Today’s prompt is piece/peace. All the little pieces of my life that make me crave peace. There are so many pieces of me scattered about that it is hard for me to find the peace that I seek everyday. There is the piece that resides with all four of my children, the pieces that my […]
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The city I live in is considered ground zero for the opioid epidemic. In a city that has less than 50,000 people, 1 in 4 adults is addicted to an opiate and 1 in every 10 babies born in 2016 were born addicted.
Nikki Giovanni gave words to my reality like no other poetry had ever been able to before. She was real, not some romantic figure locked in her room dreaming of love. She was living life and talking about what it meant to live life as a woman. She was writing all those …
I personally love getting gift cards because it gives me the freedom to choose my own gift. It saves on returns and I can hold on to it and use it when I am broke and need something. Gift cards cost nothing to ship and many can be sent online in minutes so no worries about if the package will arrive on time.
The kids have left and now it’s only you and your partner left or maybe just you for all us single parents. You wonder around all those empty rooms and now the house that seemed full and too small now feels massive. Funny, isn’t it, how a home which was perennially too small is
Many parents find themselves in a situation where they move from having a full house to an empty nest. As children grow up and forge their own paths, many people find themselves at a crossroads where they try to decide whether to stay put or sell up. If you’re thinking about relocating, or you’re considering
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If you have retired, you may be thinking about selling your home and moving to a smaller one. This may be because all your children are fully grown or they live overseas. Downsizing your home is a good decision for many retirees as they do not need the responsibility of having to take care of a
It can be a hard thing to acknowledge when all of the children have left the home for good. Whether it’s just the one child that’s flown the nest, or multiple, it doesn’t make it any easier for the parent or parents left behind. To have the responsibility of a parent for so long,
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