Tag: parents
group name: childhoodstories
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September 21, 2007 06:13 PM EDT --
A friend of mine's son was hit by a SUV and then the driver backed up and ran over him Wednesday night. He is in critical condition so the family can use everyone's thoughts and prayers. When . . . more
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April 25, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
What's hip with kids right now? What do they like doing? What's in? We're working with Gather to come up with the "What's Cool for Kids Guide" and we need your help! Tell . . . more
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May 26, 2007 08:50 PM EDT --
In response to a challenge put forth by Michelle C. to write of 10 memories of my childhood, here is my list:
1. From the time I was about 3 months old, I was . . . more
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September 29, 2007 03:13 PM EDT --
My daughter and I were driving home from lunch and she told me one of her friends was going to see a musical tomorrow night. I asked her which one and she said, "I've never heard of it - it's . . . more
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March 03, 2008 05:06 PM EST --
(Fictional story, yet based on my own experience. How easily the prejudicial hateful words of a parent can affect a young girl's self esteem)
Hannah sat on the sofa looking . . . more
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June 30, 2006 03:25 AM EDT --
Stormy and Raven woke in the wee hours of the night. They refused to go back to bed. How was a mother to scold them when they were being such nice sisters?
Raven was a little . . . more
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December 03, 2007 01:20 AM EST --
Prose by Josephine Miles (1911-1985), Titled: Belief
Mother said to call her if the ‘H’ bomb exploded
And I said I would, and it about did
When Louis my brother . . . more
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April 30, 2008 05:14 PM EDT --
I thought this article would be helpful to all the moms out there who have little ones. It's got some great information.
Is Breast-feeding Better . . . more
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April 26, 2006 02:02 AM EDT --
I have been a mother now for fifteen very long... and sometimes very stressful years. I fell in love with my first son long before he poked his head out into this world. I felt him move inside . . . more
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June 07, 2007 05:52 PM EDT --
I visit my dad once or twice a week. During each visit I miss him more. I know it’s him. Looks like him. Sounds like him. The name on his bracelet says it’s . . . more
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August 09, 2007 10:47 AM EDT --
We have a son we adopted when he was five. I intend to tell the whole story, from the beginning of our adoption journey to now, but I thought I'd share this quick snippet for now. My son simply walked . . . more
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September 16, 2006 07:31 AM EDT --
Recent discussions of teenagers and family meals reminded me of something that happened at dinner when I was a teenager. I am the younger of my parents' two daughters. My sister is seven . . . more
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June 12, 2007 09:09 PM EDT --
I've written about my mother, Ruth here, and it is only fair to give space to the sweetest man in the world, my father, Dan. He was born in 1916 in . . . more
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May 28, 2006 01:44 AM EDT --
It is a well-known and seldom spoken fact in my family that my mother does very little around the house. She claims to, yes. But she, in fact, accomplishes close to nothing.
My mother works . . . more
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June 18, 2006 02:30 PM EDT --
On Friday someone asked me if the youth of America cares about volunteer work. We were discussing volunteer work (he has many working for his non-profit Amazing Things.
He was asking my why young people . . . more
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July 23, 2007 12:07 PM EDT --
These are Christopher Birthday pictures. .
We took him out to dinner two times in a roll for his 5th Birthday.
Pictures included Grandma, Grandpa, Mom and brother Robby who is 8.
Mom is on gather as . . . more
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June 10, 2008 05:47 AM EDT --
Dead Beat Dads
Carol Roach
I know this article will be controversial and the emotions run high on both sides, however it is the topic I wish . . . more
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April 24, 2008 01:39 AM EDT --
I fail so often...
When I see the smiles,
But fail to read the eyes.
When I shake hands with so many,
But fail to feel warmth in any.
When I laugh . . . more
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June 20, 2007 08:55 AM EDT --
Mum and Daddy
They met at a USO dance when he was stationed in Boston during the war. Mum had a cast on her leg and an engagement ring on her finger. She was engaged to the man who would later marry her . . . more
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August 20, 2007 06:10 PM EDT --
In response to David L.'s challenge, Where I Am From .
I'm from desert and mountain, the great salty lake,
from brine - an edge I rarely show;
. . . more
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