(5) allison | about 15 hours ago

I struggle with how to begin talking about vampires. I'm no academic and who wants a dry treatise anyway? I am fairly well-read. I am full of thoughts, observations, opin...

(5) Kimberly Michalski | 2 days ago

I thought I knew poverty. My parents divorced when I was a teen. My mother raised my siblings and me on welfare. My dad was an alcoholic. "Poor" was a scarlet word I wore...

(3) Kimberly Michalski | 23 days ago

Whatever it is you want to do, you can. Put your mind to the task, develop some tunnel vision and start. Nothing is accomplished without effort. Someone said that a trifl...

(1) unclemoejoe | 8 days ago

Last summer we attended a memorial service for a woman who could be accused (and convicted!) of being a surrogate mother to me in my teens. During an informal get-togethe...

(0) singleparent | about 1 month ago

There have been a lot of visceral responses to Sarah Palin's VP nomination during what must be a challenging time in her life. Having a baby takes time and energy, as doe...

(38) Aspira | 24 days ago

Small itty-bitty rug rats. Small as they can be. Crawling and wandering, under the kitchen table, peekabooing. The girl smiles, and makes a kissy face, like all small itt...

(5) Grace Allen | 19 days ago

Growing up in a close knit family, I was affronted the first time I met some one who despised their parents. Sure, I had had my share of arguments and fights, but many of...

(0) singleparent | 5 days ago

It's really hard for me to get taken seriously sometimes. I express a lot of my emotions with tears. I cry when I'm happy, or stressed, or sad. Commercials can be the wor...

(2) anewphilosophy | 1 day ago

WARNING: Explicit discussion of sex and marriage is contained within this post. This video from CNN caught my attention: the pastor of a non-denominational Baptist church...

(1) Come together | about 1 month ago

Is it possible to re-program our brains; to change the way we think or portrait things? Each relationship we leave, takes a part of us, leaving the next person to repair ...