Tag: family history
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A Haunted House of Dreams
You are attached to a mystical tangle of ribbons–other people’s dreams and desires. A flirtation. A wedding. Children. A funeral. And all over again. With blue eyes running along one thread, alcoholism another. Love is tangled in there too. This is my 3x great grandfather’s house. I want to burrow into the collapse to find…
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Family Histories: Family Traits Good and Bad
“They said in the D.A.R.E. class that since my real mother did drugs Then I probably would too.” (D.A.R.E. is the anti-drug class taught in many public schools in the U.S.) This is why too much information given to children may sometimes be a bad thing. Our newly adopted daughter is only mildly intellectually disabled…
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Family Histories: It isn’t even past
We all know that burying our feelings is no way to carry on, yet so much that surrounds family history concerns the well-meaning errors that we make in reacting to extraordinary circumstances.
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Family Histories: An Unseemly Belch
There was a fleeting satisfaction when he interrupted the merry mood with an unseemly belch. Yes, it had been on purpose.
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My Life Mission Is Soon To Be Accomplished
MY MESSAGE TO EVERYONE is to NEVER STOP SEEKING PURPOSE! Never settle for what others think is enough for you.
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Family Histories: You are EPIGENEIC, and you never knew.
Welcome to Family Histories, a series of guest posts by some of my favorite bloggers in which they explore family . . . and history. The families and the histories are sometimes the writers’ own and sometimes not. Joining us today to share his fascinating study of genetic memory is the writer PAUL WHITE. Please…
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Family Histories: The Jelly Glass
Welcome to Family Histories, a series of guest posts by some of my favorite bloggers in which they explore family . . . and history. The families and the histories are sometimes the writers’ own and sometimes not. We start off the series with a story by Sharon Bonin-Pratt about an unpleasant trip to Grandma’s…
Author Adrienne Morris 