parents
The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.
Spirit Over Time
2007 was a difficult year for my family. I was 18 years old and graduating high school. Under normal circumstances this would be a cause for celebration for most people, but for me, it reminded me of a missing factor in my life. My father had passed away that very same year in the month of February. He would not be present for my graduation ceremony, he wouldn't help me purchase my first automobile, he wouldn't see me marry, and most of all, he wouldn't see me become the man I was supposed to be. These thoughts plague me still, though that is not what this story is about. This story, is about something more.
By Patrick Sweet4 years ago in Families
And the Walls are Closing In . Top Story - November 2021.
I'm facing the inevitable. The wheels are in motion and, to be honest, I'm not entirely happy about it. My daughter, my last born, is a college-bound high school senior and I have been hit like a ton of bricks with the reality of an unstoppable change sweeping over our lives. Reminiscent of the famous scene in Escape Route where Ben is trapped in a rapidly shrinking room while frantically searching for answers, I am trapped between the excitement of watching as she spreads her wings and the urge to hit the breaks and keep her in the nest while knowing, sadly, that there is really only one option.
By Tracy Willis4 years ago in Families
My Wonder Woman
Today superheroes have become some of the biggest inspirations. They are role models to everyone including myself. However, not all superheroes wear capes. My mother isn't a superhero in the technical sense of the word. She doesn't have superhuman abilities, but all my life she's been my superhero. From my beating to juggling my band events with her schooling and my brother's health she's never ceased to amaze me.
By Katelynn Marie 4 years ago in Families
The Change That Happens Later In Life
Her hand in mine. Holding on tightly The six of us continued looking at the machine with the numbers, watching, waiting. Top number was the heart rate; below that were other numbers: blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and respiration. The glowing digits in the darkened room changed every moment as the tendrils of tubes measured the last bits of my mother’s life. An hour earlier, I had jokingly bet which number would reach zero first – respiration. I would be right.
By Barb Dukeman4 years ago in Families
once a week
I recently started taking time to myself once a week. Originally I thought I needed to be able to have time away from my kids and my husband. Which are all very valid, but what I didn't actually understands how badly I needed the opportunity to be in my own brain. I don't think I recognized how much I don't take time to think for myself or even genuinely ask what I want because often it doesn't matter and I don't mean that in some sort of a self-pity type of way but more so in a way out of I don't actually have an opinion on a lot of things.
By Crystal Benton4 years ago in Families
Words of Empowerment for Parents
Introduction Sometimes it is necessary to clear our homes to get rid of things that clutter our living space. As I did just that, I found a copy of a brief presentation that I made to a group of mothers in October 2017. I realize that what I rediscovered was not clutter but words of encouragement to parents with school-aged parents. So, I share these words of reflection with you.
By Dr Deborah M Vereen4 years ago in Families
