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5 Stereotypes About The Youngest Child That Aren't True
Back in the 1920s, psychologist Alfred Adler coined the term, "Youngest Child Syndrome", detailing the negative and positive effects of birth order on a person's character. And boom! Stereotypes are formed.
By Katharine Chan4 years ago in Families
Tribute
It occurred to me once when my father passed away, quite a long time ago, that I should write some things down – wisdom or analogies or just plain sound advice that he had passed on to me. Apparently, I did because I just found it in an old box full of things that I don’t know what to do with. With love in my heart for him (he has been visiting me in my sleep quite a bit of late), I thought I’d share. Here goes.
By Rachael Hughes4 years ago in Families
514 S. 6th Street, #6
Usually, I don’t keep broken bits and pieces of stuff, but in this case, I made an exception. My mother had a special gift for creating gifts that remind us of something she wanted us to remember. She always let us know why the gift was so important and what it symbolized. I glanced at my shelf and saw the picture of Mamoo, my great grandmother, behind one such gift from my mother. I unknowingly had paired the two, and when glancing over to the shelf, the symbolism of this juxtaposition landed like a ton of bricks on one of the few remaining pieces of 514’s foundation. My mother spent most of her childhood at 514.
By Nancy Nason Guss4 years ago in Families
A Letter To My Savior
Dear Savior From Up Above, Hey. How are you? I realize it's been a while, but I just wanted to let you know that I have something to share with you...You must understand once and for all just how remarkable and unique you are, and how your incredible set of talents distinguishes you from everyone else. It's almost heartbreaking to see how naive you are of what a wonderful soul you happen to be. That is why I am writing you this letter of gratitude. Even when you didn't have to be, you were there. You didn't have to speak to me...you could have just ignored me like the rest of them. You could've looked at me as if I weren't a human being, or you could've cut me down even more than I was before. You could have despised me because I'm strange...but you didn't. You helped, supported, chatted with, and befriended me, and that’s something I'll be eternally grateful for. I hope we can stay friends forever.
By Emily Clare Burgess4 years ago in Families
Thank You, Gabriella
It's been months since I last heard your voice... 4 years since I've held you in my arms. I want to begin by letting you know that I'm sorry I let you down. The last 4 years have amounted to the biggest failure of my entire life. I've lost out on so much time with you and I'll never get it back. Gabriella, I also need you to know how much I've missed you. Don't think for a second that I've gone a single day without thinking about you at least twice. The final thing I want you to know is thank you. This may be hard for you to understand but I owe you my life. I had to go through something that changed my life forever. Something that could've taken me out of the game for good. It could've... but it didn't and the reason for that is you.
By Carlos Guerra4 years ago in Families
Smells like forgiveness
Forgiveness can seem elusive, confusing, and counterintuitive. At some point in my life, I understood forgiveness as letting the person who hurt us know we were okay with what they did to us. This led me to feel conflicted about the concept of simply letting something go to avoid holding someone accountable for their actions. This stuck until it was time for me to forgive someone for what they had done to me.
By Carrie Principe4 years ago in Families
View from the big red chair
It was not my first choice for spending my weeks leading up to Christmas. No, to be brutally honest I’d have loved to have been on the beach or swimming in the lagoon in Rarotonga. But it wasn’t to be. At that point in time, it was all down to money and getting time off. Not for me, my wife. Me, I was semi-retired at that point – almost unemployable. At least that’s how it felt.
By Keith Mole4 years ago in Families
