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The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.
Finding Her (Pt. 2)
Here we go again with this process. Here we go again with the heartbreak you’re doing to me, mother. That I can’t be with her because it’s prohibited to see her. But it hurts me so much that’s your taking her away from me. What else are you gonna take? You have no idea how much I’m suffering. For once in my lifetime, I’m actually happy with someone I love; but clearly you don’t want that from me because she’s the same gender as me. I’m not going to say who. Look, she means so much to me. You just can’t do that to your daughter. You can’t just take her happiness like that. Why would you do that? I’m not allowed to text her. I’m not allowed to see her; therefore, to make that even simpler and easier, you took her out of my 15. How am I supposed to feel about that? I feel sad, and disappointed in you, mother. I mean, sure, I can still see her. Hug her. Tell her much she means to me, but of course you took away that from me, too. You say you want me to change, so that’s why you’re taking me to a psychologist. But, if that doesn’t work, you’re taking me to a church retreat so I can change my mind. No, mother! I don’t want to change an any way. I like being who I am. I like that I get to be with a guy, but if that doesn’t work, I get to be with a girl. You’ll never understand, so that’s why you’re taking me to those places I don’t even want to go? Like you say, I need help. Not necessarily, because this is who I am. I’m not crazy at all. You think that girl is making me change. That she’s putting thoughts in your mind. No, mom, this is who I want to be, but I can see you’re doing things to make me stop loving her.
By Liliana Moreno7 years ago in Families
Confused Parenting
Any women's first child will always be a pregnancy to remember. It's our first time we are encouraged to gain wait. It's a time we exchange the pain and discomfort of our monthly visits for a whole new kind of pain and discomfort. It's the time we prep for a new life to arrive and prepare ourselves to undergo the most intense naturally occurring pain that any human will ever naturally endure and no matter what you do to prepare yourself, you'll always have that sense of worry and doubt. But the relief and joy really does make everything a woman has faced well worth it.
By Danii Barragan7 years ago in Families
Healing Connections with Your Mother
Feeling connected gives us a feeling of security, abundance, being loved, cherished and wanted. Our main connection is the mother/child bond—it is through her that we were nourished, fed and grew when we started our life in her womb, and through her we obtained our first beliefs about ourselves. Connectedness is how we bonded with her and its through her that we felt valued, adored, cosseted and loved beyond measure. Or not.
By Charmaine Barber7 years ago in Families
A Little Fish That Made Big Waves. Top Story - June 2019.
Anyone who gets to know me knows that I LOVE tattoos. My entire body is essentially already mapped out in my mind, as to what I plan on getting next. I've been blessed to meet some great artists throughout my life who continue to grow in talent and character. Outside of being home with my wife and children, getting to hang out in a tattoo shop is my second place of zen. The sounds, scents, and conversations within just make me feel at peace. Some of my ink is for fun while other pieces have certain meanings that connect me to some rather important moments in my life. This is the tale of one of my more meaningful tattoos.
By Nathan Hutton7 years ago in Families
Raising a Son
Before I begin writing this—I want to say that these are only my personal views on today's world. These are my opinions and just that, but a huge part of me feels this needs to be heard. I am a first time Mom, and a young one at that, whether this changes how you view this piece... I'll let you decide.
By Toni alanis7 years ago in Families
Top 5 Games That Bring Families Together
When it comes to spending time as a family, game night is always a good idea. From burping to bottles and every sleepless night in between, you don't have much of an opportunity to think about spending quality family time together when your children are infants. But as a mother of three growing children, the thoughts of having a standard family night has been weighing on my mind.
By Sylvia Smith7 years ago in Families
Loving the Humans Who Created You
My mother and sister on my sister's wedding day The relationship between my mother and I has evolved and blossomed and it was not always easy to get to where we are today. It took me more than half of my life to realize that my mother really did everything that she could to the best of her abilities. She worked hard, she protected me, and she made me the woman I am in this moment. I had to break down the walls of my ego, judgement, and blaming tendencies for taking all that I received from her during my childhood and perpetuate it into the world around me.
By Blair Welcome7 years ago in Families
