Humor: Family 152 Articles

by Dorie Ybarra

The dull black and gray mechanical beast clawed its way over rocks and boulders with a myriad of clunks, groans and screeches. My bloodless knuckles clutched the steering wheel, cracked by age and the relentless Nevada sun...read more

by Roger Pattison

Dave's dad had "done his back in", and had a week off work coming up. Dave's dad liked to do 'projects' with his son, and his son was always up for a 'project'. Dave's dad thought that it was a useful piece of learning for...read more

by Tracy Reinhardt

Ruffles and wings and thongs. Oh my! I was up to seventy-three before I lost count. I was standing alone in the feminine hygiene aisle looking for the same kind of-What do they call it? - Protection that I bought last ...read more

by Bobby Brown

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive... Look! Up in the sky..."It's a bird!" "It's a plane!" "It's Super-Oh,wait-false alarm, it's just dad again." That's right it's dad (again...read more

by Jen Myers

I wrote an obituary for a coffeemaker once. No, you didn't read wrong. An obituary for a coffeemaker. Just writing those words is strange. My father called me one morning and told me there'd been a death in the fam...read more

by Sue McCarty

The Mid-life Crisis: A Family Affair? I think my entire family is experiencing a collective, yet interesting, mid-life crisis. Husband, who never actually travels on what most would consider an even keel, has recen...read more

by Conny Manero

Kids - those who have them know that kids can be a blessing. They enrich our lives from the moment they are born and continue to give us joy and pride throughout the years. However, they can also be, if we are honest, a bi...read more

by Phyllis Cunningham

When Frogs Unite What a beautiful day, I thought, meandering toward my tiny goldfish pond. I could hear the frog singing before I got there. Usually the frogs would stop singing and dive to the depths of the little pond...read more

by E.M.Robinson

Sometimes I am the center of attention in this house. Most of the time, however, I am ignored. No, I am not really ignored, I am overlooked. It is probably because I do not watch televised sports and I am not interested in...read more

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by Melissa Brown

HERE'S TO ALL Y'ALL I am referring to our huge family of siblings, children, nieces, nephews, cousins and close friends. A lot of large families lose touch. In our case there were eleven of us (siblings), and we have ...read more

by Billy Par

A few stories about my wonderful children (They've asked to have their names excluded, so the names below are false): Ahh, Childhood! A wonderful time when the children are just that much cuter. A few years back, before...read more

by Leslie Griffin

Ever since our son has been old enough to answer the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up", the answer has been related to the field of Aerospace Engineering. He's coming up on his 11th birthday, and still i...read more

by Love Evergreen

Now,its waterloo! Kelvin was a handful of a son...I mean keeping him was as easy as keeping ten six-year-olds.He was popular both at school and in the neighbourhood.Mrs Woodrow could only thank God that he was the on...read more

by Trisha Quick

Adventures in fun "This is all your fault, you know. If you hadn't decided to go out and drag me with you, we wouldn't be in this predicament right now. I would be sitting on the couch, the radio playing softly ...read more

by Northsage

Preliminary field notes and approximate definitions, of the utterances made by subject: Ivy Nicole Grandchamp, strange child from another planet. These will be in random order, as obtained, to be put in order, later. ...read more

by James Dreamer

Humor: Family A letter from home as imagined by a teenager. Big hello from home. I wish I'd have had your address so I could have called, but I could only find your phone number so I'm writing instead. Before I f...read more

by Jennibean

Picture if you will, a quiet afternoon in your living room. You've just spent the morning carrying out the daily chores... dishes, vacuuming, laundry, dusting, mopping... and as a finale, topped it off by popping a nice a...read more

by Patricia Parker

Ah, family. The corner-stone of human existence; mothers, fathers, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and the old guy down the street who shows up at every family event. No one really knows who he is but to ...read more

by Scarlett Dixon

Claude the Exalted One I am a frequent visitor to my daughter's Florida home; mostly when I'm needed to baby-sit for my two-year- old twin grandsons. I am the proverbial fish-out-of-water in this Yuppie household. My da...read more

by Lacy Leathers

All about the torture for a Speedo wife. Hello, my name is Lacy and I wonder just how many other women share the secret torture of having to be seen in public with a husband who proudly wears a Speedo. I am a 30 year...read more