Tag: life
group name: childhoodstories
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June 16, 2006 04:47 AM EDT --
I believe every child deserves a special, never-have-to-share toy. House rule said this toy stayed out of sight when friends come around. Jessica . . . more
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September 26, 2006 03:36 PM EDT --
When I was growing up, we had a huge garden. Why not, my parents had slave labor: my younger sister and myself. Taking care of the garden was a months long project beginning in the spring and ending in . . . more
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June 12, 2006 11:43 AM EDT --
My dad died several years ago.
You didn't know him.
Then again, maybe you did.
My dad was the guy on the boardwalk wearing black socks and sandals, the guy at the checkout counter who couldn't . . . more
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April 18, 2006 08:11 AM EDT --
I found an old journal this past weekend and made the painful choice to read through it. It is almost twenty years old, and it covers most of two years with a few pages of the years after. Those were some . . . more
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July 13, 2006 02:27 PM EDT --
"So, I'll call you tomorrow after I am coherent," she says.
"Are you ever coherent?" I retort.
"Not most of ever..." She was already losing coherence, due . . . 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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May 04, 2006 10:09 AM EDT --
My favorite memories as a child were those we spent up at my grandparents cottage on the Trent Canal.
My parents would pack up our things and our little volkswagon would be totally full. My brother and . . . more
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May 08, 2006 12:57 PM EDT --
When I was about 7 years old we moved to this little two bedroom house. It was a stop-over between houses. Our family house had sold, but my parents had not been able to buy another one right away, so . . . more
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November 11, 2007 10:12 PM EST --
The most beautiful things in the world are not seen or touched. They are felt with the heart.--Helen Keller
I'm a plus-sized woman...which makes me positive, . . . more
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April 23, 2006 09:48 AM EDT --
My brother is the quiet type. That might be because he came along just over a year after I was born, and I started talking quite young. There probably weren't a whole lot of waking hours left in a . . . more
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April 19, 2006 08:44 PM EDT --
I was military when military wasn't cool. In fact, it was very not cool. I graduated from college in 1970, with a B.A. in urban geography and an acceptance to Ole Miss to their school of urban planning. . . . more
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September 13, 2006 10:13 AM EDT --
As some of you may know I have taken in a stray 17 year old. Her mom died a couple of years ago and she has drifted from her father's house to friend after friend and finally to living in her car. . . . more
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May 25, 2006 01:37 PM EDT --
The Package
As I was talking on the phone one day to my daughter Mandi, she asked me if I would be home the following Saturday (the day before Mothers day). I said of course, but why? She told . . . more
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October 29, 2006 08:29 AM EST --
"Please look, please look up,
You're not listening with your eyes"
Said the little girl.
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May 07, 2006 08:55 PM EDT --
My paternal grandfather took my grandmother to Hawaii for their 50th wedding anniversary. It was a wonderful trip, they reported, except that the commode in their hotel ran all the time. So, on the second . . . more
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August 06, 2006 12:45 PM EDT --
As I begin the downward descent on the arc that is my life, I sometimes fear that I?m going to end up like my Aunt Marion: alone, angry, and crazy as a loon.
Aunt Marion was always a little nutty, and . . . 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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July 25, 2006 09:53 PM EDT --
We are sitting on the deck of the house Dad built, most of it with his own hands. I remember "helping" to clear the land when I was about eight years old. It was a summer house until we moved . . . more
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August 27, 2006 02:49 PM EDT --
I cannot imagine life without my sister, Goddess Nancy Spivey. We have shared experiences for over fifty years... the good, the bad, the ugly (ex-husbands). We have been together through . . . more
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February 10, 2007 07:03 PM EST --
Kids go from one extreme to the other. First they want a dinner at the toilet because they love it so much. Have you ever seen a 3 year old drag a sleeping bag to the potty? It gives . . . more
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