humanity
Humanity begins at home.
‘Unnur’ Finds Grace and Beauty in the Great Outdoors
There are so many haunting, revealing moments in Unnur, filmmaker Chris Burkard’s short film about Elli Thor, an Icelandic adventure photographer and single dad raising Unnur, his eight-year-old daughter, on Iceland’s remote windswept coastline, it’s hard to know where to begin.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in Families
Childhood Ungendered
I was born in 1994, decades past the point where all things for children were gendered. Pink is for girls, blue is for boys. That binary idea that permeates everything parents buy for their children. What colour is the bedroom? Dolls or trucks? Dresses or pants? The list of seemingly either or choices is endless.
By Erin O'Neil5 years ago in Families
THIN SKIN
I grew up hearing at home and elsewhere that I needed to “toughen up!” That I was “too sensitive.” And, that I did not take criticism well. I heard it from my mom and dad. My paternal grandmother called me a “cry baby” more than once. I heard it from teachers. I heard it from coaches. I admit it. It’s true. I did not take criticism well.
By Frank Vandinther5 years ago in Families
Girls Really Never Forget
We all know girls have better memories than boys. Birthdays, bin night, every drunken night, never, ever forgotten. And as much as this is common knowledge, I know, I know for sure and without any shadow of a doubt, girls really do never forget.
By Billy Green5 years ago in Families
My first Mistake
My first Mistake Nothing prepares you. If you come from small place in a remote area and think you will be ready for anything it helps to be young and stupid. I would say naïve, but that implies the ability to learn and absorb. To have your shiny exterior smudged on a regular basis and still move forward.
By Wellington Lambert5 years ago in Families
The Soup Kitchen
It was beautiful outside. Mother loved this time of year, but it sometimes made her sad - that Sidney, his dad and she were no longer a family, but she still had Sidney. She prayed every day for her situation to change, for happiness and enough to take care of herself and her son, but she never gave up hope. "One day," she thought, "One day".
By Shelley Martin5 years ago in Families
Stop the meaningless appologies
Recently the son of gospel singer Kirk Franklin recorded a conversation he has with his dad. Some years back the daughter of actor Alec Baldwin did the same. In both instances the father’s said some things they later apologized for. In truth these men and many others should not have apologized to the public if they meant what they said and said what they meant. People often say things in the heat of the moment and talk more freely in private than when they have an audience. Fathers and their children having disagreements is nothing new. The issue is the need to address the public and explain a situation that for some is quite normal.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Families
Dreamscapes
Joe knocked loudly on the large, antique mahogany door. The ornamental brass door knocker took the prideful shape of a lion’s head and he amused himself as he imagined a roaring lion, in waking the artist’s raptured attention to his presence on the front porch.
By Lee Risdale5 years ago in Families
