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Better Things To Do
by Mary H. | Apr 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
Back in the Spring of ‘52There was Mom waiting for youLittle did I know you left me tooYou were leaving for better things to do Then in the Spring of ‘54Our family of three now became fourBut you were leavingOut the doorBetter things just like before And on it went...![Waiting In Darkness: Discovering The True Self](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/image1-2-1080x675.jpg)
Waiting In Darkness: Discovering The True Self
by Celeste S. | Apr 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
She is impatient. She is alone. She has been counting the minutes, the hours, the decades for him to return. He never comes. No one ever comes. Yes, people have passed by and dropped in for a spell. They have idle chatter and intertwine their lives. There is...![This is for all who have been through a lot in life and survived](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/image1-4-800x675.jpg)
This is for all who have been through a lot in life and survived
by Debra L. | Apr 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
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Enough
by Gretchen W. | Apr 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
One day I woke up and said, “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”. I admitted I was powerless and my life had become unmanageable. I found safe enough people to share my story with, and by letting my truths hit the air, my true healing began. There is power in feeling heard and...![Film Review: West Side Story](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/image1-1080x675.jpg)
Film Review: West Side Story
by Christine B | Mar 15, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
I was in Junior High School in 1961, when the first film version of West Side Story was released. I recall my school chorus sang “Tonight, Tonight” for an audience of admiring families. Most of us had not been touched by first love, to say nothing of gang wars,...Submission Policy
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