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The boundless love a parent has for their child is matched only by their capacity to embarrass them.
Let's Celebrate Parents' Day!
Today, as I was driving home from church, I began to think about my plans for Mothers' Day. For me, it would involve a trip to the local cemetery where mine is buried just to give her my wishes in person. I'd only have to go back the next month, June, in order to return to the same grave to give my Dad his wishes as well on Fathers' Day. Without a question, both days are going to be extremely difficult.
By Maurice Bernier8 years ago in Families
Final Goodbye to a Soldier
This is strictly a letter to one man. Not all soldiers earn dishonor. Most Earn Respect. Dear Dad, I debated for a very long time whether or not to write you this letter, a letter that sadly comes to an end where we part ways. Honestly, I hope this letter brings you many tears that run past your chin, but I have come to expect less emotion from you. I realize that as we arrive to this point in both of our lives we have come to crave each others' presence less and less, and if there is one thing my mother has taught me in this life it is that it is okay. The saddest part is, my dad broke my heart before any boy had the chance to. I eventually decided to put as much effort into contacting and seeing you as you did with me—that’s why we don’t talk or see each other anymore. One day you’ll regret not being there. You’ll regret the birthdays and the holidays missed. You’ll regret not watching me grow up and not being in my life, you’ll regret everything and by then it will be too late. Even if you realized it as you read this letter, I will already be gone. One day I made the decision to move on without you. I just wish that day would have came the same day you realized you didn’t want to be around anymore. I would have cried a lot less tears, felt a lot less pain, and missed you a hell of a lot less. If I could show you how awful you made me feel, you would never be able to look me in the eyes again. I used to feel a rush of emotions when I thought about you, then I was simply numb, and now I hardly think about you at all. It’s sad how someone can go from being the reason you stayed up at night waiting for them to come home, to the reason you cried yourself to sleep so many nights.
By Regan Frey8 years ago in Families
A Story of Motherly Love. Top Story - May 2018.
From the moment I entered this world decades ago, I have always had a unique connection to my mother. I would always know when it was her holding me and I instinctively associated her very presence with support and comfort. Perhaps it was because I had previously spent nine months growing inside of her. Or maybe it’s a survival instinct from nature. That’s just one of life’s many mysteries.
By Rebecca Sharrock8 years ago in Families
5 Myths About Being a Stay at Home Parent
In 2014, my husband and I contemplated me becoming a stay at home mom. We weighed the pros and cons, the lack of income versus having fewer bills to pay, etc. I was working full time at a local bank, and our babies were attending a Christian preschool. The program was amazing and the costs were less than most daycares. The only con we could think of was having less income, but when we added up the costs of child care, gas, on-the-go meals, etc., my income was nonexistent. It seemed pointless to work just so someone else could raise our kids. Since becoming a full time stay at home parent, I have discovered the truths about some myths.
By Lisa McGuire Batdorf8 years ago in Families
Reasons a Sensitive Dad Is the Father Every Son Needs
If you don't know your way around your own feelings, the world's not going to make a whole lot of sense, you're going to be hard to be around, and you might make a whole lot of bad decisions. That's because feelings are basically the biggest parts of life. You're only even able to have thoughts about things because you had feelings first! That's why a sensitive dad is the father every son needs: so we're not burdened by emotionally stunted males who make terrible decisions and hurt everyone around them.
By Devon Thomas8 years ago in Families
An Ode to Our Mothers in Celebration of Mother's Day
Mother's Day is looming for anyone who traditionally celebrates outside of the UK time zone (where Mother's Day is celebrated three weeks prior to Easter). Don't panic. The internet will provide you with a lengthy list of gifts, experiences, and DIY projects that you can share with your own mother.
By Sarah Katherine8 years ago in Families
Questions No Dad Should Ask His Stay-At-Home Partner
It's hard to be a woman because of how easy it is to be a man. There are just too many questions no dad should ask his stay-at-home partner. If we kept the things boys learn by age 5 that perpetuate rape culture away from boys things would be so much easier. But we don't, and, as a result, too many dads are emotionally stunted and lacking in empathy, which is why they ask all these terrible questions. These aren't important questions that convey life lessons or delve into one's family history. They're just plain insensitive. So, listen up, fathers of America: DO NOT ASK THESE QUESTIONS!
By Devon Thomas8 years ago in Families
'Bail 'Em Out' Parents
I sat on the phone with a friend; it’s 10 AM and we’re Face-timing with each other over our morning cups of coffee. She’s a hard-working, medical professional, currently living in a trend-setting major Canadian city, and I, a self-employed musician living in a seventy-five-year-old country home, in arguably one of the most rural parts of the East Coast of Canada. For just how starkly different our careers (and we) are from one another, we get along like eggs on toast.
By Elizabeth Webb8 years ago in Families
Que Sera...?
It’s getting worse. The tension is rising. Something is going on? Something’s happened? Though I’m not sure what? You’ve changed. You sit in your armchair like a modern ‘king’ that once sat in your throne, peers to be seen and not heard and in some cases not even seen. You goad your weight around like life won’t toss you a bone. I remember your absence, not physically but mentally and emotionally. You were there somewhat unwholesome to your surroundings. What was on your mind?
By Becky Leigh8 years ago in Families
