parents
The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.
What Autism Has Taught Me
Parenting is hard. There's no getting around that. There's the cooking, cleaning, appointments, acting as a referee if you have multiple children, attitudes, and so much more. My favorite part of the day is when the whole house is asleep. I have time to admire my kids, think back to what happened that day, what moments were perfect, and what could have been done a little differently.
By Kilyn Wymer8 years ago in Families
Addiction
Does anyone know of someone who is addicted to something? Of course you do, everyone has some type of addiction, whether it's drugs, technology, working, caffeine, etc. Well, I grew up in a family of alcoholics. So, this is for them, but more specifically my mother.
By Mallory Wiese8 years ago in Families
Tired of You!
I'm a single mom who's always trying to do the right things. I'm in my second to last semester at my community college that I've been in since I got out of high school. I had to quit my job because it was so stressful, I got gastritis. And my biggest problem is my daughter's father because I'm constantly bending my back for him and when has he ever done the same for me? Never!
By Ameenah M.8 years ago in Families
DNA
The picture above shows you my gorgeous little boy Malachai and my partner Matthew. Now they don’t look alike because they’re not related. Malachai isn’t his son. Malachai’s biological dad left when he was five days old and Matthew met Malachai when he was six weeks old. Now I know that sounds like I moved on very quick, but I’ve previously been with Matthew before. I met him in 2015 when I was living in a young person's housing establishment. We were together for over a year and a half but things got muddled and we broke up.
By Cherry Rose8 years ago in Families
Special Advice for Daddies and Children
Today is Father's Day. To others, it is just June 17, 2018. To me, it is a day to say HAPPY DADDY'S DAY to the greatest Dad on the planet-mine! Unfortunately, I will be standing at the foot of my parents' grave and telling my Dad to have a Happy Daddy's Day. I have to believe in my heart that he will hear me.
By Maurice Bernier8 years ago in Families
My New Journey Into Stay at Home Momma-hood
What comes to mind when you hear the words “stay at home Mom”? Do you picture her in a robe and slippers, binge watching her favorite show while sipping a nice glass of red? Do you envision her drowning in a dog pile of children, not having showered in days? Quite honestly, my experiences thus far have proven it’s kind of a combination of both.
By Jean River8 years ago in Families
Mom and Me. Top Story - June 2018.
Full House: How Living With My Mom Has Kept Me Sane I moved out at the ripe old age of 29. Some say this is too old and experienced to be moving out and experiencing things. In our South Asian culture, where the laws are strict and deter children from moving out, I was a rebel with a cause. I had met a new man and he happened to live on the other side of the country. After a couple of years of texts, phone calls, one trip in Las Vegas to make sure the other in fact existed and was not a bot (Capchas included), I decided to cut all the clutter and make it official. Again, I was bold, brave, and an Indian girl set on busting through the doors of how it's been to create new ways of living fearlessly, for the culture. How naïve I was. About six hours in, I knew something was amiss and I wasn't welcome. After about three months, he told he had found someone else and I was left to fend for myself. For four years. The idea of this makes me shudder, as does Captain Morgan spiced dark rum, which kept me from losing my marbles and jumping off my 24th floor apartment. In March of this year, after several failed attempts at finding someone suitable, and a pretty long stint, by millennial standards, at a soul crushing corporate job, I booked a one way ticket back home. What did home hold for me? My younger sister, my dark black (with some greys) shih tzu, and my best friend; my mother. Our relationships over the years had been a roller coaster; one filled with co-dependence and, at the end, the realization that we needed to completely re-define it and ourselves to move forward. Her struggles with mental illness, divorce, #widowlife, ailing parents, psycho relatives, and everything in between had taken a toll on my young childhood, so the majority of my twenties were spent trying to transform her into the mom I knew was hiding underneath the medication and manic episodes. If I could just help her see the woman I saw, I knew I could get my mom and maybe some of my childhood back.
By Seema Kapoor8 years ago in Families
The Perks of Being a Stepmama
I can only imagine how difficult it must be to have another woman in your child’s life take on the mom role when you never asked for her in the first place. However, you have to understand that I never asked to fall in love with a man who already had a kid, and along with that, baby mama drama. It just sort of happened 🤷🏽♀️ and I’m not going to apologize for it.
By Diareni V.8 years ago in Families
Happy Father's Day, Daddy!!!
Before ANYONE says anything on June 17, 2018, allow me to say something very important. Whether you fire up your computer, pick up the phone or even visit (I hope not. I do not like visitors.), PLEASE refrain from saying HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to me. I will not take it very kindly. I am not a Dad in any sense of the word. Sorry. That is something that will get me VERY angry.
By Maurice Bernier8 years ago in Families
