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Big Girl
Big Girl By Gabriela Dimitrova The pleasure of hearing the clicking of hooves on the cobble-stone road countered the discomfort Sylvie felt each time the mule-drawn cart jutted with a crunchy thud. She loved everything about her Grandma’s country town, Montana, which stretched on 15 hectares of treasured coal-black Bulgarian soil.
By Gabriela Dimitrova 6 years ago in Families
A Busy Mom’s Must-Have Mattress for a Full Night’s Rest. Created with: Lull.
This morning at 5:30 am, my 4-year-old quietly entered our room, walked right up to me and woke me up by physically peeling my eyes open and shrieking, “MAMA! WAKE UP!” Yes, it was as terrible as it sounds. While I can’t do much about how she wakes me up, I can do something about the quality of sleep I get (when I can actually get it).
By Jenna Barnett6 years ago in Families
Parenting Millennials
Some days you wonder if the universe is having a laugh at you or punishing you for learning from youthful exuberance and planning for the rest of your child rearing years. Because, having a mid-age millennial in the twenties and then youngest alpha millennials under ten is a real circus act. This coming from a youth development specialist. But it does have some really cool parent highs though! I have one that doesn't speak much and feels I can't relate or understand and the other two that do nothing but speak, so much now we've had to label it 'comebacks' and 'talkbacks' because they feel I do understand or at least should.
By TanYah Global6 years ago in Families
The Tale of Two Sisters: Part One
It began on a warm summer morning, the breeze blowing through our living room window cooled the dark cavern we tried to keep below 90 degrees. Mom was nine months pregnant with my sister and I was so in love with her. I spent every moment I could with my little head pressed against mom’s bulging belly, listening to my sister swish and swirl. Her feet pushed again my tiny ear and cheek as she grew too big for her surroundings. Even though my mom was visibly uncomfortable, she never told me to leave. She would brush my long brunette curls with her fingers gently down my back as I laid there.
By Faith Heple6 years ago in Families
Fathers - Be Good to Your Daughters
We individualize the things we experience so that we can relate to them - it’s human nature. When a great movie ends, I feel like a small piece of me is altered for a little while. When someone wants to show me something they've drawn, or painted, I feel like they’re sharing a part of themselves with me. When the right song plays, it can make or break my mood before the first chorus even starts.
By Harley Myers6 years ago in Families
Mom and Me
In a woman’s life it is often said that there no relationship more important than her relationship with her mother. But that relationship is not always a totally healthy one. Sometimes the relationship is not totally toxic, but it has its moments where there are things that get said that really shouldn’t be said. Little jabs that rip you apart piece by piece and you have no control over it. Now its not all the time, and there are loving moments, so it is not that it’s a toxic relationship, or so you think at the time.
By Hannah Elliott6 years ago in Families
Becoming a Single Father
Like most people when I got married, my plan was we would stay together forever. My parents were married for 57 years before my mother died and her family had never experienced a divorce. We were very happy, at least I thought we were. We had two daughters who are my everything. Professionally things were very good. On the surface we looked like the poster family for a successful marriage and family.
By Frank Zaccari6 years ago in Families
