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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Life after baby: 1 of 23

The spring breeze carry's a hint of the summer heat wave that is not too far away. My own skin carries the evidences of the sun's rays as I walk along behind my two sons along the lakeshore. My oldest son has just turned four and will be attending Junior Kindergarten this fall. I watch him as he races along in competition wi...
Relationships & Family > Siblings When your sister turns her back on you: 1 of 16

Knowing what you get from a relationship is more important than looking for what you want from a relationship. I have a sister two years older than myself. Growing up we marked ourselves as the good and bad kids in the family. My sister who cared very little about what people thought about what she was doing thought of herse...
Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss Death before life: Thoughts on miscarriage: 3 of 29

Pregnancy for many women encompasses feelings that are unexplainable, and new. There is a sense of panic as her body has suddenly become the host for a living, growing thing. Her doubt over her ability to house this growing seed and her fear of doing something to harm it is over whelming. There is a sense o...
Celebrations & Holidays > New Year's Should young children stay up for the New Year's countdown?: 1 of 4

Having your children staying up for the New Year’s Eve count down depends more on your child than it does on the evening at hand. New Year’s Eve is a night to reflect on the past years memories and engage in celebrations of what will be to come. It is a night of the midnight count down, one which millions o...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Do humans have the right to offend?: 7 of 27

Offend is a powerful word. It holds a great significance to the people around us. It is where our everyday actions have the power to put someone on the defensive. It is where a tip can be denied because of our timing and where our religion can get us killed. Do we have the right to offend someone, who is qualifie...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Grandparenting Should a child visit a grandparent with Alzheimer's?: 12 of 37

One of my greatest treasures in life is the memory I carry around with me. There are the memories of my childhood and of my children being born. There are memories of meeting my husband and Sunday mornings sleeping in, something as a mother of three small children I do not do very often. Although each of the memories that I ...
Relationships & Family > Acquaintances & Co-Workers Should ex-lovers be friends?: 9 of 26

Lovers have an intimacy in their relationship that goes deeper than an average friendship. There is enormous trust that is put in the partner of someone you bare your body to. Your intimacy encompasses your feelings about your body, your sexuality and your feeling surrounding pregnancy and sexually transmit...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) Should children under 10 attend funerals?: 4 of 11

Out of the respect of those who have taken their children to funerals I will not say that I feel that it is wrong. I do however feel that under most circumstances taking small children to a funeral is not appropriate. Children have a large capacity to feel empathy for the people they encounter in their lives. They are very s...
Relationships & Family > Friendship Issues & Advice Why accepting people for who they are makes a relationship stronger: 7 of 16

Humans are programmed to suit our own needs and interests and we do this in the way we sort out the people in our lives. We begin sorting our relationships at a very young age deciding which children we would share our toys with, which kids we would sit next to at lunch and which kids would be picked last for gym class...
Jobs & Careers > Nonprofit & Service Sector Defining the importance of 'domestic engineers': 5 of 11

Growing up I watched the women wearing fancy bold jewelry and stylish clothing heading off to work. I noticed the importance of a travel mug filled with coffee as cars streamed past my window, although my own parents didn't use them. I learned a lot from watching those other moms going to work. Their nails were painted beaut...