5th grade teacher. Every year the class would take a field trip to his house. We would ride bikes. We would watch “The Longest Day” then jump on his trampoline. This was in 1990. No parents came. Just us and Mr. C. His wife would be waiting for us with homemade peanut butter and jam…
White girl here. I have five brother. We were never this close. I would watch siblings on tv and movies and thought it was weird if they hug or spend more time with each other than BFFs do.
I had my daughter on a Tuesday went back to work on that Monday. My husband had two jobs at that time. His night job gave him a week his day job needed him back the next day. We couldn’t afford to not work. Welcome to America.
I chose not to breast feed. It was not something I wanted to do. Everyone tried to make me feel guilty, my mom, doctor, friends. But I stuck with my choice. This was in 1999. We went with formula and eventually soy formula because she ended up being lactose intolerant. (As were her…
I have been in the Early Childhood Field for 22 years. We are not babysitters and we don’t get to play all day. There is education going on. We potty train, teach self help skill, peer mediation, anger management, health and nutrition, safety and more. Plus there is the daily and…
1995, right before my senior prom, my date canceled. I still wanted to go, so my best friend said: why not take my cousin? So she called him and he agreed. My prom date was a blind date. Obviously it worked out because we have been married for 23 years. He’s my lobster.
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