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Holiday Survival Guide: This is How to (Properly) Argue with Your Drunk Uncle
You probably shouldn’t argue with your family during the holidays, buuuut if you do, here’s how you do it right. Look, let’s be real, we all have that one (or ten) family members that just get under your skin after a few too many eggnogs. Am I right? And they tend to follow a sort of unspoken pattern to carry out their plan for ultimate pain-in-the-assness.
Gregory D. WelchPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesMouth Wide Open
The book I brought with me that day was only 98 pages long. Long enough to pass the time sitting in the overly lit, bustling waiting room, but not so long and intricate that it required focused commitment while sitting in the uncomfortable pleather covered chairs. Perfect, I thought, for the longest, shortest, scariest, and loneliest 56 minutes of my life, waiting for news that would decide the future. And it was perfect, as just a few minutes after closing the back cover, they called me back to you. You were still groggy from anesthesia when the doctor arrived and said the words to us. In those extra moments it took you to process ‘pancreatic cancer’, I was alone with the knowledge that our time together had just gotten cut short, back when alone was something I had mistaken thought I had experienced in full.
Becca Lory HectorPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesCo-Parenting — 6 Toxic Parent Tactics & How To Respond.
When two parents stay friends and successfully co-parent their children, it’s absolute bliss. I realize this now, having co-parented relatively well the first time, then got myself into an unnecessary fiasco the second time around.
writemindmattersPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesHow Translating For My Asian Immigrant Parents Made Me More Emotionally Intelligent
Have you ever seen an Asian mom and her kid at a restaurant and the kid is ordering for the both of them in perfect English and then confirming it with his/her mom in their native language?
Katharine ChanPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesHow to Stay Married For 46 (70) Years… and Still Counting
The first time I met my future wife, I had fallen on top of her when we were simultaneously tossed out of a wagon together. I was the lucky one because I landed on top of her, our heads bumped at the wrong angle, and she got a cut forehead, which left a nice little scar for proof. I was 3, and she was 2!
From a confused Soviet kid to a strong American woman
As a youngster in Soviet Russia, I was tormented by a searing disgrace whenever I thought of my grandparents because they clearly avoided building communism.
Irina PattersonPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesIt Ain’t Over T’ill the Black Widow Sings—A Greek Tragedy in Italy with a Splash of Commedia d’ell arte
A stylish production all dressed to kill in vintage Gucci hot iron lapels and tempers, complimentary power suits and pin stripped scars of love and jealousy—a world adorned with decadence, betrayal, passion and ambition tells its story of a famed famiglia whose roots run deep—Six feet deep in this Crime Saga about the Gucci‘s cursed legacy.
Regina CampbellPublished 2 years ago in Families3 Life Lessons I Learned From My Dad
I lost my dad, Robert, to cancer almost 20 years ago. There have been many times since where I've wanted his advice, guidance, or support, particularly once I became a parent myself. However, I know that there are already many ideas and principles that he had left me with while I was growing up.
Andy McAleesePublished 2 years ago in FamiliesA Mother’s Cover Letter
To whom it may concern, I know my resume seems unimpressive. You’re not wrong to think that. I know it’s unimpressive. In fact, it’s so unimpressive that every time I look at it… I cry. There’s a painfully obvious large gap missing from my work experience. What could I have possibly been doing for so many years instead of working? The truth is: I’ve been home. I’ve been taking care of two beautiful little girls who have taken up more time and energy than what I want to admit. They are wonderful tiny humans and I’m sure you’d be impressed if you met them, but for now you’ll just have to take my word for it. Nonetheless, I’d like to say that they are who they are because of me. Because of the decision I made to stop pursuing what I loved and aspired to be to instead stay home and care for people who needed me the most. My love and dedication to let my children learn and grow in a healthy and encouraging environment has molded them into someone better than who my husband and I could ever be.
Stephanie RosasPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesPhone Calls With Mom
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J. Delaney-HowePublished 2 years ago in FamiliesThe Completely Unexpected
*** More info on the Unsplash image I used for this story. The photographer put this info on the image: Electronic fetal monitor showing the baby's heart rate (top blue), mother's heart rate (middle green), and labor contractions (bottom purple). Baby was born exactly 40 minutes later!
Esmoore ShurpitPublished 2 years ago in FamiliesI am a motherless daughter.
My mother is alive, living out her life as an alcoholic and drug addict in her mid-50s. She has been an addict since she was in the 10th grade when she dropped out. She had been drinking hard liquor and taking hard drugs my entire childhood into adolescence. I only ever remember her on something. That was my last memory of her, up until she kicked me out and changed the house locks while I was 16 and pregnant.
Jaded Savior BlogPublished 2 years ago in Families