Tag: mom
group name: childhoodstories
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April 17, 2006 11:43 PM EDT --
Mom was big into putting her hair in rollers, called setting her hair. She had a big white plastic bowl next to the radiator on the kitchen floor that held all the rollers and the corresponding pins needed . . . more
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May 11, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
My mother thought that Mother's Day was a fraud perpetrated by greeting card companies. When I looked up the history of the holiday I found that it started in the US in the nineteenth century . . . more
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September 05, 2007 04:05 PM EDT --
For those of you lucky enough to have known my mother, Beverly Turner Klamm, you will remember an imaginative, feisty woman with an irrepressible wit. That twinkle in her eye only hinted at the depth of . . . more
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April 11, 2007 04:07 PM EDT --
My Mom stood up for me so many times that I can't recall them all. I'm sure she also stood up for me many more times than I even know about.
Three times that particular stand . . . more
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March 27, 2007 10:11 PM EDT --
I was reading an article by Julie J., Why Are Role Models For Girls So Different Than For Boys? and I started thinking about the role models I have had in my life. I have to say that at this point . . . more
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May 13, 2006 09:42 AM EDT --
Dear Mom,
Since I was a little girl, you have always been there for me. When I was small, you bandaged scraped knees and kissed away tears. As I grew into a young woman, you gave wise words of advice . . . more
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May 13, 2007 12:16 PM EDT --
To all the moms out there, here's wishing you a Happy and Blessed Mother's Day. No matter how old your child may be, you are their guiding light. Even when it wasn't popular . . . more
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May 21, 2007 12:19 PM EDT --
I recently received a review copy of the soon-to-be-published book I’m Pregnant! Now What Do I Eat? by Harvard Medical School assistant professor Hope Riciotti, M.D and her chef husband Vincent . . . more
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June 23, 2006 09:20 PM EDT --
1. Playground tour. Make a list of area playgrounds and plan to visit a new one every other week. Bring a digital camera and snap a photo of your kids in front of the playground sign. When you get home, . . . more
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August 31, 2006 03:55 PM EDT --
This is being reposted as I had to remove it earlier when I submitted it to the Amazon Shorts Contest.
I may be 56 years old, but I still think back more than 35 years to a woman who vanished from my . . . more
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August 21, 2008 12:41 AM EDT --
My kids love visiting my parents up in Michigan, because they take the time to teach the kids different skills. Angela really wants to learn to sew, so my mother is starting to teach her. Angela's . . . more
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June 18, 2006 09:53 AM EDT --
Sunday morning. The house is clean, the child is dressed. His best artwork from the schoolyear is casually left out in the living room. The house smells like your breakfast potatoes . . . more
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August 13, 2006 09:18 PM EDT --
Okay, so we've ALL talked about the mom who says she is bored to tears by her kids. And, as I've admitted, she is not alone. There are certainly tasks that make me crazy with boredom. But let's . . . more
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January 13, 2008 04:59 AM EST --
Previously, I received the email Before I Was a Mom after a friend of mine discovered my first child has recently been born and I couldn't agree with it more... Let me know your feedback. I . . . more
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June 08, 2007 03:55 PM EDT --
My li’l one had her Kindergarten graduation today and I felt a lump in my throat as I went thru the ceremony along with her........!!! That Preschool has been a part of my life for the past . . . more
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September 10, 2007 03:55 PM EDT --
If you have Leslie P. as a connection you may already know about this. But please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers.
Less than 2 weeks ago her family made an emergency trip to . . . more
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June 14, 2007 05:01 PM EDT --
My dad just turned 72 on June 1st. I thought I would write a little bit about some of the things I remember about my dad.
I remember when I was a little . . . more
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April 17, 2006 11:46 PM EDT --
In kindergarten at Hamilton Elementary, I was a walker. I lived close enough to the school, so I had to walk to & from school. One day we were let out of school early, because we were in the middle . . . more
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May 04, 2007 04:20 PM EDT --
Can you feel her presence?
She is among us all; looking over your shoulder; laughing with you; crying with you.
She is that tiny voice you hear when you know you're doing something wrong.
She . . . more
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April 24, 2007 09:27 AM EDT --
How Mom Got Her License To Drive
My mother and father got married because WWII was starting and Dad had enlisted. Mom was only 18 and would have waited to get married but Dad was going to be leaving . . . more
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