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Mundane Mondays
You lay your head down on your pillow after a nice, steamy shower. It's early, 9:30, you rarely go to bed so early. The bed is welcoming to your ever-tired body. It feels so good, contorting to your curves and joints. You close your eyes, sighing blissfully. This, you think, is exactly what I needed. You welcome the deathlike state of sleep.
By Dusti West3 years ago in Families
Queen Elizabeth II: A Lifetime of Dedication and Service to the British People
Queen Elizabeth II: A Lifetime of Dedication and Service to the British People Queen Elizabeth II is the longest reigning monarch in British history, having ascended to the throne in 1952 at the age of 25. Born in 1926 to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, she was named after her mother, who was known as the Queen Mother.
By Paul Smith3 years ago in Families
10 Traditions That Brighten the Festive Season
10 Traditions That Brighten the Festive Season Different nations and civilizations mark the holiday season in unique ways. Some people place religious traditions at the heart of the celebrations. Others simply like spending time with family, sharing a wonderful dinner, and catching up with those who are far away. For many people all across the world, this is also a tradition in and of itself. Throughout the holidays, Christmas songs have long been a tradition in shopping malls. The romantic at heart strategically hangs mistletoe in these locations. Holiday cards are sent and received with thought. On Christmas morning, kids expect to find presents that have been wrapped and cookie crumbs. Some of the more unusual customs that are observed during the most delightful season of the year are included in this list.
By Paul Smith3 years ago in Families
Iād Love to Give Everyone a Big Olā Hug
When youāre online and read as often as most do, you come across a lot of really sad people. Whether itās stress, mental illness, breakups, or even the death of a loved one, sadness abounds. All corners of the internet and everywhere in between are full of people who could just use a hug.
By The Mouthy Renegade Writer3 years ago in Families
Gay Kids' Heartthrob
Chapter One ā¦. Iām hanging out with my college friend, Jessica, and her little cousin. Her little cousin goes inside the house (we are on some sort of farm-like property) as another little kid, about six years old, drives a riding lawn mower with a trailer and a yapping dog running alongside. The whole sight is bizarre to behold and Iām worried on so many levels; for the kid driver, the dog, and the tractor/mower, for that matter. The kid is so small. Jessica remarks that itās great they have access like this out here; as if kids elsewhere are deprived because they canāt drive tractors right out of the womb. Iām from the city and Iām horrified.
By Schinter Scauleywag (A.K.A. T.J. Belevede)3 years ago in Families
Identity labels are everything for a person who was raised by a Narcissistic parent.
Growing up between two homes after the divorce was hard, but undoubtedly worse because my parents were Jekyll and Hyde. By the age of 5 I was going on weekend visitations with Charlie (my father) which, included wearing ripped jeans and playing outside in the dirt. Then I would come back home to Cathy (my mother) and her husband, in their neurotic and chaotic home of horrors. I was to be neat, quiet, and not a bother during the week, while I was encouraged to be a wild child on those weekends. Each parent reminding me of how much the other sucks and how I should really "be". It has taken me 15 years away from them (since I became legally estranged at 16) to finally find my identity as a woman, mother of three, and wife. I only owe the confusion and trauma to them, but I owe everything to the labels that I now feel fit "me".
By Jaded Savior Blog4 years ago in Families
The Voice of the Tree House
The whispers from the trees began ten minutes ago to lure us into the forest like a siren's call. Halloween night and me just ten years old as my friends gathered at our house in their costumes and full of candy from the nightās scavagings and roamings from the neighborhood homes lit with pumpkins as the paper ghosts wraithed in the cooling breeze that rattled the leaves that sounded like applause the of bones. The whispers continued tin-like and distant as my friends with their plastic flashlights huddled terrified. āLong is the night, and deep is the forest where mysteries lie! Come find me!ā
By Kevin Rolly4 years ago in Families
Ayah Kami
I donāt think our dad actually planned for any of this. When he came to the United States almost forty years ago searching for an education that would provide him with a better life, he had no way of knowing he would meet a young, White woman in college and proceed to have two kids with her. He couldnāt have known that he would successfully earn a PhD, work jobs where he was unpaid or severely underpaid due to his immigration status to support his new family, and come to accept that his two children would not follow the path he had hoped they would.
By Muchtar Suryawan4 years ago in Families
