Tag: Father

This was the book of my penultimate published book. You may be asking why anyone would write such a trivial title in a book. And that, my friend, is why you read my stories on Medium. You see, I was raised by an absentee father, who was an alcoholic and was not much of a role model. B...

The events of this story took place about 25 years ago in a small breakfast diner just south of Orlando, Florida. I was only seven years old at the time, yet the memories from this experience are as vivid as the ones I can recall from yesterday. We were on our first family holiday at Disneyworld....

The week the father is cremated in Cannes — ending an era and almost the family line — and a day after collecting the ashes in an urn the size of an oil drum and just as heavy (he was a big man), the woman wakes up in a tree house to fresh morning sunlight and birdsong in the forest. ...

“Much has been written about co-dependency. All agree that it is about the loss of selfhood. Co-dependency is a condition wherein one has no inner life. Happiness is on the outside. Good feelings and self-validation lie on the outside. They can never be generated from within.” ― John ...

It happened. I woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and there he was, staring back at me. For women, it’s usually the mother at the worst possible age of her life wrinkling up the mirror. For me, it was Gigi — my hairy Italian Father. When I saw him, I gasped and ran away. What ...

Having said that, I have seen my father living a very honest life. When I say honest, I don’t mean going to the places of people and telling them the truth or pearls of wisdom. I mean a life that is honest to himself. Something he taught me when I was moving to another city for college. ...

This scenario is a familiar in the world of business folklore: an unknown entrepreneur who, through sheer determination, transforms their uniquely innovative idea into a triumphant tale of success. This narrative is typically interwoven with various challenges, often of a financial nature, that our ...

When we married, there was no way my husband’s family could come to our wedding from Iran. To date, I’ve still never met any of his family in person — only on screen in video chats. Even then, it wasn’t much of a meet and greet; they do not speak English. We didn’t have...

STEGLITZ, Germany — Standing outside the John F. Kennedy School in the far reaches of western Berlin I realize I am unlike the commuters and groups of school pupils that just got off the S-Bahn I took across town to get here. One side of the John F. Kennedy School in Berlin shows a bill...

Did you know that children spend these days on average 7 or more hours in front of various screens and less than 10 minutes playing outdoors? (1) Plus, according to the CDC, 1 in 6 U.S. children ages 2–8 years (17.4%) had a diagnosed mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder.&nbs...

Barbarians depicts the battle of Teutoburg forest between the Romans and the Germanic people in the year 9CE. I was deeply inspired by the conflicted central character Arminius and his speech to his Roman father Varus. His speech is a reflection of his final thought about his identity as a roman-a f...

I went to a networking event last night. Eager to see what is going on in this city. It’s 2023, and it’s the first March since the pandemic hit where people are finally coming out of their caves. The lucky ones are working hybrid, they’re still playing Fetty Wap in the clubs, and t...

You are the 5 people you surround yourself with. Following this philosophy, if you want to become a millionaire, you want to surround yourself with millionaires. Then one day it struck me, I AM surrounded with one, my father. My father is a self-made millionaire. He grew up poo...

When my father died, a metaphorical train hit me. My world, the world stood still. It ceased to be. People were frozen in time. He had been sick with cancer. It ravaged his body like a plague of locusts. It ate him from the inside out. The sun was shining that day, and the view from the window wa...

Back in November 2001, a twelve-year-old girl, Amanda Cope, was found brutally murdered and raped in her own home, in South Carolina. Her father, Billy Wayne Cope, found her dead body in her room and called 911. He would later confess to the crime, not once but three times. However, the story was no...

A man like a dream: At 6’ 4’’ and 170 lbs, with blue eyes and a genius IQ of 160, donor #9623 seems like a perfect candidate to start a family. He describes himself as a lookalike of Jim Carey, Brandon Lee, and Tom Cruise. The man is unusually athletic, optimistic, a devoted Christ...

At first, my answer was about accountability, encouraging these young adults to express their discomfort with the statements, explain why they felt that way, try to change their parents’ behavior, and ask their parent to not make those jokes/statements around them. As time went on, and I go...

I’m alive. Still. I know we never met but here I am. Yes. I am here. I am woman. I have birthed the future over and over. And now I am wilderness. So, before I become the forest floor and a future generation of lichen and fungi to feed the dreamer I figured it is time, now, to say hello. I ...

I was in the dressing room with the rest of my class. We had just finished rehearsal for a play. I was in eighth grade and this was drama class. That day I was getting my stuff ready in the dressing room. I knew my dad was picking me up that day. I was hoping that he had our dog with him too. See...

Myfather removes the stapled sheets of paper from his back pocket. He points at the kitchen table. It’s his signal to my sister and me to have a seat. “I need ten minutes,” he says. “I have to talk to you about something.” Our minds leap to worst-case scenarios. &...

The claim that a Roman soldier named Pantera was the father of Jesus is not supported by historical evidence or mainstream scholarship. The story appears to be a fringe theory or conspiracy theory with no basis in credible historical sources. The birth of Jesus is a well-known event in Christian ...

The emotional rollercoaster of watching a loved one spiral into the clutches of substance abuse is fraught with sleepless nights, unanswered questions, and the constant struggle between enabling and tough love. The cycle of lies, broken promises, and erratic behavior takes a toll on mental and em...