humanity
Humanity begins at home.
THE STORY OF LUKE
Many, if not most of us, have fond memories of our childhood. We laughed and giggled as we learned to swim in public pools, played kick-the-can during the summer months until dark and, during frigid winter months, sledded down steep hills, built snowmen, ice skated, or learned how to ski.
By Kimberly Shursen6 years ago in Families
It started and ended with Merlot
Start Five years. Five years since she’s felt a man’s touch, or a woman’s for that matter. It hasn’t been all that bad. She finally got back up, she learned about herself, what she likes and she gained her life back. It was lonely, but necessary. It wasn’t easy being with a man that required all of her attention and he knew nothing about her. She lost herself in him and his life. It started and ended with a bottle of Merlot.
By kathleen truglio6 years ago in Families
April Fools.
!! SENSITIVE MATERIAL - TRIGGER WARNING !! It's coming up to that time of year again, where social media is full of April Fools jokes and pranks. Now don't get me wrong, I can have a laugh and I'd like to think that I'm a fun person, but nothing irks me more so than seeing someone post the phrases or words:
By Danielle Mills6 years ago in Families
Finding Ways to Cope with the Covid-19 Pandemic
Generating a quick solution to anything that is bothering us is something that most of us do best! There is little doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has created challenges for all of us looking for ways to survive the effects of reduced social interaction. Fortunately, the human spirit has often focused on self-preservation over self-destruction each time we encounter a fork in the road of life.
By Anthony Chan6 years ago in Families
‘Unnur’ Finds Grace and Beauty in the Great Outdoors
There are so many haunting, revealing moments in Unnur, filmmaker Chris Burkard’s short film about Elli Thor, an Icelandic adventure photographer and single dad raising Unnur, his eight-year-old daughter, on Iceland’s remote windswept coastline, it’s hard to know where to begin.
By Hamish Alexander6 years ago in Families
Childhood Ungendered
I was born in 1994, decades past the point where all things for children were gendered. Pink is for girls, blue is for boys. That binary idea that permeates everything parents buy for their children. What colour is the bedroom? Dolls or trucks? Dresses or pants? The list of seemingly either or choices is endless.
By Erin O'Neil6 years ago in Families
THIN SKIN
I grew up hearing at home and elsewhere that I needed to “toughen up!” That I was “too sensitive.” And, that I did not take criticism well. I heard it from my mom and dad. My paternal grandmother called me a “cry baby” more than once. I heard it from teachers. I heard it from coaches. I admit it. It’s true. I did not take criticism well.
By Frank Vandinther6 years ago in Families
Girls Really Never Forget
We all know girls have better memories than boys. Birthdays, bin night, every drunken night, never, ever forgotten. And as much as this is common knowledge, I know, I know for sure and without any shadow of a doubt, girls really do never forget.
By Billy Green6 years ago in Families
