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Live In The Moment
Chapter 1 I wake up to a notification on my I-Phone 20. I’m still holding on to the invitation to my 75th birthday, I must have drifted off to sleep while reading it. I do that a lot nowadays, can’t seem to stay up for more than just a few hours. There are days that I feel trapped in this old body and the young me is screaming to get out. Maybe take the wife to a movie or just a nice walk at the park. Given the chance, I’d take them on a nice vacation and show them all a good time. Nope, this is me now, have to wait for someone else to decide my day. Could be worse I guess, I spent all last week in a hospital bed. My arm is still bruised from all that poking they did.
By Angel4 years ago in Families
Hardest Time of The Year for Many
Our family has always been close when my mother and father were still here. We were like any other family I would guess. Where you only see them on the holidays then don’t talk to them much for the rest of the year.
By Kerrie G.Diaz4 years ago in Families
Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity, what was once shocking and disturbing has now become a fact of life, as adult obesity increased childhood obesity is growing and rapidly increasing. With bad eating habits and fatty diet and some hereditary influence some kids are doomed to battle childhood obesity late into their twenties, childhood obesity has become a wide spread phenomena and the risks involved in childhood obesity are becoming clearer with time.
By Thayrile4 years ago in Families
Joyful Blessings
As the holiday season approaches us, I have so many words that have been laid on my heart and I feel the importance to share them.
By Emily Beck4 years ago in Families
Coming Out Dinner🦃
I met him at The Beginning of the Summer. His eyes were not focused on mine, I scanned the Room and followed the footsteps of my best friend I galloped along at his pace...
By HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)4 years ago in Families
Thanksgiving, 1990-Something
It was the Thanksgiving of 1990-something. I still lived in my childhood family home in Toledo, Ohio, my grandparents were still alive, my brother was still alive, my parents were still happily-ish married, and my aunt’s most-favorite-dog-of-all-time was still alive and well. Not to start on a morbid note. But all things considered, it really was one of the best memories I have of Thanksgiving, as fucked up as it was.
By Alexandra Sedlak4 years ago in Families
My final Christmas Celebration
The story of my final Christmas celebration/family gathering involves: 1. A food "faux pas" 2."A walk" gone wrong 3.An unexpectedly unwanted guest
By when I write4 years ago in Families
In With The Old
My heart climbed up my throat with each step I took towards the door. I had wanted Tevin to pick me up for us to walk in together. We had been dating for 9 months and I would be meeting his family for Thanksgiving. We agreed to split the holidays since we were getting pretty serious. We would be gathering at my family’s house in December. If we made it past this.
By Aura of Viv4 years ago in Families
Aunt Bonnie
She was 70 and on oxygen the Thanksgiving that she pulled a butcher knife on my father...her brother...Jack. Then she threw it at him, but he ducked in time and it stuck quivering in her cupboard for a millisecond before crashing to the floor. Ordinarily, I’d label this event as “traumatic” but taken as a whole, it was just a single scene in a surface “normal”, albeit dysfunctional family Thanksgiving. There is poignancy in the fact that it would be our last one but that didn’t have anything to do with weapons. In any case, cousin Jeannie (Bonnie’s daughter) and I were too busy rifling through Bonnie’s closet for evidence of two of Bonnie’s children’s paternity, that we were not present for the argument that led up to the incident.
By Tammy Castleman4 years ago in Families
Holiday Hilarity. Runner-Up in Holiday Hijinks Challenge.
Part l Holidays always brought their unique mishaps to our family. We rarely made it through a year without something going awry. Every year we hoped. We hoped the furnace didn’t go on the blink. We hoped the oven didn’t go on the fritz. We hoped no one would get mad and go home during the party. We hoped our Aunt wouldn’t bring her God awful casserole concoction that she always brought. We hoped.
By Rulam Day4 years ago in Families
A Christmas I Don’t Remember Forgetting
There was poop and pee everywhere. On the floor, on the couch. Even a day later, and after a good cleanup, I was still finding poop in nooks and crannies. It even haunted me in my dreams. This is not a good way to start a story, I know, but given the theme of this writing challenge, I thought it best to give a preview where this is going. The events of this disastrous holiday gathering began so innocently, and as a result, I never could have foreseen such a revolting aftermath.
By Ghostface Writer4 years ago in Families
Yellow Shirt Girl
In my family, Thanksgiving is always quite the ordeal. There are so many people in my family that it’s always a really large gathering, but it’s usually the same people who attend it every year. Cousins, siblings, grandparents, and even some of our more distant relatives all join together at my great aunt’s large home, where we host a potluck brunch and everyone brings their favorite dishes. We gather around to watch movies and eat as many helpings of food as we can fit in our stomachs. However, a few years ago, we had an unexpected guest.
By Brenna Williams4 years ago in Families