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The Whistle
Trying to wipe away the sweat from his forehead, while keeping his suffocating helmet on, the boy struggled to complete his pregame ritual. However, this ritual was not one he underwent by choice. Instead, it was an inherent convulsion that forced himself to combat the biological stirrings within him, before having to face the physical battle on the football field moments later.
By Chris Mitchell4 years ago in Families
My Mom Has Chronic Pain and Non-Stop Migraines.
I am 35 years old, and my roommate and business partner, is my mom. I am her full-time caregiver, as well. She struggles every day with a migraine flare-up and blood vessel popping in her face and hair. She also struggles with mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression and PTSD due to chronic migraines and stress. She is so hard on herself, it hurts to hear and want. I try so much to try to understand her situation, with her chronic pain and migraines. I understand her mental health issues, I have a the same mental illnesses as her.
By Danielle Gray4 years ago in Families
Summers at Abuelo's
When summertime arrives the very first food I crave is a succulent orange. I remember the smell and the taste of the fruit as I consumed them at my grandfather’s orchard. I can still see the sun shining brightly and feel its rays peeking through the leaves that shade us as my siblings and I pick the ripe fruit, our buckets ready in hand. It takes me to a place in South Texas where I am close to still nature and with the ones I love.
By Amanda Salazar4 years ago in Families
Why blackberries will always mean summer, peace, and lots and lots of hard work to me.
So few of us ever really think about where the food we eat comes from. We just hop in our shiny cars, run down to the grocery store, load up our carts, and pay with our credit cards, or an ever more common trend, pay someone else to shop for us and either pickup or have the shopping delivered right to our doors. We are living in a a modern era of extreme convenience. But everyone should, every once in a while, stop and really think about where that food came from, whether it's the organic, whole grain bread you buy from Whole Foods, or the hyper processed cheap burger from the unnamed big McChain restaurant. Food is important and many people are living on a knife's edge, going without, when they shouldn't be. So much food goes to waste every day that could be used to feed those people. But that's not what I really want to talk about.
By Rosemary Brown4 years ago in Families
Being a Super Parent While Addressing Childhood Trauma
You become a mom. Congratulations! I'm a mom too. Regardless of how many children you have, each child you have is different, including the labor, birth, you name it. Being a mom is awesome. However, when you've got unresolved childhood trauma, some days are a lot better than others. Can you relate?
By War_Respectfully4 years ago in Families
