A home without a pet contains empty spaces
I didn’t realize the gravity of my decision when I agreed to allow our daughter to foster kittens.
When Kari proposed the idea, her father was a barrier to overcome. He dislikes cats. But when the fourteen-year-old tilted her head slightly to the right, flashed her crooked smile, and batted…
Masks do not leave scars; people do
My kids love Halloween; most children do. They love to dress up and pretend to be somebody else. In fact, we have a basket of play clothes just so they can pretend. Sometimes, they become royalty by wearing a crown. An apron has the ability to transport them to a…
Protests can be good until they harm the children or promote mob mentality
National Walk and Bike to School Day supports physical activity and healthy choices. However, it became much more when parents in one California community walked their children to school wearing masks.
A group of parents gathered with signs protesting masks and yelled intimidating comments at the families causing more harm…
How to promote positive decision making
“If your friend jumped off a bridge would you too?”
Parents ask this question of kids who have made bad decisions. Of course, the response is usually, “No.”
Unfortunately, teenagers do make bad decisions that adults usually blame on peer pressure or lack of maturity. Both reasons may be true, but did you know teenagers’ brains are still developing?
The…
Voices of America’s Youth
Preface
As she walks by locker 623, she notices the door is hanging open. With the palm of her hand, she reaches out to push it shut and continues walking. Metal hits metal causing the door to swing back open without the familiar click that acknowledges it has latched. Upon closer…
The changes are disheartening
Just when I thought I had this Medium thing figured out, everything changed. I used to write for this publication, Curation Matters, on a regular basis sharing my discoveries but stopped when I stopped identifying new patterns and discovering what worked to get the curators’ attentions. …
A world where Denny’s is seen as the best option is frightful
We had errands to run with limited time available as my stomach growled from hunger. Our first choice of diners, we rejected when we remembered the seating arrangements were tight and didn’t provide for social distancing. We drove past our second choice because the line outside the front doors circled…
Humor
Age requires I eat less, so vitamins are important to stay healthy
As a kid in school, I learned healthy eating by following the guidelines of the food pyramid. When I was younger, this proved pretty easy, even though I often inverted it by consuming way too many sweets.
Now at the age of 60, my stomach has shrunk. Consuming the amount…
Five people sharing from different perspectives
Levi Klipp
Yeah, sure,
school’s important
That doesn’t mean it should control my life
Graduation?
Oh, Yeah
I’ll petition
Pro’bly won’t graduate ’til next year
since they stole my credits
Only 34
Yeah, 34 absences this year
Like it is necessary to sit in class everyday
Can you believe they want me to retake english…
The positives in life create happiness
Billy Currington sings the words to one of my favorite songs, “God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy.” Over time I absentmindedly revised the words to “people are stupid.” And those are the words I substitute in my mind each time the music plays.
I know! I…
Brenda Mahler
Real life person sharing real life stories. Let me introduce myself. https://medium.com/about-me-stories/about-me-brenda-mahler-63766346b05a
