Growing up was simple, until the new stepmother arrived. I was a carefree kid, who loved playing and having fun. Then my father brought a women home, a woman who loathed all but one of her step children.

The "Open When" Letters Jar is a gentle promise made to your future self. Each folded note holds encouragement, comfort, or celebration, waiting patiently for the moment it's needed most. Created at the start of the year, this meaningful passage turns reflected into reassurance a reminder that support, kindness, and hope can be prepared in advance.

A vision board is more than a collection of images it's a quiet declaration of hope. As a new year begins, gathering words, colors, and symbols that reflect what you want to become brings clarity to your intentions. Each image serves as a gentle reminder that growth begins with vision, and that the future can be shaped one inspired choice at a time.

If the EU enlargement debate and continuation is going to take place then the entire economy in the planet is likely to fail during globalization.

Topic about CODA Kiddo life. Where Deaf mama is sometimes amazed by daughter or frustration. She's best kid ever.

This story reflects on the profound love, loyalty, and innocence of dogs, centered on my own difficult experience with a two-year-old Mastiff. It explores the heartbreak of making the decision to euthanize a beloved but dangerous pet, and the lessons dogs teach us about trust, forgiveness, and our responsibility to protect them.

I been going through a lot mentally with someone and I have tried to explain this to them but I can’t seem to get the words out. I hope you enjoy the emotion

This blog has main description of me travelling to different country and how I felt about it and how things fall into the places. It tells about me leaving and landing at another place across sea and I am thrilled but I want to crawl back to my home. But it is a mature decision not to do so!

Today is Day 1 for me, I will no longer say one day. It's a never ending loop and battle trying to make excuses well I can't today I got to......bull, it's past big girl pants time!! Unfortunately, some of us were sheltered and protected from the cruel world and it's messiness; so then when we are left to our own devices we do tend to fall into our parents patterns, habits we pick up from trying to cope or numb pains. Everyone has their own vice, I choose from here forward to use my words and truths to be my voice and set precedent for my future! I choose happiness and peace! I choose growth and innerstanding! I choose to be grateful for this life's experiences, lessons, growth, truth, love, kindness and clarity!! I am open and ready to receive and and all new and true knowledge sent my way! I offer advice, self help, tips and shared knowledge for anyone that would like to engage! Unconditional Love is Always the Answer, In All Ways!

I was loved and then left, used and then forgotten, moving forward with whatever pieces I had left of myself. It took losing so much to understand how cruel the world can be—how easily people take from you and walk away as if you were never there. But somewhere between breaking and becoming, I found a touch that didn’t hurt, a presence that didn’t use me, a moment that finally saved me. And for the first time, I wasn’t surviving for someone—I was choosing myself.

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Motherhood is a journey of strength, sacrifice, and love. It’s showing up tired, giving even when your cup is empty, and being the safe place your family runs to. Kids may not remember every task you do, but they’ll remember how you loved them. You won’t always feel perfect, but your presence, effort, and heart make your home whole. Family isn’t easy, but it’s meaningful—and your love is the legacy that lasts.

These doors offer the ideal balance of functionality and style, whether you're remodeling or upgrading.

After twenty years of homesteading, homeschooling, and running a home business on 10 acres in the Ozarks with my husband and six children, life had a monumental shift. Not only did most of the children move out, but my youngest got diagnosed with autism, and my husband and I are now divorcing. What lies ahead?

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The smallest Maine coon cat you'll ever meet, but just as whacky as them all. She chirples to the birds on the feeder, she will only eat one brand of Kibble and only 3 kinds of people food (milk, eggs, tuna water and butter; no cheese and no meat).

A personal introduction from your author, Zippy McGee. A brief (as possible) summary of some things that shaped me and what identity meant to me growing up.

How it is to be a 50 year old with a toddler. Homeschooling and going to school myself alongside my husband

Looking for some distractions to keep your child busy? here are top 5 activities to keep your child entertained for at least an hour ( for ages 2+)

Raising kids: A journey of challenges and Love, follow along for recipes, love, and lots of laugh as I share my personal experience of raising 3 toddlers