Parents as Teachers
By Frances Bryce, January 14, 2021 — This story is about me being a parent educator or coach for parents. My return to Philadelphia was from a request of my best friend, who was in charge of a community center. … Continued
By Frances Bryce, January 14, 2021 — This story is about me being a parent educator or coach for parents. My return to Philadelphia was from a request of my best friend, who was in charge of a community center. … Continued
By Ann von Dehsen, January 14, 2021 — When I was in high school my friends and I loved taking the bus to go clothes shopping in New York City. I funded this somewhat expensive habit by becoming the neighborhood … Continued
By Carolyn Boston, February 25, 2020 — When I received the promotion to work for a real estate attorney in the law department at the Bell telephone company, now known as Verizon, I was thrilled to experience a new challenge … Continued
By Frances Bryce, June 18, 2020 — The COVID-19 virus has us now on Zoom instead of in a classroom with many other Best Day writers in the Senior Center. The good news is technology allows the class to continue. … Continued
By Donald Dorsey, December 18, 2020 — My daughter is going to China to get married. I don’t want her to go, but I know I can’t make her stay because she is an adult. I am afraid because of the … Continued
By Liz Briggs, January 2, 2020 — After graduating from high school, I worked at a publishing company. Basically, I just continued on there only because I was assigned there during my senior year of high school in the cooperative … Continued
By José Dominiguez, July 16, 2020 — That Saturday afternoon [in] June of 1969 I was taking a bus to Chihuahua City. I had done that trip so many times in my life that it was a routine trip as … Continued
By Kay Cole, November 29, 2017 — As the plane’s engines growled the announcement of its final descent, I peered anxiously out my tiny window at the miles and miles of orderly green stripes, interrupted only by winding ribbons of bayous … Continued
By Aparecida De Souza, October 24, 2019 — Because of many straining circumstances surrounding the birth of my younger daughter, as well as the early years of her babyhood, I used to spend hours and hours near her crib, praying … Continued
By Carla, July 11, 2019 — My job is so enjoyable. It has lots of meaning. I love taking care of people. The reward is immense when they improve and go back to their families and life. Things NEVER remain … Continued