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I'm 27 years old, I live with my husband and my son.

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Relationships & Family > Parents Learning to forgive your mother: 1 of 28

I was taught that forgiveness is divine. To forgive those who do you wrong makes you the bigger person, and that when you choose to forgive someone, it should be for the right reasons. You want to forgive that person, you want to believe they're truly sorry or you want to believe they will learn their lesson. With some of my...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Stories of how married couples met: 4 of 91

It was during the Christmas holidays of 1999. My family decided that they wanted to spend the holidays with my aunt who lived out in Calgary. Unfortunately for me, I was unable to get time off work, so, my mom asked me to house sit for her while they were away. As sad as I was, thinking I'd spend the holidays with friends, r...
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Culture & Community World of Warcraft: Harmless fun, or an addictive replacement for real life?: 3 of 48

World of Warcraft. Every gamers dream game. As with any MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game, there is an addiction. The competition between creators of these games always take the fantasy further, to make the game play more fun and exciting. With World of Warcraft (WoW), they succeeded. I will admit, I love my video game...
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Why people watch soap operas: 4 of 23

People, for a very long time have watched soap operas. Not just adults, but teenagers are now getting into the story lines of these shows. Sometimes, the show has topics that can relate to any age. I found that with myself, when I was down, or just feeling under the weather, watching a soap opera could sometimes make me feel...
Relationships & Family > Married Life Stay-at-home moms: Are they appreciated enough?: 7 of 39

Being a new mother myself, I'm beginning to see that we're not appreciated or respected by our spouse, families and the rest of society, as we should be. Deciding to be a stay at home mom, or going back to work mom, is a lose lose situation with those who always have something to say. Going back to work becomes, she's not sp...
Relationships & Family > Marital Conflicts Money can destroy a relationship: 2 of 9

I believe money is the root of all evil. It will destroy your friendships, your marriages and eventually, will destroy you. People tend to forget the more important things in life - engulfed in the thought that they 'need' money to be happy, to be able to go out and enjoy life - which is all just an illusion. For me - believ...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Do you love your husband?: 10 of 43

I love my husband very much. He means the world to me and I'd do anything to protect him, as I know he would for me. In a lot of people's eyes, we've been brought together by fate, others by the stars, possibly meeting in a past life and finding each other once again. It all depends on who you ask and what they believe in. F...
General Readers share jokes: 11 of 43

Two blondes were walking down a farm road when they see another blonde trying to row a boat in a wheat field. The first blonde says, "You know, it's blonde's like that, that give us a bad name!" The other blonde replies, "Yeah! If I could swim out there, I'd punch her out!" A blonde went to an appliance store sale and found ...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: True lessons learned the hard way during employment: 39 of 117

Every job I ever had, has given me more than just a paycheck. Each job has given me obstacles, lessons to learn. Some easy, others more difficult, but that's life, right? When I turned 19, my parents wanted me to have more responsibility, therefore asking me to pay rent while living at home. I found myself a job a couple blo...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Birth stories: 71 of 209

I love my son, Alex. My life changed the moment I found out I was pregnant. My husband are both young, and didn't expect to get pregnant so soon. With our luck, really, it didn't surprise me much. I was on birth control at the time I conceived, and when my period didn't arrive, I immediately went out and bought a pregnancy t...