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The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.
Healing Connections with Your Mother
Feeling connected gives us a feeling of security, abundance, being loved, cherished and wanted. Our main connection is the mother/child bond—it is through her that we were nourished, fed and grew when we started our life in her womb, and through her we obtained our first beliefs about ourselves. Connectedness is how we bonded with her and its through her that we felt valued, adored, cosseted and loved beyond measure. Or not.
By Charmaine Barber7 years ago in Families
A Little Fish That Made Big Waves. Top Story - June 2019.
Anyone who gets to know me knows that I LOVE tattoos. My entire body is essentially already mapped out in my mind, as to what I plan on getting next. I've been blessed to meet some great artists throughout my life who continue to grow in talent and character. Outside of being home with my wife and children, getting to hang out in a tattoo shop is my second place of zen. The sounds, scents, and conversations within just make me feel at peace. Some of my ink is for fun while other pieces have certain meanings that connect me to some rather important moments in my life. This is the tale of one of my more meaningful tattoos.
By Nathan Hutton7 years ago in Families
Raising a Son
Before I begin writing this—I want to say that these are only my personal views on today's world. These are my opinions and just that, but a huge part of me feels this needs to be heard. I am a first time Mom, and a young one at that, whether this changes how you view this piece... I'll let you decide.
By Toni alanis7 years ago in Families
Top 5 Games That Bring Families Together
When it comes to spending time as a family, game night is always a good idea. From burping to bottles and every sleepless night in between, you don't have much of an opportunity to think about spending quality family time together when your children are infants. But as a mother of three growing children, the thoughts of having a standard family night has been weighing on my mind.
By Sylvia Smith7 years ago in Families
Loving the Humans Who Created You
My mother and sister on my sister's wedding day The relationship between my mother and I has evolved and blossomed and it was not always easy to get to where we are today. It took me more than half of my life to realize that my mother really did everything that she could to the best of her abilities. She worked hard, she protected me, and she made me the woman I am in this moment. I had to break down the walls of my ego, judgement, and blaming tendencies for taking all that I received from her during my childhood and perpetuate it into the world around me.
By Blair Welcome7 years ago in Families
One Parent
Life is fine, I tell this myself. I tell this to myself so often I nearly convince myself it is true. The memories of him are vague and not full of love, nothing terrible. He never hurt me, at least not physically. No. He just wasn't always present. It didn't work out. He was an asshole. People don't like that. People say "family is everything." Family IS everything, if the family isn't toxic. But this isn't about that. I leave behind a country full of friends, and a mom-like figure, and my biological father, distant painful memories I've all but blocked out.
By Aurelie M Jones7 years ago in Families
