Stay-at-home dad

three days. In the afternoon, I took a small glance out the window. I noticed it was now nice enough for the walk my dad, and I planned to take Sophia out. Since I still had around 3 hours left before he arrived home, I had decided to watch Criminal Minds and Blue Bloods. Both of those series episode’s had ironically spoken about gang crimes, thefts, abductions, and murders. Once my dad had arrived, I turned off the TV, put on my black sneakers, a blue jacket, and got Sophia into her matching…

and younger while they were at home. The term “stay at home mom” was common in many cultures, rarely was a father the stay at home figure. According to the article “Family Flexibility in Response to Economic Conditions: Fathers’ Involvement in Child-Care Tasks” by Brian Knop and Karin L. Brewster in Journal of Marriage and Family, in 2006-2010 of the Great Recession family dynamics changed. Men were losing their jobs and women were the main income providers for the home, “Men’s and women’s…

struggles with his family life and life at home. He doesn’t seem to get along very well with either parent. “Those years are not remembered as the happiest ones of an unhappy childhood”(Fugard,24) Hally was unhappy in his childhood, and as we notice towards the end, seems to still be unhappy as a teenager. “ All right, Mom! I was just trying to… I’m sorry…. I said I’m sorry….”(Fugard, 33) His relationship with his mom, although better than with his dad, is still rocky. He seems to act like he’s…

It was complete. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing with my own ears. Someone had come into our living room and murdered my mother when I was 7 years old. My dad had planned a romantic dinner for the two of them, since it was their 15th anniversary; Valentine’s Day of 1993. Consequently, when he found out what had happened, he was an awful mess. He avoided work, he started drinking again, and he swore to me that he will find the monster that killed my mum, but the killer also stated that he…

The story is written in Kenny Watson’s point of view. At the beginning, he introduces the rest of the Watson family huddled on the couch to keep warm. Kenny and his little sister, Joey, in the middle, Momma and Dad beside them, and his older brother Byron sitting separately like most teenagers. Byron is always getting into trouble. Momma, being from Birmingham, Alabama, always threatened to send him to his Grandmother’s down south. One day, Byron crossed the line by playing with fire in the…

kiss until Melody's mother entered the living room. "Hey, Sarah," Mrs. Song said. "Why are you crying?" "Her parents kicked her out because they found out she's gay," Melody said. "How did they find out?" "Facebook." "Oh. Well, Sarah. You can stay with us as long as you can." "Thank you." Sarah wiped the tears from her eyes. "Things are looking up for me already," Sarah said. I have people in my life accept me for who I am. I'm going to graduate high school. So, I don't need my parents.…

23-30, 2015. The trip will take 5 hours on the plane. We stayed at a hotel right next to LAX so when we wake up we are calling a taxi and driving to LAX. The best part of going was I was with my family my Aunt Ciara, her boyfriend Michael, my dad, my mom, and my nana and her husband. We are on our way to Hawaii I was scared because that was my first plane ride over the ocean. When we got there it was so nice. We went to a limo to our hotel, our hotel was Pacific beach hotel . Our…

spring of 2015 was a spring that I will never forget. My dad had been sick with what we thought was just an average cold that just would not go away. After several tests, the doctors knew something was very wrong with his blood. On April 7, 2015, my dad was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia after having a bone marrow biopsy just days before. When he got his diagnosis, my mom was in the middle of getting her master’s degree. With my dad being sick and in the hospital most of the time…

Electric Cooperatives: Going Beyond the Wires One day in July, a girl named Alexis and her dad were reading a story before bedtime as the lights start flickering. “Daddy, why are the lights doing that?” she said terrified holding onto her dad’s arm. “Don’t worry sweetheart, that happens a lot because of the electric company. I am calling a new company tomorrow to get it fixed.” He walks out of the room after giving his…

but he is then affected by mental illness which leads him to death. Catherine, his daughter seems to have inherited her father’s brilliance as well as his instability. There is a strong bond between these two as she quitted school to take care of her dad. The movie brings attention not only the relationship between father and daughter but the sibling status between Catherine and Claire, as well as a connection between lovers. So many things circle around the movie starting from life to death,…