Tag: childhood
group name: childhoodstories
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April 17, 2006 11:43 PM EDT --
Mom was big into putting her hair in rollers, called setting her hair. She had a big white plastic bowl next to the radiator on the kitchen floor that held all the rollers and the corresponding pins needed . . . more
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February 13, 2008 01:20 PM EST --
For some reason, today I was remembering the first time I ever received a Valentine. I'm not talking about Valentines such as the ones we all made for our classmates in school. . . . more
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October 04, 2007 12:51 AM EDT --
Sarah lay in her bed. Eyes wide open. Listening for any little noise. Afraid of what waits for her in the unknown. Her little arms folded tight. Holding on to her favorite friend. "I need a teddy . . . more
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August 02, 2007 11:58 PM EDT --
With a twinkle and a smile,
He endeared himself to me
Asked me what I wanted
Underneath the Christmas tree.
With his snappy red suit soft,
With his kind and gentle voice
He made me feel important . . . more
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June 15, 2008 12:23 AM EDT --
My mother died when I was eight. When Daddy came to tell me, I suffered a horror I never expected: I watched a grown man cry. It was more heart-breaking and frightening to experience . . . more
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April 28, 2006 12:08 AM EDT --
I slowly creep from between warm sheets
And pull my boots upon small feet,
I think again of my warm bed,
Put on my coat, place hat on head.
I step into the frosty night,
My heart is thumping . . . more
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December 02, 2006 03:04 AM EST --
"Leaves are fallin' all around, it's time I was on my way." I'm singing along to this song, Ramble On by Led Zeppelin- from the album that Trish borrowed from her friend, . . . more
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July 29, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
Greka was my grandmother. Greka was my older cousin Sheryl's attempt to say grandmother and Eva. My grandmother called my grandfather Eddy all the time and Sheryl tried to say Eddy and it came out . . . more
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May 23, 2006 07:25 PM EDT --
This evening I was sorting through Mimi's things which I had brought home to check before sending them to the charity shop. I discovered that Mimi and I have a lot in common. We are hoarders. . . . more
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June 07, 2007 09:22 PM EDT --
I imagine it started with soft tosses to build my confidence, but what I remember is your throwing hard fastballs and nasty curves so that I'd be ready for whatever others might throw at me. . . . more
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July 26, 2006 08:41 AM EDT --
It seems like we did a lot of posing in the yard or on the front porch on Sundays. When you have three boys you have to find activities for them that require a lot of standing around so you can keep them . . . more
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July 14, 2008 12:26 PM EDT --
Author's note: My ever-observant sister reminded me this weekend that my oldest brother Alan's birthday had just passed. I had forgotten. My friend Frankie's . . . more
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September 13, 2006 05:16 PM EDT --
During the early years of my childhood I had a friend named Mina who lived three doors down. Mina's mother bought cigarettes by the carton, kept the cigarettes in her daughter's dresser, . . . more
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June 27, 2008 10:57 PM EDT --
Today seemed to be going pretty well. Kevin has been working on our romantic bedroom. I've been taking pictures because I know it's going to be a Gather worthy feat. So today seemed to be nice . . . more
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June 06, 2007 07:30 PM EDT --
When Stephen was twenty-two, he was shot in the gut after a minor fender-bender.
At the trauma center, just as the surgeon was about to operate, Stephen, groggy from anesthesia, shocked the staff by grabbing . . . more
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April 25, 2006 08:22 AM EDT --
As adults we learn that all of the days can blend together into mush if you're not careful. Remember when summer vacation would fly by as kids no matter how hard you tried to savor each day? Running . . . more
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May 07, 2006 04:50 AM EDT --
As a child I lived in a typical small Midwestern Cape Code style suburban wood house. It was a corner lot. Lace curtains and oak floors were throughout the place. Each room was a different . . . more
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August 02, 2006 10:21 PM EDT --
= Quite some years ago my wife, Marsha, and I were able to rescue our son's birthday cake in a manner that would have made George Peppard and the "A-Team" pretty darn proud.= . . . more
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August 28, 2007 10:24 AM EDT --
My brother Roger has always been lucky. That luck started from the moment of his birth on July 11, 1968. The kid just happened to weigh 7 lbs. 7 oz. So if you are a gambler and believe in lucky numbers, . . . more
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June 06, 2007 07:53 PM EDT --
My Dad and I are 30 years apart, I will be 51 this July. Sometimes I wonder about what he was thinking on the day I was born, he already had 3 daughters and now he had another..4 little girls, Charlie's . . . more
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