16-03-17 It was no unfit messenger of death, who had disturbed the quiet of the matron's room. Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than t...
16-03-03 A mother and son were washing dishes while the father and daughter were watching TV in the den. Suddenly, there was a crash of breaking dishes, then complete silence. The girl looked at her father and said: It was Mom. How do you know it? She didn't...
16-03-03 Our four-year-old son speaks English and German, and he has picked up some Cantonese since living in Hong Kong. One day I was getting ready to take him to a rugby game. His mother, not being a rugby fan, planned a quiet afternoon at home. Our son, h...
16-02-23 Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) involves skin-to-skin contact between the baby's front and the mother's chest. This contact has improved the survival rate of premature babies. KMC has been widely used in the US, Japan and Europe, yet in China premature i...
16-01-27 My family has a house in Marine City, less than two miles from where the Morrow Road Haunting have been stated to happen. My parents grew up riding their horses up and down that road, and many others. Recently, my mother and I took a ride to the are...
16-01-16 A mother kangaroo has been captured reaching out to cuddle her joey one last time before she died. 袋鼠妈妈临死之前伸出手,试图最后一次去拥抱自己那年幼的小袋鼠。 The photographer, Evan Switzer, captured the moment on a bushland property in River Hea...
16-01-13 Can I see my baby? the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born...
16-01-13 Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you? It is truly a lifetime, I know. But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterday that I first saw you, in that small caf in Hanover Square. From the moment I saw you smile, as...
16-01-08 Mom-shaming refers to the public reproach of a mother for actions or opinions that are perceived to be inappropriate or harmful to her children. 妈咪耻辱是指公众对某位母亲横加指责,认为其行为或观点不起当或对孩子有害。 这个词也可以写成mom shaming或mo...
16-01-07 1. My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION... Just wait until your father gets home. 2. My Mother taught me about RECEIVING.... You are going to get it when we get home! 3. My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE... What were you thinking? Answer me...