-4 year old range can be challenging. Here are some ideas to keep everyone busy and sane during this time.
By Brandi Brown6 years ago in Families
What's Not Allowed? What Living in a Pandemic Has Taught Me About Autism
They say that in order to understand something, try it on. Step into its shoes. Wear it for a while; walk a mile in those shoes, and then you will know, really know what it is to be something else, someone else.
By Teresa Hedley6 years ago in Families
The Value Of A Memory
My family had some odd habits when I was growing up. One of the more particularly odd habits of my father was that electricity wasn't permitted in my home on Sundays. No television. No telephone. No stereos. We would gather in the living room or at the dining room table after church and we would play games, tell stories or record cassette tapes to send to the family members that were scattered across the United States. I was a child and thought my father's idea was absolutely stupid. Why in the world couldn't we just be like any other normal family and gather around the television every evening? That we didn't own a television, an action that was taken by my father as a means of discipline, during that period of time further fueled my desire to not be a part of the family gathering. Just as I look back and remember that feeling of "my family is sooooo weird", I can't help but smile at the warm memory of my family gathered around a bulky cassette recorder, before time and circumstances separated we five. It was fun in its purest form. I'm sure the cassette tapes have long been discarded, but the memory will play in my mind forever.
By Phoenixx Fyre Dean6 years ago in Families
How to Help Your Child Build Their Financial Future
Having an excellent credit rating will make getting a mortgage, car loan or credit card much easier. Better interest rates are available to those with good credit, so it is important to improve your credit before applying to lenders.
By Michelle Gibson6 years ago in Families
