myTakes: Family & Friends

Always there for you Good friends will be there whenever you need them it doesn't matter how far they are. They won't only be with you in your good times. You can trust I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust...

I know I know, you love your girls. They are the emotional comfort foods you indulge in when life gets hard. Friendship is wholly necessary and a part of growing up. But a lot of women (especially in their 20s) will allow...

I was an only child til I was 15 and my mom dropped the ball saying she was pregnant in Wal-Mart (of all places), and I'm now 23 and those 15 years of being an only child really shaped how my world is and how I view it....

It's confusing but I don't really remember even one day without my brother. I don't remember how I was before meeting him, since I am only 1.5 years older than him. Sometimes I wonder what kind of person I would be...

The holidays can be a magical, joyous time of year...but it can also be stressful and annoying when you have to spend time with those family members who you can barely tolerate. You know what I'm talking about, every...

1. Parents who insist no childfree/less person is ever busy/tired Some parents insist that if you have no children, you must have tons of never ending free time and you can't ever possibly be as tired as they are. They...

Are you the type of person that looks at all the cheerful ads of families gathered around a 20lb turkey, all smiling with a rosy glow to their cheeks, and think to yourself, that is bullsh-- because your family, or at...

Hello, my name is Sarah Castillo, I am a 14 year old turning 15 and I have spent 3 years without a family, only in Foster Care. Blood makes you related, family makes you loyal. How my Mother died: When I was 12 years of...

Everyone's morals are tested from time to time and as adults, in particular, we must decide how strongly we believe in what we purport that we believe in. It's funny though, because you always think you'll be ready for...

I distinctly remember going over to babysit my neighbors kid as a young teen. I knew from my interactions with his mom, that he got a lot of spankings. During one such baby sitting session, I remember the kid fiddling...

In my early life, I thought my parents were superheroes. They always seemed to do everything with ease, they were always smiling, and they always got me everything I needed and all I could ever want. Looking back now I...

As teenagers, there comes a time when we all hit a wall and come to terms realizing that things are changing. The bashful teenage years have arrived. Some girls deal with this from ages ten all the way to college...

I realized from a very young age that my mother and I were just not destined to get along. We are just two incredibly different people. When I lived at home, we would butt heads over everything, from my make up, friends,...

I've read or heard of stories of families dealing with infertility, and for some the struggle is 2, 5, 10 years plus of trying to get pregnant, and I often wonder, why is it that adoption, or surrogacy, donation, or...

I've been an introvert for as long as I can remember. I've never liked being the life of the party, or a lot of attention on me, or am I ever the first one to run up to someone and introduce myself. My whole life, there...