Childhood
Sleepy Childhood Confessions
Mother of mine, As I was growing up, our entire family teased me about how often I would sleep in your room before I became a teenager. To this day, the "because you were the baby and her favourite" comments will still be launched at me like a sibling-guided missile.
By Whitney Theresa June4 years ago in Confessions
Dear mom I wish I could have told you the truth
Dear mom, I did the right thing and gave you gifts each Mother’s Day but my heart was not in it. Each time I read the warm and fuzzy verses on the cards in the stores I knew I would be lying if I gave one of them to you: Baloons, Tee shirts and other gifts that said " World's best mother" only reinforced to me that these descriptions were not about us.
By Cheryl E Preston4 years ago in Confessions
The Sheer Terror Of Hearing From My Father
Let me start by saying that my father has never given me any reason to fear him or to panic if I see he is ringing me but nevertheless that is how I feel and I have tried to get past this in every imaginable way but the last few years I have finally had to accept that this is how it is meant to be.
By Colleen Millsteed 4 years ago in Confessions
How Studio Ghibli Films Help Rediscover the Childlike Wonder of Our Connection With Nature
For example, Studio Ghibli, a renowned Japanese film studio co-founded by animator Hayao Miyazaki, creates complex visual stories about human-nature relationships that transcend barriers of culture or age. A key message of Miyazaki’s work is that we must respect nature – or face our own destruction.
By Vanshika4 years ago in Confessions
Dear Mum, Hi.
Mum, To think we built such different lives around each other that the thought that I have secrets from you implies an intimacy that does not exist between us. And yet, I have secrets. I keep them clutched close to my heart like a child hiding under their sheets with a flashlight in the dark. Because I want that intimacy. I want to experience the loving, steady, and protective embrace all mothers bestow on their children but, it's just not possible for us. We hope for a connection we can never have and yet there are still things I wish to tell you though. I guess the first secret I've been longing to tell you is that I'm not straight but I'm not gay either. I am Rowan-Quinn. I go by she/they and I am your Non- Binary, Genderfluid, Asexual, and Pansexual child. Hi.
By Dewdrop Anwyd4 years ago in Confessions
When he touched me, he called your name.
Truth be told, it was more of a whisper. But he did say it. And I purposely didn't tell you. A small stab of vindictiveness for when you screeched your disbelief at my accusations in front of the man who had me afraid to sleep at night. I don't for a split second consider our pain to be equal, but my heart smirked the slightest bit watching you die inside at the thought that your husband might have preferred your 14-year-old daughter to you.
By Danicia Lee-Hanford4 years ago in Confessions
My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.. Top Story - May 2022.
I've always wondered what it's like to set your children free in a world filled to the brim with unpredictability. Becoming a mother was my greatest accomplishment, and it makes me think of you. It's true what they say, you know, one never understands the love of a mother until becoming one.
By choreomanias4 years ago in Confessions
Dear Mum
Dear mum, As you know this will be my very first Mother’s Day as a mum myself. I have not been a mum for as long as you have but I already know I want to do better. Do not get me wrong you are a fantastic mother; I will always endeavor to be the mum that all my kids friends feel is their own mum in a safe way like you did. However I want my kids to feel like they really can talk to me and not hold back. So here I am, trying to do better, wanting you to know what I always wanted to say.
By Aimee Taylor4 years ago in Confessions
