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- A soapbox blog where Offsprung members can take turns spouting off about a topic of their choice, including but not limited to:
- Family life perspectives (e.g., multi-racial families, military life, adoption).
- Other life perspectives (e.g., work life, hobbies, relationships).
- Personal reflections (e.g., humorous or ponderous takes on life experiences).
- Policy/political opinions (e.g., health care reform, economy, foreign policy).
- Advice and information (e.g., how to change your diet, how to go green, how to save money).
- Anything else you think this community would find interesting.
If you'd like to submit a post to appear in Use Your Words, please message The Oracle with a short description of your topic. She will respond with further details and instructions.
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"I am a Peeps virgin. I have never wanted to try one.
Speaking of virgin:
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The Oracle replied to Use Your Words's discussion 'test'"Woooowwwww...suddenly everyone's coming out of the closet about Peeps. This never would have happened on the old Offsprung!"
Bigkrygowski replied to Use Your Words's discussion 'test'"Well they may be cute for dioramas but they still suck for eating. Not as bad as Necco Wafers but a real close second. They need to take lessons from Moon Pies, now that is how you treat a marshmallow.
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"Would this change your mind about Peeps?"
Violet replied to Use Your Words's discussion 'test'"Lol! I don't like peeps either. I'm right there with you SW!"
Diggy replied to Use Your Words's discussion 'test'"Whoa! You need to calm down there, Missy (I don't mean any disrespect there, just trying to be mom-like). First, Peeps are made here in my fair Valley (Bethlehem, PA) and second, they taste so much better when they are stale. I usually open my…"
StitchyWench replied to Use Your Words's discussion 'test'"You know what I hate? Peeps. It seems nobody else on the world hates Peeps, but I totally do. Now who ruins a marshmallow? Yet somehow they always taste stale and chew like rubber and to make matters worse they are crusted with a bland coating of…"
kommishoner replied to Use Your Words's discussion 'test'""because our time and our clothes gotta coordinate"
We definitely need to plan a chat. Not that I don't love seeing the string of "hello?" "anybody?" spaced out every twenty minutes. ;)
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"Or perhaps it would loosen you up for when your MIL gets there?
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Boring User Name replied to Use Your Words's discussion 'test'"I'm ready....until my MIL gets here, that is."
"Hey, when's the last time we had one fo those? I think the chat function needs a revival."
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Use Your Words is a blog with rotating writers from among the ranks of Offsprung members. Topics may range from anything to everything, including, for example:
- Family life perspectives (e.g., multi-racial families, military life, adoption). Other life perspectives (e.g., work life, hobbies, relationships).
- Personal reflections (e.g., humorous or ponderous takes on life experiences).
- Policy/political opinions (e.g., health care reform, economy, foreign policy).
- Advice and information (e.g., how to change your diet, how to go green, how to save money).
- Anything else you think this community would find interesting.
If you'd like to submit a post to appear in Use Your Words, please message The Oracle with a short description of your topic. She will respond with further details and instructions.
- Family life perspectives (e.g., multi-racial families, military life, adoption). Other life perspectives (e.g., work life, hobbies, relationships).
- Personal reflections (e.g., humorous or ponderous takes on life experiences).
- Policy/political opinions (e.g., health care reform, economy, foreign policy).
- Advice and information (e.g., how to change your diet, how to go green, how to save money).
- Anything else you think this community would find interesting.
If you'd like to submit a post to appear in Use Your Words, please message The Oracle with a short description of your topic. She will respond with further details and instructions.
Use Your Words's Blog
How I Got Here: Early Intervention in Work and Life
Posted on September 9, 2009 at 1:30pm 13 Comments 0 Likes
by ruth
The Early Years
In 2002 -- just before his second birthday -- my younger son, Luke, was evaluated by our local early intervention (EI) agency for language delays. He’d been a quirky baby, needing constant holding, developing a degree of stranger anxiety that required us to warn people “don’t make eye contact with the baby,” and emitting the occasional high-pitched, inhuman screech.
And… Continue
The Early Years
In 2002 -- just before his second birthday -- my younger son, Luke, was evaluated by our local early intervention (EI) agency for language delays. He’d been a quirky baby, needing constant holding, developing a degree of stranger anxiety that required us to warn people “don’t make eye contact with the baby,” and emitting the occasional high-pitched, inhuman screech.
And… Continue
Man Up Already: Parenting the President through the Health Care Debate
Posted on August 19, 2009 at 11:46am 10 Comments 0 Likes
by StitchyWench
My dad has been working up in Alaska for the past six months. Last month, he came back home for a short visit. We were fortunate enough to spend several days at the family beach camping… Continue
My dad has been working up in Alaska for the past six months. Last month, he came back home for a short visit. We were fortunate enough to spend several days at the family beach camping… Continue Spanking
Posted on August 12, 2009 at 11:26pm 17 Comments 0 Likes
by Teacher Tom
Originally published here
Originally published here
Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love.I would never spank a child, not as a teacher or parent. This is a vow I made long before having a child of my own, and it’s one I’ve… Continue
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Growing Up Color Blind
Posted on August 7, 2009 at 7:30am 20 Comments 0 Likes
by WhackBarWop
What I Remember
I had my first real experience with racism just outside of Charleston, West Virginia in 1983.
My brother wanted his friend from kindergarten to come over and play after school. Phone numbers were exchanged; our mom talked to his mom. One day he rode the bus home with Justin, and they played happily together all afternoon. When his mother came to pick her… Continue
What I Remember
I had my first real experience with racism just outside of Charleston, West Virginia in 1983.
My brother wanted his friend from kindergarten to come over and play after school. Phone numbers were exchanged; our mom talked to his mom. One day he rode the bus home with Justin, and they played happily together all afternoon. When his mother came to pick her… Continue
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