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I Don’t Want to be Like My Mother

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I Don’t Want to be Like My Mother

I grew up in a single parent home.  My mother raised myself and my brother and sister all by herself.  It wasn’t easy growing up in that situation.  I remember as I grew older thinking to myself “I don’t want to be like my mother.”  I didn’t want to struggle. I didn’t want to be tired all the time.  I didn’t want to be a single parent.  Little did I know that you can’t always choose how your life will turn out, no matter how hard you try and how hard you wish for it to be. If you were...

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The Children Are Our Future

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The Children Are Our Future

"I believe the children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be" Yes they are the lyrics to the Whitney Houston song 'The greatest love of all".  So why am I including them in today's blog?  I am including them because yesterday we saw a video of Pacific Island girls beating up on another girl at a train station blasted across the media.  I am including it...

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