family
Family unites us; but it's also a challenge. All about fighting to stay together, and loving every moment of it.
A New Balance
I was fourteen years old when I found out good people do exist. They're not a fairytale like I'd believed. My father wasn't the most polite man on the planet and he certainly didn't believe in kindness. He was brash, unforgiving and made it clear the only person we could ever trust was ourselves. I came from a family that didn't hug or say I love you. We didn't dare rely on each other let alone someone outside of the family.
By Ashley Varner5 years ago in Humans
Which One
It is often the simple gestures that are easily overlooked. It is easy to take for granted something that is practically seen everywhere, but not often as deeply contemplated as it should be. The best example would be the picture shown above. The only reason I gave any second looks to this two-year old picture is because the complex thoughts about a topic like good deeds, is what sparked my decision to look twice at this photograph and really think about the fundamental question a topic such as this brings to mind: Am I a good person?
By Camila Marte5 years ago in Humans
Ruth
This is a story about a lady named Ruth, she had a typical childhood born into an Australian family during the latter part of the second world war and raised in rural South Australia. Although not much is said about her early years, we can assume that born at the end of the great depression and the second world war that life would have been happy but frugal. Life would have revolved around school and farm life during the week and church and family on Sundays. Ruth grew up and met Daniel through her local church group as communities were small and people didn’t travel far very often. Ruth and Daniel got married younger as was normal at that time and lived on the family farm in the Murray Mallee. The farm was large but not well established, much of the land they cleared themselves and the homestead was an old stone house with wide verandas and hanging gum trees but without air conditioning or modern conveniences.
By Rachel Mattiske5 years ago in Humans
Never lose
“Sometime’s the light at the end of a dark tunnel isn't a light, but instead a random act of generosity.” As a twelve-year-old life never seemed fair, the way others had so much but they took everything for granted and how I and my family would struggle to know if we would have enough food to last us for the next few days.
By Priscila Sera5 years ago in Humans
A good deed gone forgotten
I squandered my childhood on raising my brother, on saving my bio mom time and time again. I miss what could have been to this day, but I wouldn't change a thing. Despite being destroyed in the process I wouldn't want to change a thing about the events that transpired. I allowed my brother enough room to grow in my wake, while keeping my bio mom alive for long enough to get her out of that house.
By L.D. Malachite 5 years ago in Humans
The Great Owl
THE GREAT OWL By: Christine Perssia He sits on his perch watching and waiting. He has watched for generations. The young turn old and the old die. He has fallen into legend. He has become a story told to children, who listen with eyes wide open in awe of this majestic creature who protects their family. But all legends and myths must start somewhere. All stories, no matter how extraordinary, hold truths that get lost with time. The story of a common barn owl that was not as common as he looked. But looks often are deceiving. As a young woman learned that day so many years ago.
By Christine Perssia5 years ago in Humans
The
Admittedly, one of the most fun parts of being an adult is making your own money (once you start anyway). Money is great, it makes the world go around; or is that hope??? *frantic googling* OK its fine. Google said money is basically hope. So if you want to have any hope of living you better make some good money. At least that's what everyone always told me. Don't be mistaken. I am not a starry eyed idealist. I need money just as much as you do. I also work rather hard for it. While my pay (when I work) is not bad; it never seems to be sufficient either!!!
By Kallym De'Ortega5 years ago in Humans
