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8 Best Couples Honeymoon Ideas for the Best Trip Ever 2022
Stockholm is an exciting destination for those who want to explore something new. The city is constantly trying new things to welcome people. The hottest temperatures and longest daylight hours are in July. The cultural events, internationally-inspired art, and fantastic food make this the ideal honeymoon spot. Water tours through the Danube River are another great way to enjoy the city. This romantic destination is also very budget-friendly.
Things You Must Know About Organic Diapers: Why Should You Switch Them
Good things, like everything else in life, come back. Reusable ecological diapers or washable diapers are now again popular. A waterproof fabric that keeps the baby's secretions contained in the diaper.
Ramaraj VigneshPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesEverything You Need to Know About Your Baby's Growth and Development
Prenatal Care Becoming a mother is one of life’s most important journeys. While it may seem like your baby will come into the world in a flash, there are many ways to prepare yourself for your new arrival before his or her birth. Prenatal care is at least one major part of preparing yourself for childbirth, even if you aren’t planning a natural home birth without medical intervention. Here are a few tips that can help you get started on prenatal care.
Mishcal SuleimanPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesFire
Approximately 20 years ago, I was personally touched by the urban blight of fire, when it destroyed my apartment and killed my girlfriend while I was away at work. I did not even know about the disaster until I came home from work and saw those ominous yellow plastic police tapes DO NOT CROSS warning signs around my apartment complex.
Dear Mom: I Refuse to See you as Evil
I remember one of the first times I looked at you like maybe you were the Devil. Ignited by the Y2K disaster hype, you flew me to the south of France, liquored me up in an old castle filled with strange adults and bade me tap dance for them like a monkey. Later that night on my way to the bathroom, you disappeared behind a wooden door in the castle dark and leapt out at my drunk and disoriented form. When my soul returned to my body, I looked up to see a glint of satisfaction in your eyes; a monolith giggling at my terror and skipped heart beats.
Zuri the DreamerPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesA Lesson Too Well Learned
Dear Mom, I wonder if this will ever find you. Perhaps if I go outside one evening after it has rained and the forest fire season is behind us, although that day seems far off right now, and set the pages of this letter alight and pray that its essence will reach out to you it might. Maybe. You’ve been gone from my life and this world for nearly twenty years now, but I still find my thoughts slipping down side paths that lead you.
Jim RichardsPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesWine Drunk and Laughing About Our Old Writing
Mom, I have read, and witnessed, and contributed stories about a seemingly universal pain, a specific sadness that comes from losing a mother, either parts of her or entirely. Some confessions are bleak and meant to be because why keep a secret unless you’re afraid of it? Why lock away your heart unless you expect to be hurt again in some way?
Sam Eliza GreenPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesRole model, who are you?
Hey Mom. I never told you this before, but... I never felt like I had a role model growing up. The one person I knew as my "father" changed our lives forever. He chose to sell drugs over his wife and her child.
Angel SantiagoPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesMother, forgive me.
"Grandma wants to see you, Greg", my mom told me over the phone, her voice was trembling and tired. I hadn't had a chance to visit her at all, but last night she asked my mother to call me. "Maybe it's, time, Bobo. I think you'll regret it if you don't go." my mom told me. I said I would do my best.
Cris FariasPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesDear Mom, I Am Sorry I Lied
Dear Mom, I once lied to you. Yes, only once. It was not because I did not respect you, because I always did respect you very much. However, I did not know what answer you wanted and I wanted to connect with you, so I took a chance on answering the question the way I thought maybe you wanted to bond. I have always regretted this because I wonder if I told you the truth if we still could have bonded. I often wonder if you were disappointed in me and you just handed it the best way you could, or if you had just wanted the best for me and wanted to make sure I was making the right choices. That day, at that moment, I felt like an adult and that you were treating me like an adult and that we were bonding not only as mother and daughter but as the best of friends as well. At that moment it felt good, but after I wondered if I should have told you the truth, Even years later I still think about this and wonder if I was wrong. Why that day did you ask me this question out of the blue? What did you want my answer to me? I hope that you understand my reasons for the lied I told you, I am sorry that I lied to you, I never lied to you again or even before that. And even though there was a good reason I felt wrong for lying to you. The worse part of it was that when these things actually did happen in my life, I was unable to come to you in that way to talk to you about them. That is the moment that I realizes that I had messed up. That is a moment or moments that should have truly been a real bonding moment for us and because I had not been honest with you, I was not able to come and tell you myself when things happened to me or in my life. I did not know if you were hiding back or if we could talk like friends. I feel like I took that moment and ruined it. And I feel like I took that moment from you as well as myself. I often think about how I would tell you when something was happening to me, and how I would tell you.
Amanda J MollettPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesBirthright
Hey, Mom. I never told you this before, but... You should paint again. You should write again. Somewhere along the way, your voice was smashed almost into oblivion underneath callous hands that didn’t know how to cherish you like you deserved. And, kneeling, you picked up and cradled those shards of yourself in your arms while you cradled us. And pieces of you fell along your journey forward trudging into the future to give us the best life possible. I’m sure you longed to have those pieces back but you left them behind so that you had more time to work, more time to give us things you thought we should have, not caring that while our smiles brightened yours dimmed, the watts carefully drained to power the brilliance of our dreams instead of yours.
R.C. TaylorPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesI Don't Know How To Say It, Mom
I Don’t Know How To Say It, Mom So I’ll Try My Best For years, the silence and ignorance forced upon me had tormented my mind and body, to which can only be attributed to those who gave me the cognitive skills to lose sleep as I grew older and non the wiser. As a circumstance, mom, I can only say that my life has been a roller coaster with no end to the ride.