My letter to my teen

My dearest niece, and god-daughter, Welcome to growing pains! My dad once told me at your age that family and friends would always be with us…. That he would always be there for me no matter what. I was sixteen at the time, angry, afraid and wanted out. But probably mostly, out of my skin. […]

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The fragility of adolescence

Although I’ve been through tough times as an adult, it’s nothing compared to the growing pains of adolescence. I find myself immersed now in the world of 5 teens who are going through their most fragile time. I’m not a parent, but an aunt, and try to be as actively involved in their lives as […]

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Life, an unrehearsed play

Life is an unrehearsed play where we only get one chance to get it right or at least do our best. We come unprepared with no prior script because other people’s old scripts are seldom of any use to us, especially in youth when we think we actually know it all and have yet to […]

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I’ll love you no matter what

I have 5 children. They are not really mine, I’m just their aunt, but they feel like my own children ever since they were born. I’ve already suffered their growing pains since they were little and now that they are in their teens I feel a sort of loss, every real parent must feel. But no matter […]

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