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Moving Houses While Pregnant
Moving is stressful no matter where you are in life. There is the packing and the cleaning and the organizing. Then there is the loading everything in a truck, driving it to your new destination, unpacking, cleaning, and organizing. It is a trying time for most people. It is a hard time for most people.
By Samantha Reid9 years ago in Families
Learning Things the Hard Way
I think I am going to start this post out with a story from being a little kid. It is a story about one of my first memorable life lessons. It involves me, an invincible mindset, and my mother reminding me about how she is right. I am often reminded just where I get my hard headedness whenever I challenge my mom. My mom is a strong Hungarian woman who is never wrong, just sometimes misunderstood. She knows when to be caring and when to use some tough love. This story leans towards the later.
By Steven Serbinski9 years ago in Families
Hatchimals
For those of you that may not know what these cute things are, Hatchimals are adorable children's toys that when activated they hatch and and a mysterious animal comes out. I never really thought anything about this toy until one day my son saw a commercial for them and told me that he wanted one. Eventually I brought this to his dad's attention (seeing that he spends more time in stores than me, I figured he can go buy it), but for all the times that he has gone shopping, he never came in the house with the Hatchimal.
By Mis Understood9 years ago in Families
What It's Like to Grow Up as the "Normal" Kid
At first glance my family and many others like it look completely "normal." Of course normal is a very relative term and means something different to every person. But when you take a closer look you can see the differences from most people’s definition of the word. I grew up as the older sister of a sibling with autism. And while I got to grow up as the "normal" one, I did not grow up without feeling the effects of it.
By Caitlin Sullivan9 years ago in Families
Life as a Daughter of Agent Orange, Part 7
Somehow it does not feel as if it has been a week since I last posted. A lot has gone on and frankly, I needed a breather from travelling back through my own timeline — as in Doctor Who, travelling one's own timeline is a dangerous game. Remembering all that I have for this story has stirred up feelings I never thought I would feel again. This past week I have been angry with my dad as I have not been in several years, probably since I was in Texas.
By Elizabeth Kozlowski9 years ago in Families
How to Cope with the Death of a Loved One
With April coming up, it has been nine years since my dad passed away from a tragic automobile accident. It's not been an easy nine years. Some days are worse than others, especially around the holidays. That's when it seems to be the hardest.
By Susan Whallon Meeks9 years ago in Families
Mission विDesh
I want to introduce myself to everyone as a pessimist, no laughs please. I can trace back my existence to many years as a bud in my mother's womb. Nourished by her blood and love, I was born a girl. And then started my journey of life from a dark, hidden, crampy interior to the outer world full of lights, energy, enthusiasm, learning and many many more surprises.
By Smita Agarwal9 years ago in Families
Journey to Another Country
In 2012, I met a man online (seems to happen more often nowadays), that would forever change my life in ways I couldn't foresee. He proposed in 2013 and in early 2014, we were married. We originally planned for him to move to the US as my family is larger than his. I'm also very close to my family and the thought of moving away from them sent my anxiety into overdrive for a while.
By Cecelia Sorqvist9 years ago in Families
Death...Why Did You Come?
What should have been a relaxing Sunday afternoon after work became the nightmare I never wished for. From this day forward all our lives would be changed forever. Death is hard and death brings sadness, but unexplained sudden death is different in so many ways.
By Claire Johnston9 years ago in Families
Why Gender Neutral Parenting Shouldn’t Exist
Recently I came across a ridiculous parenting trend, which is gender-neutral parenting. This is where parents expose their children to both genders and the things involved with both genders. Parents are raising their children like this because they believe it gives their children a choice to be what they want to be, a voice to express themselves and rejoice because they can do whatever they wish. However, in my opinion, gender-neutral parenting is a terrible idea, and it can also be dangerous for the child. It shows that society can never be happy with something running one way and that there are always going to be some people who wish to change the way everything works, and here they are trying to change the way children are brought up.
By Camari Rosethorn 9 years ago in Families
