From Abuse to Abundance

She sat on the porch, an open book in her lap but she wasn't reading it. Her eyes were on the street.  She was waiting for her daughter to come home from school.  Somewhere in the back- yard, she heard the piercing trill of a bird.   It was a beautiful spring afternoon.  Quite peaceful …

The Breakup

She stood there watching Philip and his date.  They were at his sister's Julia's engagement party.  Julia and she were friends since high school and it was during the summer holidays at a beach resort where she first met Philip.  The attraction was immediate and they wasted no time getting to know each other.  After …

Friends

They started out as friends. Talked for hours on the phone. Went out for pizza or to the movies when they didn't have any other plans.  Some Saturday nights they would order in spicy Thai food while watching classic or foreign movies.   They didn't know exactly when their feelings for each other began to change. …

Essential Skills

Are mothers teaching their daughters how to keep a home?  It is important for girls to start learning how to cook and clean at a young age.  Maria, now the mother of two grown sons, learned how to run a home since she was nine years old.  I watched an episode of the show Master …