What We Like
/Although we may have…
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… throw on lots of salt.
I can’t have it, makes my blood revolt
I’m a pepper girl, out of…
By DJ Elton
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Motherhood And Fatherhood…
/Parenting brings many joys and often…
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…thrive in an environment that’s honoring.
Parenthood involves persistent principled…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreFamily Loyalties
/Tommy Camilleri had been part of the Falcone crime family for years. The media referred to the New York family business as a criminal organisation but for Tommy it meant more than that. It was the life they had chosen. Tommy and his associates had sworn an oath to the Family. That meant something. It was as unbreakable and as personal as…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreRearranging Lives
/…are so many things I miss in my life—
Like how good I was at being a mom and wife.
If only my husbands had been good back,
Instead of leaving me with all the…
By Simple Sue
Read MorePerpetual Dad/Son
/… baby boy named Frederick was given to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Phineas Freelander. Mom, Emilia, realized the maternal family rumors were true when her son was six–that’s when little Freddie began going around the cabin humming…
By CraigE
Read MoreHeaven Turned To Hell…
/…man that heaven turned to hell
in Eden's garden? It's a tale,
as old as time before the flood,
before Cain spilled Abel's…
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read MoreI Wish We Could...
/This is my first Mother’s…
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…wish my mother could see my new haircut, so fluffy and neat. She always said, “My beautiful daughter!” even when I was unwashed. I wish my mother could read my …
By Karol Nielsen
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/Inspired by Mom and by …
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…the money that she gave me.
O is for the other kid she had.
T is for the tulips that would…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreGrayson’s Grief...
/…I stood in the front yard in early May, your presence beamed in my soul. The maple trees flourished, and workers trimmed the grass. My grandson, Gil, will get me through this. A water fountain in the backyard had a gazebo near…
By Andy Cooper
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