Tag: relationships
group name: childhoodstories
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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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July 25, 2006 09:53 PM EDT --
We are sitting on the deck of the house Dad built, most of it with his own hands. I remember "helping" to clear the land when I was about eight years old. It was a summer house until we moved . . . 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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June 18, 2006 04:22 PM EDT --
Thursday, July 28, 2005 – 9:40am
Dear Dad,
Hope this letter finds you on this the sixty-third anniversary of your birth. I miss you so much.
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May 15, 2006 05:03 AM EDT --
When I was four, we went to Sears. You wore seamed stockings, a black dress and a hat with a veil.
All I ever wanted was to try on dresses.
When I was six, I went to kindergarten.
All I ever wanted . . . 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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April 30, 2006 04:54 AM EDT --
Carol suggested that I post this here. It took me a while to figure out how to do it. Thanks for the heads up Carol. : )
My daughter and I have a weakness for Broadway. I love everything about . . . more
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May 01, 2006 09:42 PM EDT --
My brother and I are barely more than a year apart, with a much older sister and a much younger brother. We were raised as twins for the most part. We had matching clothes, we got our trikes the same year . . . more
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June 02, 2006 12:34 PM EDT --
11. Our household consisted of my grandmother, grandfather, their two sons, their two nieces and the son and daughter of one of those nieces.
12. Every one of them had their ideal of . . . more
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November 04, 2006 02:29 AM EST --
"You know that you can't marry your cousin. It is just not allowed," my momma said, sternly.
"Why not?"
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"No more questions, I'm driving. . . . more
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November 28, 2006 04:14 PM EST --
I suspended my loathing of ruffles and frills long enough to let Mom explain the saccharine blouses.
"We were Christmas shopping." She spread the hideous garments on the bed, forcing me to look . . . more
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September 25, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig is a
coming-of-age story about a 13-year old boy, Paul,
who is living in Montana in the early 1890's. When
Paul's mother dies leaving . . . more
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June 27, 2006 08:00 PM EDT --
Namaste...
As the excitement of the World Cup is escalating, a very fond memory of my Dear Dad came to mind recently..
My father's from Honduras and like most countries, soccer (or 'Futbol') . . . more
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September 08, 2006 10:21 AM EDT --
It was a different time. Innocence prevailed. Days were spent outside as we would lose ourselves in our games of pretend. We would be detectives solving the mystery of the day, or we . . . more
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April 17, 2006 08:25 PM EDT --
My mother didn't like females of any age. She gave away my older sisters before I was born, and would have given me away, too, but I had a different father, one who loved me and would not give me up . . . more
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June 06, 2006 08:56 AM EDT --
Parental pride was evident in every word spoken of his twenty month daughter.
"Yes" the listener agreed patiently and not without a little sarcasm "she's obviously very bright. Isn't . . . more
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September 17, 2006 11:30 PM EDT --
This Gather thing would have driven me crazy when I was 14.
I grew up in a town of 700 people that shut down in the winter. There were people there, but the deep snow increased . . . more
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April 18, 2006 10:35 AM EDT --
When I was 10 years old my mom moved us to the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, to an avenue named Wayne. My first day there a vertically challenged 13 year old with the worst perm I have ever seen, said . . . more
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June 18, 2006 09:27 AM EDT --
I imagine it started with soft tosses to build my confidence, but what I remember is your throwing hard fastballs and nasty curves so that I'd be ready for whatever others might throw at me. . . . more
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