Tag: random
group name: childhoodstories
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June 11, 2006 12:16 AM EDT --
My granddaughters, ages three and four, spot and pluck insects and worms from the grass with the precision of a starving-bird. . . . 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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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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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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January 14, 2007 08:33 AM EST --
We are living in a new world, so they tell me.
When people are walking around talking to themselves, waving their hands wildly, discussing their personal business on public transportation, on the streets, . . . 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 04, 2006 05:51 PM EDT --
OK, I guess I will join this foray of "interesting things about me." I think it's a great way to get to know each other on Gather.
I married a wonderful gentleman and I love my husband; . . . more
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May 13, 2006 05:57 PM EDT --
Being a believer in the cosmic balance of the universe, I have come to the conclusion that someday, somewhere on this planet, there will be... a Museum of Embarrassing Purchases. I hope someday to be regaled . . . more
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July 10, 2006 10:45 PM EDT --
time flies. i cannot believe lillie's 4 now. we celebrated her birthday last week, while we were at the cottage. what a glorious day for her! it was perfect - swimming, playing, digging in the . . . more
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May 17, 2006 10:54 AM EDT --
I copied this from a forward because I couldn't believe how many of these I could relate to! How about you ladies?
I added a few at the end
If YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70'S ... . . . more
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June 20, 2006 03:38 AM EDT --
Father's Day is not one of my favorite holidays. I adore my husband and am endlessly grateful for his love and kindness. He is a good father. He is a good teacher for his children. He gives . . . more
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October 09, 2006 09:59 PM EDT --
My mother likes to tell a story about a disagreement she had with me when I was at that difficult age between two and three. Unlike many children, I was never a thrower of tantrums, but I . . . more
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April 27, 2006 05:05 PM EDT --
Martha Jette wrote an article about being a grandmother and it got me to thinking about my daughter Beth who is 17. Can I imagine her having a child right now? When I was her age she was already 5 months . . . more
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November 16, 2006 12:33 PM EST --
I was eight years old in 1963 when the Beatles hit it big.
I remember my sister and her friend running into the house saying "Turn on the radio, you've got to hear this new song." . . . more
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October 20, 2006 08:20 AM EDT --
Just read on gather that someone reached their 10,000th connection... I have less than 300... I don't remember if it is 250 or 280... How many do you have?? Is it best to have more connections?? . . . 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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March 03, 2007 12:38 AM EST --
Our daughter is now 18 and had dated the same boy for 2 years. About 6 months ago they broke up and she is now getting back into dating. This evening she informed her father and I that she was going to . . . more
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