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55And Then You Died
After you died I finally went to live on the lake at the cabin. I didn't see people for days. I didn't mind. the kids were worried, well yours more than mine. Mine are used to me. I cooked all your favorite foods and ate half. I threw the rest in...
2 comments65Being the Parent of a Mentally Ill Child
* Arguing at school for their poor attendance to be treated as a medical rather than a behavioral issue. * Listening to the teacher who points out that the kid with cancer is doing better in school than your child with depression * Not grounding...
1 comment60LIfe with Chronic Excema
As parents we often talk about suffering along with our kids, and chronic health problems are especially difficult. Regardless of how reasonable it is we often blame ourselves for our children suffering. When...
0 comments54.grandpa
Sunlight filtered through plastic lace curtains. Patterns of light decorated old socks, gray and worn, darned with grandma's precise stiches. the socks were on the feet which were on the legs sticking out of a multicolored afgan. The afgan provided...
0 comments60How I Saved my Life by Failing Teaching
Before I can tell you how I failed teaching I should tell you how I started. Some people know they are going to be a teacher from the beginning. They set up their stuffed animals and dolls with tiny books and...
1 comment76Raising kids without, gasp, TV
TV Turn Off Week is coming this year in April, the 20th to the 26th. It is not just for children either, it is a chance for anyone to simply turn off the TV and try something else. There are those who are...
0 comments66Wading Through Depression
This may be a hub about depression, however it does not need to be depressing. Yeah, you heard me. We so often think of our worst depressions or our friends or family who are wading through the mind numbing isolation of the black beast that it is...
2 comments55Retail Death
Benny moved low and slow as he worked his way down the bottom shelf of the toys toward the giant ball bin. He was actually checking his numbers and locations, ever since he got busted. The managers noticed he was slacking on...
1 comment80Water Saving Dishwashing
I was raised by a functional OCD parent, that means we had some odd rules at our house but no one was stopped by handwashing or rules about stepping on cracks on the sidewalk. The way that this manifested was...
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