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The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.

A FATHER FOREVER GONE
Can you imagine losing all contact with your father for 32 years, and then happily reunite. Only, to have him snatched away by Death, that invisible presence, that always lingers, attacking at the first sign of weakness and vulnerability.
By Joan Marsh6 years ago in Families
The Other Side Of The Story
Life is a never-ending stream of uncertainty the only time it ends it's when one dies. Having a life, they say is full of many things. Love and hatred, loneliness and companionship, joy and sorrow, ups and downs. They intertwine, some experience both sides evenly while others experience the downside more often than the upside of life. The way your life turns out depends on how you as an individual work towards it. How your energy (positive and negative) is and how your creator has planned it to be. But that cannot be it as I pounder further into what life is all about. There are so many other things that determine how someone's life turns out to be. As a young child growing up, I taught being at the top, or being successful has to do with a lot of hard work, having big plans and being through very tough and difficult times in life. As I grow older, I noticed there were other things that shape one's life and not just being through difficult times. Then I started looking at luck in different individuals around me. It might be that some people are just lucky and some not lucky but thinking it through, I asked myself how is that possible because people around me experience luck differently.
By Elma6 years ago in Families
Self-Care for the Busy Mom (It’s Not a Joke!)
Too often, we believe that being a good mom means putting everyone ahead of ourselves. The fact is, if we don’t take care of ourselves, we get burnt out. We lose patience and emotional balance and often find ourselves doing things we don’t want to do, like yelling. Self-care for busy moms is neither a joke nor a frill. It’s a crucial part of your life, and you need to make time for it.
By Wendy Miller6 years ago in Families
Dear Mama.
Dear Mama, You worked 10 hours a day as a food courier before this pandemic broke out. You tirelessly put your life on the line even before this viral virus; praying every time you jumped behind the wheel that the feeble Fiat would last just one more day. I didn’t need this illness to know just how much I appreciate you.
By Selei Cho6 years ago in Families
How My Single Mother Shaped Me
As I approach 40, I’ve only recently started to recognize the significance and sacrifice that comes with choosing to become a mother. This realization makes it all the more remarkable to me that my own mom was not only a single mother, but was so dedicated that she opened her arms and her home to even her children’s friends and became a “mom to all.”
By Tab Stout6 years ago in Families
Staying Happy at the Cost of Sanity
"It's like a finger pointing at the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all of the heavenly glory.” -Bruce Lee
By The Buff Monk6 years ago in Families
My Mom; The Superhuman
My mom is a superhero, and I'm not just saying that because she is my mom. She is superhuman. She has super strength; she can lift a bed with one hand. She can make people feel peace; I once saw her breath peace over my tiny baby cousin as she gasped for air from feeling a pain too overwhelming for a baby. She has this amazing ability to make things happen; all my siblings and I had to do was think about being hungry, and my mom would have a full course meal already prepared. She could stretch, kind of like the mother form the Incredibles. I watched her stretch a 20-dollar bill and make it enough to feed a family of 5. I also once saw her come out of a horrible car crash, unscathed, not one single scratch, like who does that?
By Nikeeya Ali6 years ago in Families
Daughter of the Sea
She wakes before the sun, eyes quickly adjusting to the cool darkness that will slowly fill with the quiet, early movements of the island. She rises and heads downstairs to take the buckets for collecting the neighbors’ leftovers; pigs’ feed that will sell for a little extra, and proceeds to quickly make her rounds on the empty streets of the town. She likes the early mornings and the quiet. This island is home, playground, work place and school but in these hours, it was peace.
By Renee Fajardo6 years ago in Families
Vulnerable superwoman
Melody Guryn is a beyond average Mamacita and a mother of four. I have always looked up to her the way she did her make-up, got ready for work, she was so professional and had it together. I admired the way she sang Shania Twain songs because she knew we loved it. She consistently sang her songs and taught us as we jumped on her bed with a hairbrush in hand. I loved the way she always had everything under control no matter what was happening.
By Brooke Guryn6 years ago in Families
Proofreader
“Chika, can you please proofread this for me?”, my mother asked her in Igbo accent lightened by twenty - seven years of grueling tongue gymnastics performing linguistic feats that could earn her several medals if such a sport existed.
By Chika Dunga6 years ago in Families
She Goes by Many Names
Mom. Mother. Mama. Mommy. How special it is that a universally known word holds so much power, emotion, and meaning to every individual who walks this earth.
By Devon Carr6 years ago in Families
My Mom, My Hero
When I was little and someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I gave two answers. Firstly, I said that I wanted to be a veterinarian, and then I would say that I wanted to be like my mom. We all know that our answer to that question when we are kids is rarely how we feel when we actually grow up, and let me tell you, I could not have been more far off about wanting to be a vet. I may love animals but I hate the sight of blood and don’t like science enough. However, when I said that I wanted to be like my mom, I had no idea that I would still feel that way all these years later.
By Madison Davidson-McCrabb6 years ago in Families