I am married, a mother of one, and i love writing!
i never intend anything i write to offend, i believe it is all about expressing ourselves.
My Father was a drug addict. My mother has a gambling addiction.I grew up with my mom, and it was really hard.We moved frequently, and i was always sick because she smokes 2 packs a day, and because of her addiction we hardly had healthy food to eat.When i was four my brother arrived, and my mom learned soon after he was born... More..
Toxic relationships can happen in any environment, setting or dynamic.Toxic people tend to be focused on self, they tend to have anti-social tendencies, and they usually believe that they have to control the situation, or other people,so that the outcome is always positive for them, regardless of consequences for others.Toxic... More..
A child at the age of seven gets picked up by a limousine in the morning, eats a specially prepared meal so that she wont gain weight, and for the next 8 hours is surrounded by "yes" people and strangers.Thats a really great introduction into the world, right?She will have employed 20+ people by the time she is 14, as long as... More..
"Two an a half men" follows the life and misadventures of Charlie Harper (played by Charlie Sheen) a 40 something commercial jingle writer,and his live in chiropractor divorcee brother,Alan harper (played by Jon Cryer).This weekly comedy was supposed to highlight the drastic differences of brothers.While Charlie Harper loves ... More..
My Nana had a secret life.Every evening, after the dishes were done, and the cool night breezes started to stroll down the mountains surrounding her home, she would quietly slip outside, and ponder over her garden.As a nine year old i was more interested in watching TV, but the mystery of my Nana and her garden gave me a summ... More..
I am a first time parent, and i was not prepared in any way for the second stage of childhood:being a toddler.Tantrums and testing, but the thing i am still trying to deal with is bedtime.As a first time parent you try to get any nugget of information you can, which usually is a great thing.What i found, is that between the I... More..
From birth we are scored, measured and tested.As infants we are compared to a "standard", if we don't measure up we are given a negative label.When we enter toddler hood our parents are enticed to buy toys and videos that make us smarter,and therefore better.Our childhood and adolescence is spent absorbing the message that we... More..
Today we are all given many choices of who we are, who we want to be and how we will grow in our spirituality.Humans are a bundle of contradictions.We want to know why we are here, but we reject any straightforward answer.We want to know how we came to be, but we are willing to believe that a cosmic mistake, rather than love ... More..
Many a time i have asked a question that i thought the learned teachers of conventional Christian worship could answer, but i found myself disappointed and even more confused.I did not grow up in a religious setting, so i too am searching for answers to basic questions, for example creation, what Gods expectations are for us,... More..
Christina Peterson
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