If you graduated school prior to the year 2000, chances are, you might have taken
a home economics or home studies class…if you were a girl that is.
There’s no denying how useful it is to learn these principles of domesticity.
Nowadays, the idea of women and men looking after the home and family is more accepted.
But sadly, home economics classes are dying out, and fewer schools are
giving their children – girls and boys – the opportunity to learn the basic skills of adulthood.
I leaned back, my eyes never leaving hers. “Something I should have done a long time ago,” I replied. The Judge tore open the envelope and pulled…
The social worker nodded, her expression grave yet understanding. She knew the weight of what I was saying, the implications it held. My mind whirled, a tumult…
but he would soon learn that appearances can be deceiving. The room returned to its hollow chatter momentarily, as if they were trying to brush the incident…
My daughter-in-law pretended to cry when the doctor said I only had three days left, then she leaned into my son and whispered, “Finally. The money, the…
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I knew something was wrong the moment my body hit the ground. There was a crack—sharp, unmistakable—followed by a wave of pain so blinding I couldn’t even…