Tag: children
group name: childhoodstories
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April 21, 2006 05:03 PM EDT --
Gene has a special grin that he reserves for when he is scooped up and carried some place. I call it his Prince of the World grin. Gene has Down Syndrome and Autism but he can walk. He can actually walk . . . more
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August 14, 2006 05:05 PM EDT --
I shared my childhood experience, knowing she would ignore me the same as I had shunned those who tried to warn me. Glasses and braces . . . more
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June 05, 2007 03:45 PM EDT --
It was a perfect May morning. The sky was clear and the temperature was mild. It was one of those pregnant with possibility days, the kind of day that would make S. Clay Wilson's Checkered . . . more
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May 30, 2008 05:51 PM EDT --
When we moved to Florida last year, my husband had been given a bike for free. The bike looked a bit rundown, so my husband and my son fixed it up together. The put some silver spray paint on it, and . . . more
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June 18, 2007 12:23 AM EDT --
This was written last mothers day,just sharing:
You left before we all grew up Though short the time was sweet The love you gave did fill my cup You raised me on my knees And tho you've . . . 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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August 23, 2008 02:58 PM EDT --
This morning Roshane came and asked to go to the beach, and as soon as Sky Kai heard the word beach he came running with his new turtle swim pants. It was two very disappointed boys, when I told them there . . . more
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March 30, 2007 04:11 PM EDT --
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Edited 07/09/07 to include newly joined groups in distribution.
I remember when the very first “hippies” moved into our small, northern California neighborhood. . . . 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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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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April 19, 2006 10:36 PM EDT --
When I was in high school, I did not feel very special. I did not feel popular. I did not feel significant. However, my perspective in life changed significantly when a male friend whom I admired shared . . . 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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March 29, 2007 02:43 PM EDT --
I feel terrible. I made a student cry today. That's never happened to me before. I've had students cry, but they were upset about other things and I was there to comfort them. . . . 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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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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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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September 18, 2008 04:23 PM EDT --
Sky insisted on bringing the basketball today, when we went to pick up Roshane from school. The weather was more pleasant than usual when we started out, but by the time we reached the school the sun was . . . more
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February 17, 2007 05:52 PM EST --
(I wrote this in July 2002 for a little girl in the news, Samantha Runnion. Her story broke my heart and I cried for a week. I didn't know her, but she was close to the same age as . . . more
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May 08, 2008 08:23 AM EDT --
So terrible grammatically. Why in the world is that the title?
Sometimes a desperate mother who is pressed for time will look at her son's spelling words, mind scrambling, to find . . . more
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