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Story Time With Winter Madison
Hello, readers! Are you excited about this week's book, Green Eggs, and Ham by Dr. Seuss? During this week's storytime, we follow Sam as he tries to convince his friend to try out new food. Now Sam is very persistent readers! He really wants his friend to try this new food, but his friend just won't have it! Readers, why do you think he will not try the new food that Sam is offering him? (click the underlined word "storytime" to go straight to the Green Ham and Eggs episode!)
By Winter Madison5 years ago in Families
Mom's Ingenuity
The afternoon of my son's first day at kindergarten, I received a call from a very good friend. He had gone to my son's school that afternoon to pick up his three kids after school. He observed my son, and two other kindergarten boys walking down the middle of the street to the babysitter's house. He told me if it had been his kid, he would want to know. I thanked him for the information.
By Toni Compton5 years ago in Families
8 Science-backed Ways to Help Your Teen with a Broken Heart
When our teens get into dating it can be pretty scary for us as parents. Suddenly our babies are in the adult world of love! Negotiating all those emotional, physical (Ahh!) and social aspects that come with relationships. But, considering most teenagers don’t end up marrying their first love, what do we do when they, inevitably, break up?
By Kelly Eden5 years ago in Families
End of the Rainbow
Raya walks along the beach with her dog, Kona. From time to time, she bends down to inspect an object: a cool shell, a smooth lava rock or stunning sea glass. Raya and Kona spend countless hours at the beach scavenging for things the sea has washed onto the beach.
By Jami Schmottlach5 years ago in Families
Shoe Box Money
The bell rang, calling for a dismissal of classes for the day. Mark gathered up his books and headed to the school’s computer room to check for updates on his college applications and to submit his final assessment for High School. The computer room, at this hour, was often empty as most students had access to a computer at home. This wasn’t the case for Mark, he had never even owned a cell phone which didn’t do much for his social experience being a child of the digital age. His online presence and much of his social life was limited to the hours spent at school and as much as his friends tried to keep him updated and involved, he still felt left behind.
By Julia Alfred5 years ago in Families
Henry's Inheritance
"Hi, I'm Andy." He said holding out his hand. Henry ignored him, directing his attention instead to the white Subaru in the driveway. It was his sister's car. Her husband, Stan, and their eldest, Rodney, were already hard at work emptying the back of it. Removing a series of cardboard boxes and restacking them onto the grass. It was like salt in the wound, the fact that they hadn't bothered to come to the front door first.
By Alice Garitt5 years ago in Families
The Stars Will Be There Tomorrow
Living his tenth year since birth, a boy sturdy enough to carry all of his ancestors’ honor and surrounded by his sleeping siblings stares at the stars from the gaps in the roof. They take him away from the truth of it all. They give him the hope that he will change everything for his family. Everything is in those stars.
By Lynda Hernandez Medellin5 years ago in Families
Alice Goes to School
From a very young age Alice had always wanted to go to university. Alice lived on a farm with her parents, two older brothers, and two younger sisters. She was always known as the “middle child”. Although Alice was only 9 years of age, she had dreams of going places and one of them was to university. She might be in grade 4, but she knew she wanted to leave the farm and head to the city to see and do things she couldn’t do on the farm. She dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. After school, you would often find Alice cutting out patterns and making clothes for her barbie dolls and her sisters' barbie dolls. Even the Ken doll would get a new set of clothes occasionally. They had fur coats made from rabbit fur, acid-washed jeans, hippie vests, they were a very classy fashion dressed bunch of barbie dolls to say the least.
By Merle Lee Ann's Kitchen5 years ago in Families
The Pointing Picture
As far as funerals go, this one could have been worse, Jatoun thought to herself. Aunt Benny didn’t scream and holler like she had at all the funerals since Jatoun was an itty bitty girl. Mommy did all the cooking this time so at least the repast food wasn’t burnt and bland like when Aunt Cherise makes it. Mommy and Benny joked that their baby sister’s food tasted like free lunch. The Vernon Family Funeral Home had been operating since the late 1800s and had been passed down from father to son for 7 generations. Grandaddy hadn’t had any boys and maintained a warm and protective distance from his daughters. With no sons to take over, he hoped that Mommy being the oldest would do what was necessary to assume leadership. No one would have known that Mommy was his favorite unless they paid close attention while he was alive. Aunt Benny knew. That’s probably why she didn’t lay on the casket with a wail and flail during the burial.
By Rish De Terra5 years ago in Families
