instead of saying, "Kids, remember that your mother loved her sister and brother, it's not morbid to bring up people you love"--which is what I would have said had they been my husband's siblings (that's hardly
Your family includes your parents, siblings, and grandparents. Then it extends to different family branches like your uncles, aunts, and cousins. Also, your caregiver or a guardian is your family even if they aren’t blood relatives. You b...
The Central Sanctuary - These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the LORD, the God of your
How can I dislike my own flesh and blood? There is guilt for these feelings. There is a desire to flee. You never would, but you fantasize because the day in and day out is exhausting. It has changed you. It has changed your family. Unless you are raising a special needs child, yo...
I have no siblings. I’m an only child. Hence the catastrophe of my personality. But still! She’s my cousin’s daughter. But my cousin and I were born six-weeks apart and raised in social proximity, plus we’re Italian-American so we’re basically brothers. I’m claiming him as a...
Visiting family can be a wild experience—the best of the best or the worst of the worst. When it’s good, it’s golden and if you’re blessed to have siblings who live in interesting places, spending time with them is a double incentive. I’d be in Bellevue with my sister and her...
According to a recent Brookings Institute report, when compared to their older siblings who were preschool age before Head Start existed, students who attended three years of Head Start were “3% more likely to finish high school, 8.5% more likely to attend college, and 39% more likely to fi...
Admittedly, it’s easy to dislike Sansa based on first impressions. Upon the series introduction, Sansa is an 11 year old girl (14 in the TV series) whose only concerns are her hair and various pretty things; she spends her time daydreaming of marrying a handsome knight, and she worries...
Most times, I was just the silent observer, didn’t say much and preferred to keep my thoughts to myself. Perhaps it was the environment I grew up in. Parents were fond of listening to the more talkative siblings who seemed sociable and extrovert. They often forgot my existence. I’m ...
Moses was first Delilah. Those that gave him to me had rescued him and his siblings from flooding waters. We live in West Texas and when it decides to rain around here it does it all at once. The rescued kittens had to be bottle fed and cleaned by humans. The humans lacked in how ...