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I'm a 26 year old Mom to 2 beautiful little girls, ages 4 & 6. I was born in Denver, Colorado, and lived there until the age of 13, when we moved to SE Oklahoma.

I get my love for all things artistic from both sides of my family. Growing up, there was

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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Death of a loved one: 2 of 80

There is never an easy time for losing a parent; whether you're 5 or 50 years old, when a parent dies, innocence dies with them. My father had been sick for many years, but was too stubborn to give in fully to the pain that was wracking his body. He refused to be tended to, saying that he didn't want to "burden" his family. ...
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Death of a loved one: 3 of 59

I need silence broken only by breath I need change just one moment without regret and then the whole world crashes wieght of counted sorrows hope buried under miles of ashes and we know that time, is only borrowed and there's thunder in the distance boiling under vain existence and i'm prisoner to my mind do you know, what y...
Politics, News & Issues > News (Other) The importance of seeking a balance in positive news to combat the negative: 6 of 86

As a mother of two small children, I find it increasingly difficult to look forward to what our world has to offer them. Our society is bombarded with images of death, violence, drugs, and war both here and in Iraq. It seems we can't even find comfort in our faith anymore, as people will just as easily kill over their religi...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Bad days: 4 of 52

Thank You For Calling Tech Support We've all been there at some point. It's that dreaded point where your computer won't boot up, or your satellite has gone wonky, or any other number of things go wrong, and you realize that you've attempted to fix it on your own long enough. You've worn a worry path in the floor, you've bro...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Endings: 7 of 64

time to let go it's been too long to stay how can you know if you only turn away ain't it dark today too strong to cry too weak to forget too angry to fly too hurt to regret too full of pride to say and it's so dark today all the things that make us weep pushed back on the shelf too much of this to keep only to myself miles ...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Parenting: 18 of 130

Taking the Child at Heart a Little Too Far... Is it normal to know every word to every song Disney has ever put in their movies? It snuck up on me. I worked in daycare for 3 years, plus I have 2 small children (5 and 3 years old), so that was my excuse for watching cartoons and buying every shiny toy that stuck out in a depa...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Special Needs Why gifted children act out: 2 of 14

Pressure, frustration, boredom - for a child who catches on to things quickly, it's difficult to keep centered. They're curious about everything, and they tend to bounce from idea to idea, gathering the knowledge they need from one and moving to the next. If they get derailed or come to a block (say, by a restrictive school ...
Health & Fitness > Fitness & Exercise Tips Overcoming perfect body images: Finding a path toward fitness: 3 of 18

Here's a question for you - what is a "perfect body," anyway? There are millions of people on this planet, and no two of them look exactly the same. I remember being a cheerleader for a whole 5 minutes in high school, and watching the amazingly "perfect" girls stand in front of the mirror, pinching skin and comparing what I'...
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Love: 50 of 252

i'm looking for words that won't get in the way hard to find the right thing to say looking for truth we forget to look inside the pulling force that won't be denied and it's hard to write a love song without tears hard to give in to change without falling victim to fear but i'm tired of silence, tired of living in the dark ...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Behavior & Discipline (Other) How to teach children compassion: 5 of 24

Teaching our children compassion starts by showing it ourselves. If you snub the homeless man on the corner or ignore the lady whose groceries just spilled in the parking lot, odds are that your children are going to see this behavior as acceptable and practice it themselves. It's hard in today's society to be as compassiona...