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The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.
Dear mom, thank you and I love you
A seed was perfectly positioned next to the mature plant. Shortly afterwards the seedling began to sprout and broke through the soil. Just as the seedling began to show promise of what it was to become, the crippling drought came. The seedling started to whither within the arid, cracked soil. The adult plant let the few morning dewdrops it had managed to collect slide down its parched leaves. The dewdrops dripped unto the seedling and quenched its dying thirst. A thunderstorm eventually came and broke the dry spell. The overzealous rain almost drowned the seedling with the water pounding from above. The seedling recoiled unto itself for fear. The mature plant spread its leaves wide over the seedling, an umbrella to protect it from the downpour. When the sun emerged, the mature plant leaned back slightly and let the warm glow touch the seedling. With help from the mature plant, the seedling eventually grew strong enough to become a robust plant itself.
By Calantha Rocío5 years ago in Families
Little Gestures
I know life made you overthink everything, and I know that you’ve lived in fear for your life at one point. Living through war, you’ve seen how cruel the world could get. You’ve seen how they’ve taken your father away from you. You saw how your Mom was on the floor wailing and begging them not to take him away. I couldn’t imagine being in that situation. Would I be comforting my Mom or my little siblings who were too young to understand what was happening?
By Anna-Belle5 years ago in Families
Wonder Woman
As a kid you seemed fearless as if nothing was too much to handle. This astounded me, watching you do countless acts of kindness no matter the situation or the hoods in which we resided. Sometimes it is difficult for children to view their mother as the toughest person you know in a two parent house hold. Even with the security of dad I always knew we were just as safe with you. Protected in a way that went beyond the mama bear and baby cub analogy. A real life Sarah Conner hell bent on protecting the very platform in which our innocence fell. Given strong values and upbringing we were taught by you that it isn’t where you live buy how you live. Where ever we lived or rested our heads was home by your creation and design. A mother of five daughters, you taught me compassion. Helping fellow neighbors and feeding the elderly in our apartment building, never for thanks, always from the heart. In home or not you were there for many. At thirteen I was hospitalized constantly for a heart issue that was not life threatening per say but unique in its treatments. I had an artery that was a little longer than needed so about three inches hung off. So every time that I, a teenage girl had anxiety my heart rate would jump to as many as 300 beats per minute. This needed to slow down so that my heart would not stop from excursion. Therefore an ambulance was needed almost every time this happened, to stop and restart my heart. All of this went on while you were helping to extinguish several other fires. Caring for your baby girl who became a diabetic young due to an infection that shut down her pancreas all while being there each of us in whatever way needed. I just want to say thank you not just for all you have done but for showing me humility and how to contribute to humanity as a whole. Thank you for the ability and drive to fight and push for my goals with the integrity not to knock someone down to get mines.
By Joey Renee5 years ago in Families
The Mum Effect
Dear Mum, There are so many things still to say and you’re no longer here for me to phone you. I often think about how you managed through what must have been a hugely diverse and difficult life but you did, and you more than managed – you thrived.
By Linda Simpson 5 years ago in Families
The Woman Who Could
The assignment said to write a letter to the toughest woman I know and I hope a loving tribute to my mom will do. My mom Elvira Alexandra Grunte was born in Riga, Latvia, on May 26, 1911. She came into this world when the world was changing, and Latvia was going through many occupations. It was not easy, but my mom managed to get through school, university and got a job to help out her mom at the Riga Film Studios. No, not as an actress but in administration. Suddenly her life was disrupted by the approach of WW II and the coming of Soviet occupation. She was such a brave and determined woman who arranged to escape others' fate and deportation by leaving the capital, Riga, in the dead of night with some of her colleagues' help. It was a miracle that these people in a rowboat managed to reach the European continent's shores and get to one of the D.P. or Deported Person's Camps in Germany.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Families
Why Pretend Play is Important for Kids
As a parent, you know the importance of giving your child as many opportunities to grow is immensely critical and not in the literal “you’ve gotten taller” way. You want to help them establish a connection to the world around them and help fuel their imagination. The best way for a child to accomplish these goals is through play. Play is by far the absolute best way for a child to learn. It enlists so many characteristics into your child that has lasting affects even into their adult life. One form of play that is greatly beneficial for this cause is pretend play. Pretend play opens up a world of new possibilities and teaches children to think outside of the box. For kids, there is little that they are in control of in their lives, so by granting them this opportunity, parents would be empowering children to make their own decisions and experiment to find what they like and dislike. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing your child open up to a new world and to see the progress they are making. The importance of pretend play doesn’t just stop at being a fun way for children to play. It teaches them a variety of skills such as problem solving which will most definitely be a useful skill for them their whole life. Problem solving skills can be hard for children to acquire and it can be even more difficult if they are not able to process a situation. Everyone loses their temper sometimes, but as a parent it’s important to instill into our children the tools that they can use to overcome such problems. A tool for problem solving is patience. Patience is an important characteristic for children to carry because it teaches them to keep composure and instead put their efforts into the issue at hand.
By Momma Blogger5 years ago in Families
