extended family
All about how to stay connected, strengthen ties and talk politics with your big, happy extended family.
Are you thinking of buying Home Decor Gifts? Here Is What You Need To Know?
It is not easy to shop holiday decor for the home decor lover in your life. It is not easy to browse the internet for hours and wander around a busy retail store looking for direction. Shopping for the design-loving person in your life is easy this year. You can find the perfect gift for someone special with a little creativity and determination.
By Broad James4 years ago in Families
Tears and Scars
I have laid down stakes across Canada spent large chunks of residing in parts of California and Scotland. Still, it isn't in a geographic location where I find home. I return home to a social and emotional locale. I have a scar on my right knee and can feel the ridge where stitches were put on the inner side of my bottom lip. Both the disfigurements occurred almost sixty years ago when I was seven or eight years old.
By Bob McInnis4 years ago in Families
Lead Custodian at a High School
I have always been that parent who not only volunteers in the classrooms of my own two daughters, but is always the classroom mother, in charge of classroom parties, projects, bulletin boards and anything else the teacher may need. That parent who always seems to go from my own children’s classrooms, to other classrooms that did not have parent helpers. I am the parent that always seems to run the PTA, library groups, running club groups, fundraisers, book fairs and more. When our daughters were younger I would take them to school every day, and walk out with them ten or twelve hours later, depending on meetings or events going on. Today I am proud to say that I have continued volunteering in the classrooms, only now I am able to go in and support my Grand children's classes, and I would not change a thing.
By Angela Yvonne Edwards4 years ago in Families
Please allow 30 minutes for family conflict
The world is big, everyone has a different definition of family, the structure of family is: father, mother and children. This is a small family, and the extended family includes the parents of the previous generation. Generally speaking, the structure of a family is a combination of relatives. Some people say that my family is very happy, so the family from a small family slowly developed into a big family, some people say that my family is very unfortunate, always because of the family events and small things very unhappy, so the family broke up. For the first 30 minutes, when we are faced with a problem that has already arisen, stop talking, because this will only make the problem worse, continuing to talk about the problem will make the problem bigger, and emotions will lead to arguments, fights or cold wars. As we all know in life, if things aren't working out for the best, please stop talking and discussing the issue. Give yourself and others 30 minutes to calm down and manage your emotions. The second thirty minutes is to think about the cause and effect of this problem, how to do is the most beneficial and best solution, the affection is home, think about those happy people at home, do not because of a small thing and upset overturned all happiness. Love is an important factor in supporting a family. Love is beautiful and desirable. You shouldn't be spoiled for minor family conflicts. Since you love the person you love, your family should see more of their own mistakes, or not good enough, to understand your family, perhaps this issue is so small in the face of love and your happy past. If you haven't completely let go of the conflict, give the other person a third 30 minutes and you need to communicate so that the other person can better understand their thoughts and emotions and get to know each other better. There is no one in this world who knows what you are thinking when you don't say it, everything is like this, don't expect the tacit understanding in the dog drama, what is in the heart, the real world does not exist. Tell your partner what you think and feel. This will make your partner know you better and love you more. Listen carefully to what your partner is saying and love him. Of course, I learned it from the wife of one of my classmates. It happened to be their wedding day. I went to their wedding and the woman was two or three years older than my classmate. She seemed much more mature than he was, which was probably why she was able to support her family so well. It was a little far from where I was staying, so I stayed in their city on the wedding day. In the evening, I stayed with his sister, with whom I knew well and talked for a long time. I casually asked her how old was her sister-in-law older than her brother, mature enough not to make much of a difference when things happened? She said yes! But her sister-in-law gave her a hint: If you don't know what to say at the moment, don't talk. Because there are a lot of emotions, it just leads to arguments. When I came back later, I thought about her words, so I pigeonholed them for myself to better manage myself and my family. There is no 100% perfect life, no 100% perfect love, and no 100% perfect family. If you love your family, please be quiet. In fact, this is very simple truth, many people can not do. I hope these 3:30 minutes will help you with your family conflict. I also hope that if you can't calm down, understand and communicate in thirty minutes, please be patient and give more to each other and yourself. Understanding and communication work best when things are calm. Understand and communicate within 30 minutes, please be patient, give each other and yourself more time. Understanding and communication work best when things are calm. Understand and communicate within 30 minutes, please be patient, give each other and yourself more time. Understanding and communication work best when things are calm.
By allen chad matthew4 years ago in Families
A Home is A Home is A Home
It was another gorgeous day in Santa Barbara, California. The seagulls sang praises to the sun while they floated along in the gentle breezes of paradise. It was the middle of summer and the birds were expecting a bounty of food as the distracted tourists provided them ample opportunity to snatch a quick meal. The nightmares of fire and mudslides were gone and the COVID War was being won. There were dolphins and whale watching and mothers chasing after sunbaked children, sun block in hand. Michael Aguirre took no notice. He was just a passerby, brought here by promise and jaded by reality. His voice, permanently hoarse, had betrayed him all too soon and his rising star was shot out of the sky overnight. Now there was only pain and work and bills and alcohol to make him forget. He had no care for his doctor's warnings about weight gain and liver failure. Early death would be a welcome event as far as he was concerned.
By Stacy Shepherd4 years ago in Families
Back In The Woods
I always enjoyed spending time with my cousins when growing up. We would play Tarzan and Jane and our youngest sister was Cheetah. We had told her we picked her up at the zoo, so she was a willing participant. And of course I was Tarzan. We spent many days when we were young playing on the farm. We are close to those cousins to this day. I always like seeing them and catching up on what they are doing in their life. In the next town I would spend time with a couple other cousins close to my age. One of those cousins lived with me when I was a single dad with my sons. The boys hated that as he would always tell on them or stop them from watching their favorite television shows. I didn't mind because as a parent of teens, it takes more than one pair of eyes to watch over them. The cousins really are some of my favorite people.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Families
A LONELY HEART
A LONELY HEART by SUE J BRAITHWAITE It was turning out to be a long and extremely cold winter. Christopher, Charlie and Maurice’s mum could only afford to put the heating on in one room at a time otherwise she would fall behind with other bills. The lads didn’t mind that much as they understood their predicament, and to be honest, their ability to adjust to varying temperatures was an easy and comfortable transition. Their birthdays were days apart, a year between each, Charlie being the oldest, Chris being the youngest. The three brothers were seriously close and spent a great deal of time together living in the countryside, they loved their rambles, in rain, sun or snow. As it happened it was snowing that afternoon. The heavy snowfall had settled at around three inches high over a course of two hours and showed no sign of letting up. They finished off watching the last season of, “Girls Gone Bad,” a fictional program about four best pals in their late teens that started out as sweet and innocent law abiders, until they met Jenny and her wild, partying and fearless circle of friends. The lads could identify with Jenny and her friends because they were the influencers of their peers in the village that they lived in as well as the other two villages close by. They’d arrange meet ups with others around their ages to go for drives, drink alcohol, take drugs and do whatever else took their fancy.
By Sue BRAITHWAITE4 years ago in Families
IN THE LAND OF ICE AND SNOW
Dedicated to Grandpa Earl, who made magic happen… THE WONDER YEARS Winters in Minnesota are cold. Although this is well known, it still seems to shock visitors who arrive in December or January, but to those who live there, it’s life. Hannah worked at the airport just before college, and as she would walk around outside with her parka unzipped, she’d noticed people dragging luggage staring at her as they clung to their coats, trying not to cry for fear their faces would freeze. Yes, come to Minnesota and you will quickly adapt or die.
By Pam Sievert-Russomanno4 years ago in Families
The Four Clairs: Part One
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. But Alaia Thomas wasn't much different... It's been ten whole weeks since I moved into Aunt Didi's and Uncle Ross' house. My 16-year-old cousin, D.C. and I were having one of our usual late-night therapy sessions.
By Lunarchild.xo4 years ago in Families
