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When Someone’s Past Becomes Your Present. Content Warning.
Maybe this will burn bridges. Maybe people will be angry with me. Maybe I'll be blamed for interfering, for speaking up, for refusing to accept that this is simply what families do to each other. At this point, I don't care. I've spent too much of my life trying to keep everybody else comfortable while someone I love becomes less healthy, less happy, and less able to stand up for herself. If protecting my mother means somebody decides they don't want me in their life anymore, then that is a bridge I'm willing to lose.
By Brooke Kallamabout 6 hours ago in Families
The Search for Access: A Family’s Ride Through Barriers
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” As we approached the entrance to Sasquatch Mountain, we were glad to see there was no line. During the summer, the entrance had seemed crowded and chaotic, but on this cool weekday evening with school in session, we had the queue all to ourselves. For a family with multiple disabilities, having no one else around meant we would have more time to board without the added stress of other people’s judgment and impatience.
By Carl J. Petersen10 days ago in Families
Why Families Used to Have 10+ Kids. AI-Generated.
People often romanticize the 10-child family because they are looking backward from a world that removed most of the conditions that produced it. The photographs, the farmhouse, and the family Bible containing a handwritten record of births live on. But the repeated pregnancies, children who died, unpaid labor, financial calculations, and physical cost to women were less likely to become part of the family story. Once those conditions disappear from view, an economic and demographic system can often be mistaken for a set of superior personal values.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin19 days ago in Families
Blindfolded
I should have had my baby in the back of a car on a highway in the middle of rush hour, as it poured down rain and ice. My experience with the hospital when I gave birth to my only son was far less pleasant and fraught with mishaps. I hear about the wonderful, dreamlike experiences other women have had, and that was not mine. It was one mistake after another, and I was cut open for the birth of my angel. It was hell. Angels should never be delivered in such a place.
By Alexandra Grantabout a month ago in Families
Duck, Duck, Greyduck
You are sitting in a circle talking and playing word games when one of the boys says, "Let's play duck, duck, greyduck, or goose. Your choice. Many had heard of it and even played it before. A few had never heard of it or played it and didn't know if they wanted to participate.
By Denise E Lindquist2 months ago in Families
True Love Isn’t Perfect It’s Worth Working For
True Love Isn’t Perfect — It’s Worth Working For True love is not about finding someone who never makes mistakes. It is not about finding a relationship where everything is always easy, peaceful, and perfect. The truth is, no relationship is perfect. Every couple will have disagreements, misunderstandings, bad days, hurt feelings, and moments when they wonder if things are still worth fighting for.
By Taviii🇨🇦♐️2 months ago in Families
My August in January
There are moments in life you know will come, yet you can’t prepare for them. Like seasons at their end, you know they come; you may even be anxious for them, but once they happen, you lament the past. You grieve what has gone by the wayside, even knowing it will return again, new.
By Alexandra Grant2 months ago in Families
