When I was young and overweight I was often teased by my father... From time to time he'd see me walking up the stairs and he'd start to sing, "Miss Amarica!", "There she is" ect... I'd always be so embarrassed by that. I wished he didn't look at me that way! I certainly didn't see myself as attractive and was ignored by most guys and I knew what he meant. He excentuated that! "You'll be a spinster!", "You'll be an old made!". "A face only a mother...

janine

Having 2 brothers that were deaf was very hard on me emotionally. The boys would leave for school monday mornin' and not return till friday afternoon. The weekends were spent with Mom dedicating most if not all of her time to them. washing clothes, packing clothes, spending time, card games,. It was hard to communicate, Since my father fealt it was not a good thing to learn sign language because it was not going to be any easier for them in the "real world". What he didn't know is......

janine

After dark, sometimes my sister would send me out for ice cream. The idea was that, I was the quiet one, the one my parents would never suspect, I would sneak out. I often would go outside and pet my cat or just sit and look at the sky to find my particular star pattern. My oldest sister would take advantage of this and on pretence of star gazing and cat petting I would sit on the front step for a moment and then crawl off the step. Run as fast as I could to the local Dairy Queen and get the...

janine

He was a proud man and also had violent outbreaks of rage, Now known as bypolar disorder or Manic Depression (never officially diagnossed). His mood swings caused all of us to be on edge and we dreaded meal time (between 6:00-7:30). I remember sitting at the table, food ready waiting for him to walk in the door because no-one could eat till after prayer and he had to be sitting at the head of the table. We never knew who would be the brunt of his rage night after night. Alot of the times it...

janine