(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

Have you ever been to a crowded mall, sat in a classroom full of strangers, sat on the board of the PTO at the school? All of these things used to be part of my daily rou...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

Attitude. Everyone has it. Some have negative attitudes. Some choose to see things positively. Does it really make a difference? Suffering from a painful disease known as...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

If you are afraid of your spouse, you don't have a choice but to leave. Abusers put you in a box. They limit your activities, conversations and relationships. Their goal ...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

When you are involved in a relationship that never seems to bring anything but sadness and grief you have to take a good look at it and decide if it is a relationship tha...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

Being a chronic pain sufferer for many years I saw countless doctors. They could mask the pain with drugs, but no one could cure me. This was not the way I wanted to live...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

I was born over 30 years ago. I grew up in a two parent home, with two sisters and two brothers. They are the people who shaped my life and made me who I am today. They e...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

My Mom. My Friend. My Confidant. So many words could describe her. I didn't appreciate my mom when I was growing up. I was stubborn. To be honest, I was a brat. I thought...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

I loved visiting my grandparents in West Virginia. My grandma said I used to cry "Alligator Tears" when it was time to go home. Even the trip from Michigan was fun. My br...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

My sister got married when I was about 12 years old. I balled like a baby. As far as I was concerned, my sister was leaving me! Don't get me wrong. I loved my brother in ...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

Little sisters torment their big brothers. If that is the case, then I can proudly say, without a doubt, that I did my job! It wasn't that I didn't love my brother. It wa...

(0) vanessa | about 1 month ago

I will never forget the first time I met my father in law. He went to shake my hand and tripped in the flower bed. I loved him instantly. When I married my husband I beca...

(0) vanessa | about 1 month ago

My best friend called me one night after bible study with an interesting story. She told me about the book of Ruth. Ruth loved her mother in law. They had a relationship ...

(0) vanessa | about 1 month ago

When I married my husband almost 12 years ago I became a part of a family that would change my life. I gained two parents and two brothers that day. And since then, I hav...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

I don't claim to know how to have a perfect relationship with anyone. But, I do know that it takes a few things to make any relationship work. Everyone makes mistakes. Fo...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

On May 12, 2006, life ended as I knew it. I got a phone call from my sister. "Dad fell down the stairs. We are at the hospital. We need you to come," she said sobbing. I ...

(2) vanessa | about 1 month ago

Depression: Sadness. Feeling Helpless. Feeling Powerless. Depression is a terrible thing. No, it doesn't mean you are lazy. It doesn't mean that you have a negative outlo...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

When my dad passed away I felt like I was losing my sanity. Little things people said irritated me. Of course, these are common things said when someones loses a loved on...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

Losing a parent. Losing a Spouse. Losing a child. Losing Any Family Member Losing a pet. Losing a friend. A break up. A Divorce. Estrangement From Family/Friends These ar...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

Being the baby of the family all of my siblings are older than me. Both of my sisters have played a crucial part in my life. I love both of them and value their opinions....

(2) vanessa | about 1 month ago

If you would have asked me this question a year ago I would have said NO. However, when our Doberman, Mikey, went to live with a family member.....Bella became depressed....

(0) Karen & Gerard | 3 months ago

On May 17, Gerard and I participated in the Great Strides walk to help raise money for Cystic Fibrosis research at the Cleveland Zoo. A friend of ours has a daughter with...

(1) bilingualbabies | 3 months ago

Many see our family as particularly passionate and dedicated to multilingual education. Afterall, we have a website on the topic :) As with so many other things, it's som...

(1) bilingualbabies | 3 months ago

Why can't I just be happy? I mean, I am, but you see... Since the Quest for Kindergarten began, we have been dreaming about CAIS . Now that K.C. is actually registered th...

(0) bilingualbabies | 7 months ago

This site contains parenting resources and reflections from a San Francisco Bay Area family seeking to raise their kids to be multilingual. Mom (me!) is a Chinese-Canadia...

(1) bilingualbabies | 7 months ago

Language immersion programs are being used to help preserve historical languages that are dying out, such as Native American languages and Irish Gaelic. It's interesting a...

(1) poppopx7 | 7 months ago

I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing this article. There are certain people that enters our lives, and leaves an indelible mark upon our hearts that...

(0) Karen & Gerard | 7 months ago

Non fiction/memoirs/biography Very Highly Recommended Reviewed by Liana Metal http://LianaMetal.tripod.com Karen Arlettaz Zemek, a secretary at a law firm, grew up with t...

(1) bilingualbabies | 7 months ago

I went to an event last night featuring Madeline Levine, whose latest book is The Price of Privilege . I found the evening quite thought-provoking, so much that it threw m...

(1) bilingualbabies | 6 months ago

Born and raised in Canada, I took a special interest in this article from the Montreal Gazette . Canada is an officially bilingual country and has pioneered some excellent...

(1) bilingualbabies | 6 months ago

So, there's really nothing silent about life with kids. But seriously... I've noticed, with some sadness, that K.C. has almost completely stopped speaking Cantonese. He h...

(1) bilingualbabies | 4 months ago

I have a few work colleagues whose children are several years older than ours, and they have been asking me about where K.C. will be going to Kindergarten. In this process...

(1) bilingualbabies | 6 months ago

So, it's been on my mind for a while to read up on what is known about differences between boys' and girls' language development. Now, don't get me wrong, K.C. and L.C. ar...

(1) vanessa | about 1 month ago

Family....What Does that mean to you? A tough question to answer at times, no doubt. I have two families. The family I was born into and the family I became a part of 12 ...

(11) Gretchen Lancour | 6 months ago

My sister-in-law was in town on vacation last week, and we had a blast showing her around. Seeing the sights was fun, but the best part of having some family around was......

(2) Jackie Papandrew | 6 months ago

My son recently turned 13, and the last traces of that sweet little boy who thought I hung the moon seem to have vanished. In his place is a strange, slouching creature w...

(4) Karen & Gerard | 5 months ago

Saturday: My name has been changed now for the 4th time! It was some vampire name first given to my by a teenage boy, then Linda, then Foofee. I'm a male cat for crying o...

(0) Karen & Gerard | 4 months ago

Thursday, May 15, 2008 : Heard About Foofee Well, it's been 4 1/2 months since our cat, Moe, died and we still miss him terribly. I think our other cat misses him too, bu...

(1) Tom Murphy | 3 months ago

By Cathie Ramey RedwoodAge.com When it comes to healthcare, American women know what they want. They're just not getting it. Given the choice, American women want a healt...

(1) Mark Jacobson | 3 months ago

Here I am, a technologically impaired backwoods Montana boy, writing stories on a blog site. It's much harder for me to believe than you can imagine. I have spent half a ...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 5 months ago

Here is a book review I received yesterday from Cindy Oldham: Cindy Oldham ************************** My Funny Dad, Harry By Karen Arlettaz Zemek "My Funny Dad, Harry" is...

(23) cereals | 3 months ago

I'm sure you've noticed Gretchen her on PNN. She writes Crib Notes, a parenting/family blog that is full of baby fun and pop culture references, so check her out, if you h...

(0) cereals | 5 months ago

I'm sure you've noticed Gretchen her on PNN. She writes Crib Notes, a parenting/family blog that is full of baby fun and pop culture references, so check her out, if you ...

(1) singleparent | 4 months ago

I just helped my sister sign up for health insurance through Kaiser. She's in her last year of college and has been stuck relying on her college's health center to write p...

(4) frontporch | 3 months ago

" Anger is the rawest, most common form of insanity." - Bounty-Hunter, Author, Preston Law " Be the change you want." - Gandhi Walter has been our neighbor since the days...

(4) frontporch | 3 months ago

Four generations under one roof. We're not talking family reunion here. We're talking necessity borne of tough times. We took advantage of the Spring weather last night a...

(1) singleparent | 4 months ago

Just as I begin to get a leg up, it never fails that the other leg is knocked out from under me. I've settled into a very nice job with health insurance, sick pay, etc., a...

(0) Maya | 5 months ago

As a kid growing up in America, my biggest fear was hearing the phone ring in the middle of the night. It seemed ominous, and the very idea brought with it a sense of fore...

(0) Maya | 5 months ago

As I referenced in my last post, things are a little iffy right now with my grandmother's health. I arrived today in Bombay to see her, uncertain whether this is one of th...

(1) singleparent | 3 months ago

Have you heard the new rave? With the price of gas being so high, more families are avoiding vacations far from home and taking "staycations" - heading somewhere close to ...

(4) rposner23 | 4 months ago

"Are you guys identical?" "We don't know." "Do you feel each other's pain?" "I don't think so. I guess I don't know." "Do you ever like wake up and forget which one you a...

(1) R. Eason | 3 months ago

Anyone who moves to New York City with the hope of finding happiness is a fool. I should know, I was one. Unlike any other city in the world, New York offers the promise ...

(0) R. Eason | 3 months ago

I called my 86 year old grandmother one morning and was surprised to hear how jovial she sounded. Her poor health had given the family a scare. The hospital admitted her ...

(0) R. Eason | 3 months ago

"I cannot date him anymore," she said to me vehemently. "Why not?" I asked her, genuinely surprised. After all, this was the same man she had gushed to me about only thre...

(4) frontporch | 3 months ago

From the coast it runs, a hundred miles - probably a little more, until it brushes up against an eighty acre piece of Clackamas County that has been home to my family nam...

(1) blackfamilylife | 3 months ago

Alice Hanks Ferugson, also known as "Miss Alice", "Big Momma", and to our children, "Nanny". Big Momma was my mother's mom. There are many "Big Momma's" that have been th...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

This is my brother, SFC/E-7, Christopher Scott Johnkins "Scotty", has served in the U.S. Army since graduating high school in 1988. He is currently on his 3rd tour in Ira...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

Continue to remember all of our U.S. Soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Every day there is someone somewhere who has lost a Soldier. Also, remember the Soldiers w...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

In our family, there is a very strong bond that unites us all. The strength in black families is a strength learned through the need to survive. In the early years, the l...

(2) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

First I would like to thank you for taking the time to visit our page and learn more about "black family life". We are a family of five. My husband's name is Joe. We met ...

(1) Galvanize | 4 months ago

Driving always fills my eyes with delightful sights: over here, the Burger King and the yoga studio; over there, the Starbucks, the Little Caesar's, and the YMCA; and dow...

(2) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

Ziah is 13 months old. We are at the stage where we have to cater to her and what she wants or ELSE! She is so "demanding". Ziah wants what she wants, but on her time. We...

(2) blackfamilylife | 3 months ago

Today, June 28, 2008 my brother Nicholas' son Kaiden was born, 7.5 oz and 20 in. long. I've almost lost count of the number of grandchilden in the family. I can tell you ...

(4) frontporch | 3 months ago

I have decided to be One of those People . There are two choices. 1. You will see me on the evening news, (pictures at 11), just another crazy, screaming about our corrup...

(4) frontporch | 3 months ago

" Wake up, Ted. You wanna go for a helicopter ride? Come on, get up! "Ted? . . . . . Ted?!" Ted Kulongoski, the Governor of Oregon, the great 'Trailer Park' of the United...

(1) singleparent | about 1 month ago

Saturdays have become Slacker-day around our house. With hectic schedules that require constant monitoring of the time, and chores that seem never-ending, I decided we co...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

Today started out beautiful for us. We went to visit a new church today, after being invited by my Aunt several weeks ago. We have a church that we attend regularly, but ...

(2) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

It was a long day with Ziah today. First of all, she absolutely hates her car seat. We drove about 40 miles to help my sister move and Ziah was not at all happy. The comb...

(2) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

Ziah is 13 months old. We are at the stage where we have to cater to her and what she wants or ELSE! She is so "demanding". Ziah wants what she wants, but on her time. We...

(2) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

It was a long day with Ziah today. First of all, she absolutely hates her car seat. We drove about 40 miles to help my sister move and Ziah was not at all happy. The comb...

(2) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

I went back to school and finished my degree in 2004, with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Management and Communications. Finishing my degree helped me to earn a promot...

(0) blackfamilylife | 3 months ago

I went back to school and finished my degree in 2004, with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Management and Communications. Finishing my degree helped me to earn a promot...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

Because I think each day minute by minute. I hope to give you at least a little something of our life to read about each day. "EACH DAY IS A BLESSING, MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN...

(1) blackfamilylife | 3 months ago

Big Momma was always around and the family always discussed how we didn't think we could make it when she was gone. It just was not an option. I will take you back to two...

(1) Galvanize | 4 months ago

I've been binging on Denise Richards all day. I'd never seen Wild Things...though I own a copy, which speaks more about my capacity for procrastination than it does of the...

(5) R. Eason | 3 months ago

My sister is lost to me forever. Six months ago she sent me a text message at work that severed our bond. Even if we were to rekindle our friendship, a friendship that se...

(2) R. Eason | 3 months ago

It is an addiction like many others. It is as socially acceptable as drinking and smoking. How does one know when one is indulging a bit too much? With drinking the signs...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

What a whirlwind of a day work was today. It was end of month dollars, dollars, and more dollars. Meeting the monthly/quarterly budget, means kicking it in overdrive. I w...

(0) blackfamilylife | 3 months ago

Summer is almost over and I am already feeling a little stress about JoJo returning to Jr. High to attend 8th grade. We experienced a little bit of conflict with his educ...

(2) R. Eason | 3 months ago

She had it all. Natural beauty. A slim body. A high-profile career. An apartment in a high-rent district in New York. So if she appeared to have everything going for her,...

(2) R. Eason | 3 months ago

It is a sickening video. A Georgia teen carefully places a helpless baby on an inflatable pillow. He jumps on the pillow, catapulting the child through the air like a mis...

(7) Crayon Marks | 3 months ago

Christy has a B.A. and M.S. degree from Purdue University where she majored in elementary education and early childhood education. She taught elementary school for 20 yea...

(4) frontporch | 3 months ago

Grandpa was forced to quit his job pumping gas ( in Oregon, motorists are not allowed to pump their own fuel ) because could not afford the gasoline to get to work. His p...

(4) frontporch | 3 months ago

We fell to sleep, our last night as normal people, in the house that had been our home for three years, listening to the difference of it's emptiness. Barren of the thing...

(4) frontporch | 3 months ago

It wasn't until mid-life that our lives finally found each other. Suddenly, it seemed, we discovered this giddy, adolescent butterflies-in-the-stomach kind of thing. Thic...

(0) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

CAPTURE A MOMENT ...

(4) mama bear | 4 months ago

Megan and I had a fabulous time in LA last weekend, doing all things American Girl and birthday related. Uncle Dan was an amazing host, putting us up in his place and tak...

(2) vbright | 3 months ago

If anyone find themselves going through, or to Omaha Nebraska, you will find there are many interesting things to do here. To begin, I'll tell you some interesting facts ...

(0) singleparent | 3 months ago

It's finally happened - my angel baby officially hit her terrible two's. And it wasn't pretty. It was my fault of course. AJ slept in late, so I assumed she was still goo...

(0) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

ANNUAL FAMILY COOKOUT AT MOMMA'S...

(1) R. Eason | 3 months ago

"You blew a good opportunity here," she said to me with unconcealed anger. "You didn't know how good you had it and now you want to leave?" "Yes," I replied. I was firm i...

(5) R. Eason | 4 months ago

"So do you think their marriage can survive this?" I asked. Martin, my boyfriend of a few months, slowly turned his attention away from his computer and looked at me from...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

Holidays are a great time to get together with family and go over the events that have happened since the "last" time. The 4th of July is always an enjoyable day. This ye...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

DADDY, MOMMA, BROTHER, SISTER, CAT, DOG, MOO, NO NO, THANK YOU, PLEASE, STOP, QUACK QUACK, MEOW, BYE BYE, JOJO, OUTSIDE, DORA...

(2) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

DADDY, MOMMA, BROTHER, SISTER, CAT, DOG, MOO, NO NO, THANK YOU, PLEASE, STOP, QUACK QUACK, MEOW, BYE BYE, JOJO, OUTSIDE, DORA, BABY, MOVE, MINE, MAXX, ...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

Scotty called on the 4th of July. As usual, we expected a call from him, especially on the Holidays. I imagine it being very hard for him, especially on days where memori...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

For all the mother's out there, do you ever wonder what would happen with those small things that you do for your children, if you were gone? I mean, gone, as in passed a...

(2) shivers | 3 months ago

There are two ways to live a life. Either you live it the way you want to, or else you live it the way others want you to. If you live it the way you want to, there are t...

(0) R. Eason | 3 months ago

The last time I cried, I cried for my dog. The last time I laughed heartily, I laughed at my dog. The last time I pondered the simplest joys of life...well, that too, was...

(0) Crayon Marks | 9 days ago

The words are like lead in your stomach. You look at the cardiologist and are certain you did not hear him correctly. You want to speak yet your mouth is frozen. You want...

(1) adoption | 4 months ago

We've got adoption news covered by the best authors from around the web ...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 3 months ago

Me and my son Lauren After Uncle Franklin's Death, Aunt Eleanor no longer needed the spacious apartment and staff that she had kept on Washington Square in New York City,...