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First Place
Being the first to try out different opportunities in life doesn't make someone shift into first place. Being the first to be a role model for others while breaking cultural barriers at the same time doesn't create a natural environment for anyone.
By Limabeans 4 years ago in Families
A Mom’s Infinite Struggles
We as humans, are born with excellent traits to adapt to the built-in system of our different cultural backgrounds, backgrounds’ expectations, and several right or wrong approaches of the norms of our society.
By Mariam4 years ago in Families
Santa, Where Are You?
Santa, Where Are You? by Valera Ashcraft The Welcome All Shopping Mall late on Christmas Eve. Filled with last minute shoppers, some wanting to leave.
By Valera Ashcraft4 years ago in Families
An Atheist Celebrates Christmas
The Promise is a marvellous book, the sequel to Chaim Potok's best-selling first novel The Chosen. Both deal with the clash of cultures, the Orthodox Jewish world and the straight-laced world of Hasidism in The Chosen where the friendship of two boys is tested by conflicts between their fathers. And the clash between Orthodoxy and modernism in The Promise.
By Marco den Ouden4 years ago in Families
Why You Shouldn’t Miss A Giant Teddy Bear This Christmas
The Christmas season is all about gifting and receiving. Ergo, it is the best time to express your love by gifting a giant teddy bear to your near and dear ones. Be it a toddler, a teenager or an adult, these soft plush boys can add affection and comfort into the life of anyone. These make the best friends for kids who don’t have any other human friend to play with and are amazing therapists for the adults undergoing an emotional low.
By Alex Murphy4 years ago in Families
I’m going home…
After finishing a long day of work or returning from an important business trip, where do you go? Maybe you stop for a drink with your coworkers, run some errands, or stop to pick up some dinner. But after all of that, what's the place you return to? Do you go home?
By Raise Life Up4 years ago in Families
Life Lesson #2: Be Careful What You Ask For, You May End Up Getting It!
Excerpt from Life Lesson #1: …Staying out of high school for 3 weeks nearly cost me my chance to graduate. I had to take remedial classes and get tested in front of the principal before they would let me graduate. But, this was the least of my problems. I still had to find a way to go back home without being manhandled again.
By Ken4 years ago in Families
Do Not Die Before I Stop Talking!
Do Not Die Before I Stop Talking! My 47-year-old father's death crushed me harder than anything I saw while I was in Vietnam.Cemeteries are the landlords of our lifeless bodies. Inside each casket, you will find a lifetime of memories, if only the residents could talk. For many of us, they also contain the answers to many unspoken questions.
By Ken4 years ago in Families
Family Symbolism
People may wonder about the significance of symbolism. I believe many reasons exist. Symbols represent ideas and qualities. Thus, the importance is to remind and represent the idea with a symbol.
By LaBree Johnson4 years ago in Families
The captain of the ship
Everything had a tacky film coating it from the heat of this particularly humid and sticky summers day. As he tipped the contents of the putrid overladen bin out onto the kitchen bench-top, I had a split second to make the decision - should I laugh or should I cry. I sensed both emotions waiting at the door of expression. My 18 year old self, desperate to do things professionally and create some sort of sturdy adult-worthy footing from this crumbling beer-stained establishment, was starting to realise that my father and the idea of ‘professional prestige’ that I held so tightly, were not in any way interwoven and could in no way co-exist.
By PeoniePie4 years ago in Families
Birthday Gift for My Lady...
It's normal to fall in love with the girl I'm going to marry. At such a time when she talks about something she loves so much I have to listen to it no matter how much I dislike it. Not only that, I have to even try to convince her that I am also very interested in it.
By Opeliya Harison4 years ago in Families
From a confused Soviet kid to a strong American woman. Top Story - December 2021.
As a youngster in Soviet Russia, I was tormented by a searing disgrace whenever I thought of my grandparents because they clearly avoided building communism.
By Irina Patterson4 years ago in Families