Tag: pets
group name: childhoodstories
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June 28, 2007 04:49 PM EDT --
Our youngest daughter wanted a puppy for Christmas one year about twenty years ago. We finally agreed to let her have a puppy and we began the task of searching for the perfect puppy. . . . more
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September 01, 2006 06:27 AM EDT --
There were seven of us boys growing up and over the years we had quite a few pets. Our favorites were probably that old orange stripped tabby cat named Plus and a Weimeraner-lab mix dog named Minus.
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November 09, 2006 11:41 AM EST --
I read a post on a blog this morning discussing how children handle the death of a pet. It put me in mind of my own early life experience with a beloved pet, and the loss of that pet. (I told part . . . 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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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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February 27, 2007 12:49 AM EST --
This child is not distraught because it is 39 degrees outside and she has no clothes. Nor is she concerned . . . more
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July 17, 2006 11:38 AM EDT --
And then there was the time that my Mom and brother Peter went to the store for a roasting pan. They selected the biggest, deepest one they could find. The store was crowded, it being close to Thanksgiving . . . more
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May 06, 2007 12:27 AM EDT --
My daughter works in the office of a gated condo community in the winter and in the summer she is head life guard of the pool there. This evening she came home from work and told me that her boss went . . . more
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March 08, 2007 09:28 PM EST --
Last year I wrote about how Kira saved my life 10 years ago when we lived in Chicago. Basically she turned into a devil dog and placed herself between me and a gang member with a gun in my . . . more
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October 12, 2006 06:09 PM EDT --
My Mom as you might know by now was Manic Depressive, known as bi polar nowadays. We had a very eventful childhood growing up with her and her mood swings. Some horrific, some quite funny, some just . . . more
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October 01, 2006 07:58 PM EDT --
I can remember the excitement that I had built up inside myself for the past week. I was going to take and ride my horse in our first . . . more
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March 31, 2008 07:53 PM EST --
My daughter (age 10) was on the back porch with the dog yesterday. I went to check on her and she told me that Choodle was "hugging "her. (he was humping her arm). I told her not to let . . . more
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October 15, 2006 03:35 PM EDT --
I do WIldlife Rscue so my children are all involved with rescue and rehab.
When my son was wokring a summer job at a car detailing store I received a phone call from him. They had a bay door open and . . . more
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June 09, 2008 05:13 PM EDT --
I was sent this web site by a cop friend of mine. I checked into it and it is legit. Their sponsors pay out 6 cents for every click of the purple button on the home page, toward food for homeless . . . more
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December 21, 2007 05:07 PM EST --
As someone who loves animals, I welcomed our kids' adorable, soft, furry yellow Labrador puppy as I would another child. She enjoyed her fluffy plaid bed in the kitchen and her denim outdoor bed . . . more
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August 26, 2006 12:54 AM EDT --
Fiction / ages 3 and up
Sam and Buddy - Call Them and They Come
A year ago, when I was six, my Mom gave me a Siamese kitten on my birthday, so I named it Davy Crockett. But my sister . . . more
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October 17, 2006 06:07 PM EDT --
My Grandfather had an office on 93rd St in Manhattan decades ago. He practiced medicine there. He and my Grandmother were both physicians but my Grandmother gave up her practice to stayed home and . . . more
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October 13, 2007 04:53 PM EDT --
I ended up getting a late start to the day. I got up at 11:30 (combination of exhaustion and the fact that I have been sick the last few days). So I turned on the TV for a few and found myself in the middle . . . more
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October 22, 2007 09:04 PM EDT --
Here's a funny video for all you cat people: Wake up call
You'll never sleep with your eyes closed again.
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September 18, 2006 12:48 PM EDT --
I use gratitude when I am feeling down, sad, lonely or any number of negative thoughts. It really helps because by the end you start to smile at the answers you have put down.
If you . . . more
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