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The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.
Sos for Moms: Balance Your Work and Parenting Right Without Guilt!
If you are a mom who has finally taken up your job back from where you left during pregnancy, then we know the amount of guilt you always feel! Though there’s nothing wrong in picking up the threads of your career after motherhood, but you feel guilty every moment you stay away you’re your baby – and you cannot help it. No matter how much time you’d be spending with your baby during the weekend and how much extra work you’d be managing during the break time, you’ll always be stressed about an imprecise balance between your work life and mom life!
By Lauren Williamson6 years ago in Families
The Mothers in Me
I used to think it was cliché saying becoming a mother was the hardest and most rewarding experience all rolled into one. Mostly because I couldn't comprehend how I'd feel and react to how much my life was going to change. Six months ago my beautiful daughter was born, I was overwhelmed with the amount of love I felt for her, it was intense. I grew jealous of others coming over to visit my new bundle of joy, I didn't love them holding her and grew quite sad because I wanted her in my arms. I even got jealous of when my partner cradled her to sleep. Though internally, I'd become so used to carrying her for 9 months, it just didn't feel right not having her on my person after the matter.
By Beccy Fossey6 years ago in Families
Parents Must Love the Good and the Bad Kids
Last night I met Holden Caulfied. Alive and well Living in Texas. Let me explain. As parents, we are guilty of labeling kids. We witness certain behaviors. We label our children’s friends a “good kid” or a “bad kid.” Most of us have said, “I don’t want you hanging out with that kid!” My fatherly instinct is to protect my children. At the same time, I know I must allow them to navigate their own path — successes and failures.
By Jeff Livingston6 years ago in Families
Rising to the Middle with Grace
The lady who has been the biggest inspiration to me is my mom. She's not a famous actress. Nor a movie star. She's not a recording artist or a millionaire. She is however, mine. I unfortunately have to share her with two other siblings, but it's okay. Life has taught me how to share. My mom has been my inspiration not because she taught me how to rise and be on top but because she's always inspired me to rise and hit the middle and through watching her land in the middle or just barely above ground has helped me see that there's hurdles that she couldn't jump that she left for me and it's up to me to jump these hurdles and lift her up, to help her climb over. My mom showed me how to get beat up. How to get knocked down. How to stay humble and Rise when people say you'll never amount to anything. My mom taught me how to smile in the face of adversity and believe in a greater power. She has shown me that her unequivocal unshakeable undeniable faith In the universeIs what gets you to a place of joy and happiness. A place without fear or torment? It allows you to have $3 in your pocket, a black in your hand and no lighter. It allows you to be at peace with yourself when no one calls for days to see if you're alive. When you have fallen and you wonder universe how am I going to get up and make it to the bed? It's because of her that I believe that I am enough. And I am so much enough that this world doesn't deserve the privilege of belittling me and putting me down or making me feel like less than who I am. I am someone special. I am magnificent. I am that special person that our higher power ntended me to be. And when I am looking through her eyes I see how wonderful I am and the potential that I have to do great things. For years, I watched my mom work tirelessly at 2 jobs trying to keep food on the table. Trying to keep a roof over our head. I saw how to cheat the electrical system by plugging an electrical cord up to your neighbors power because you couldn't afford to pay your own electric bill and you had to use someone else's energy because you couldn't afford to get your lights back on. I know what it feels like to have to boil hot water to take a bath. I know what it's like to go to a food pantry and eat beans for a week. And when everybody says you stink you realize it's because you're gassy from the beans that you've been eating all week and the fart smell has absorbed into your clothing hasn't been washed in a week. Because of my mom I made a personal vow to myself to do better, to be better. Not because I don't love her but because I watch her struggle and I realized I don't want that for me or my children. I don't want my legacy to be pinto beans, Baked beans, Navy beans, flour, water and unleavened bread. Syrup wish sandwiches and stale crackers. And for those of you who have never heard of a wish sandwich you have bread, Syrup and you wish there was something else to put in between. I strive for greatness not because I necessarily want to achieve it. It's because I want to be able to share it with the people that I love. People who've always dreamed of being admired and of having an overflow or an abundance of money, nice things, fancy cars, and big houses. I am completely content being poor, broke I don't mind not having money because what I cherish more than anything money can't buy. And that's love. But if it takes me acquiring lots of money in order to obtain the love that I so desire that my soul longs for then universe I pray to thee let me be rich. I am currently an up-and-coming author. When you hear the name Itasca Bryant, please remember this story. Buy the book not because you feel sorry for me. But because you want to feel the love that I put into my writing and you want to help me accomplish my dream. My dreams of acquiring more love and helping others feel loved. Support me because you want to support the universe and the potential that it holds when my words are shared.
By Itasca Bryant6 years ago in Families
What is Trust?
This was a high school interview/joint writing assignment for wellness, but still inspires me today. The setting of the interview was typical for my dad, comfortable yet a place of thought. He sat in his rolling armchair, eyes scrolling across his screen, the ceasing of mouse clicks signaling for me to begin the interview.
By Shay Hanae6 years ago in Families
This is How Things Have Changed Since Your Parents Got Married
It’s almost like there are certain rites of passage in our lives. In fact, there are certain rites of passage most people expect to experience sooner or later. For one example most of us go through, graduating school and choosing your career path is one rite of passage. There are exceptions to any and every rule naturally, which is to say that not everyone graduates school or chooses to return for a higher education. There are different career paths available to different individuals based on their experiences, but the concept is still the same. Certain life experiences become rites of passage based on how normal they are to each passing generation.
By Melody Porter6 years ago in Families
An Unexpected Glimpse
I feel like this all needs some explanation. There were no smartphones in 1999, and yet that's when the original picture was taken. However, this photo, was taken with a smartphone, more on that later. Believe me when I tell you that there are four extraordinary things about this photo, probably more, but I have time for four. Maybe this will never mean anything to anyone except me, but I need to put it out there anyway. To me, this picture, this story, means everything.
By Paige Graffunder6 years ago in Families
The Life Of A Single Parent
I never thought I would be a single parent , I've always dreamed of being married and then having my child because I wanted complete family like I grew up in. I wanted my child to experience the love in the same home with the same parent. Being a single parent is tough but I believe I'm rocking it out without a problem. Paying daycare, missing work when she' sick also working long hours . So many say they want children my advice to them would be to wait until the right person comes in your life and they want to marry you and start a family with them. Kids are the biggest blessing and i believe when you bring a human in to this world you should want the best for them and you she want them to be as happy as they can be with both parents. Living with one parent and the other one is not active can take a huge toll on a child you will see them cry become angry and even say things that you aren't use to them saying. Just hold them like you normally would and talk to them and be the best Mother/ Father you can be . When they get older they will realize that you was there for them. Growing up in a house hold where i had mother and father was nice it's all my mother wanted for us because she didn't grow up with her dad . She wanted to be sure that we had that happy life with both parents in the home and a lot of kids was jealous of me because i had two parents they would say i thought i was better then everyone. That was not the case at all my dad was in the home but not an active parent with having and open communication relationship with his kids. My dad worked and took care of his family but he was still an absence father. I never got a chance to go to those father daughter dances , donuts with dad none of that because he wasn't really around. I guess that why i had such high hopes for my children and their father. But that didn't go as planned. August the 6th was the best day of my life because I had a human that i loved no matter the situation and no matter how many times her dad and I fought I knew that the love she had for me was unconditional. Now i can't get enough of her I want to know what she's doing how she's doing , I don't want to miss a second of her life because everything counts. Some people say when it comes to my child i crowd her or i smother her but i don't think that's the case I love her more then I have loved anything or anyone and that is the way i should feel about me child no matter the issues the parents have. when you protect your kids energy they will definitely protect your heart. Many people don't know that kids watch and observe a lot of the things that happens and that has happened and they remember who hurt them or who hurt someone that they love. You have to be careful of who your kids are around and who you allow in to their life, this includes family members. Protect your children just as much as you protect other things. Show them how you should treat people you don't have to wait on the other parent when you be the best parent that you can be your child will turn out to be a reflection of their childhood.
By Evonna Hunter6 years ago in Families
