satire

"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city." - George Burns

Cabbage Patch Rumble
I just love this time of year. I enjoy watching my grandchildren get all excited about Santa coming to visit. The aroma of tamales steaming in my mother's kitchen embraces me when I enter her house. It brings back memories of my childhood. I look back at those memories as being some of the best years of my life as a child growing up. It was all about being with my family and knowing how much everyone loved you and a simple hug meant more to me than any gift.
By Paula Cushman3 years ago in Families
Wanna Know How I Got This Scar?
*The above photo is a visual stand-in for the offending coffee table* Viewer discretion is advised. Circa black Friday weekend of a year long since past, a heinous crime occurred. I, innocent child that I was, sat upon my paternal grandparents' piano bench, was grievously injured by the joint efforts of gravity and a coffee table.
By L. Sullivan 3 years ago in Families
Just a Nice, Family Christmas
Christmastime seems to roll around quicker each year. It’s just some sort of thing that happens when you get older. You start to think back about all of the Christmas seasons you’ve made it through. Each year has brought so many memorable moments, but the years that always pop out the most when I think back are the years that had everything go wrong. I have had many years that had seemed like everything that could go wrong, did. If I had to pick the most memorable Christmas season yet, it would definitely be Christmas of 2001.
By Sharon Smith3 years ago in Families
Eggplant Christmas
The lights, the music, the joyful spirit and then there is the cooking. The holidays are upon us and although I enjoy the wonder of it all, so to speak, I also find them stressful and tiring mainly because I am the one who hosts and cooks the meals. Although I love cooking most days, I’m not actually that big a fan of Thanksgiving or Christmas meals because I am exhausted by the end of the day. I won’t go into details as to why I am the only one cooking other than my siblings are not able to host or cook and my parents who have both now passed away were not able to help due to medical conditions.
By C. H. Richard3 years ago in Families
This is why we have an orphan's Christmas
Prior to meeting my wife, for most of my adult life, I hadn’t had Christmas with my family. There were several reasons: When I was at university, I was a casual and Christmas Day paid double time and a half, When I finished university, I joined the police and this meant I was working most holidays, and I was stationed away from my hometown, I have found my family to be painful to be around at Christmas.
By D-Donohoe3 years ago in Families
Speechless
Speechless What’d you say? Our son, who lives three hours away from us had become ill and after one week in the hospital, was for the better part of a month, was bedridden. While his wife worked, his teenage daughter, when she wasn’t in school, took over the household chores. The thirteen-year-old grew up in a heartbeat.
By Margaret Brennan3 years ago in Families
The pain of OCD, can't stop, but it's really tiring
Personality is the character that one possesses as a person. We are prone to several personality disorders. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
By Sal Tori3 years ago in Families
NFL Teams Ranked By How Good Their Name Would Be As A Baby Name
It seems like this time of year the American people have one thing on their minds -- football, specifically the NFL, or National Football League. Now, I don't know much about the NFL but what I do know much about is baby names. I have a personal passion for names, and it seems as the years go by the horizons for what is acceptable to name your child get broader and broader. Here is my opinionated list of how NFL team names would rank as baby names, not including the city precursor, from worst to best.
By Raine Neal3 years ago in Families
Not to mention the reality of this society, between relatives is also to promote high and low
The moment he put down the phone, Sing's tears rolled down ...... this is the fifth time his brother asked for money, a month in a row, five phone calls, even in the heat of summer, Sing's heart is stinging cold.
By Sal Tori3 years ago in Families
What does a calculating person look like?
When it comes to calculation, we think of mathematics, arithmetic problems, accounting, product costs and profits, economic revenues, asset planning, and financial management ......
By Sal Tori3 years ago in Families
A Place for Everything
(From my Annamaniacs column 2001.) Okay, I admit it. I am the stereotypical woman who knows nothing about cars. I know how to stick a key in the ignition, turn it on and drive it someplace. Frankly that’s all I want to know about cars. As long as it gets me from here to there, I’m happy.
By Anna Maria Junus3 years ago in Families
Your S/O's friends
My partner and I have a long and complicated past, made messy with alcohol use disorder on my end, being dishonest/unfaithful and other things neither of us is proud of. We have since addressed and continue to work on our defects of character as they arise. I find myself pretty damn agreeable to most people since I spent 20 years in the service industry and have had my run-ins with assholes, bullies, entitled dickheads and sexist jerks alike.
By Author shall remain nameless3 years ago in Families