Tag: teens
group name: childhoodstories
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October 09, 2007 11:26 PM EDT --
"Mom, did you iron my dress for the party?" Megan screamed from inside the bathroom.
"It's right there on your bed", Mom's shrill voice echoed through the living room. . . . more
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June 14, 2007 07:15 PM EDT --
Gramma Helen’s Chocolate Drop Cookies
cream together:
1/2 Cup shortening, margarine or butter
1 Cup brown sugar
add:
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
in a separate bowl sift together:
1 3/4 Cup flour . . . 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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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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June 14, 2007 06:52 PM EDT --
My Gramma L. was one of my biggest fans when I was a teenager. She also taught me some of life's greatest lessons. I'll never forget her disappointed look as she told me, "You won't . . . more
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June 18, 2006 02:30 PM EDT --
On Friday someone asked me if the youth of America cares about volunteer work. We were discussing volunteer work (he has many working for his non-profit Amazing Things.
He was asking my why young people . . . more
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August 07, 2007 09:26 PM EDT --
Yesterday, I read the second book in a series by a teenager. According to the backcover bio, she began writing the first book in the series at 13, and she's sixteen now. The book isn't awful. In . . . more
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May 30, 2007 09:14 AM EDT --
Recently, some retailers prohibited children under the age of 18 from purchasing over-the-counter cough medicines that contain dextromethorphan.
While these efforts represent a commitment to address the . . . 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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April 19, 2006 11:58 PM EDT --
In a rush of love
In a dream you came to me
Many years ago.
I watch you sleeping
Marveling at your beauty
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April 28, 2006 10:34 PM EDT --
I have been nostalgic for the past few months...thinking about old friends, old boyfriends, Chicago the city I grew up in. I don't want to call it a mid-life crisis (I'm not that old!)
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May 21, 2007 02:56 PM EDT --
You've heard it time and time again. The first step towards ending any type of abuse is recognizing that there is problem. If you believe that your child, or a teenager that you know, is abusing cough . . . more
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June 06, 2007 01:15 PM EDT --
Last week I was interviewed by the local NBC television station KXAN-TV to discuss cough medicine abuse and the Five Moms Campaign and why it is so important for parents to safeguard their medicine. I . . . more
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April 28, 2006 03:42 PM EDT --
I can't see your face.. so long ago, yet yesterday. If I close my eyes I can smell you… feel your hands on me rough, young, inexperienced, but willing to learn along with me. Just me and you . . . more
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August 27, 2006 05:27 PM EDT --
I'm glad that I can look back to a few good memories of summer, and remember those times when I'm not able to get away anywhere. This summer has actually been a rather stressful one, what with . . . more
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February 04, 2006 06:25 AM EST --
If you haven't read, "Don't Call Me Toe Head," then go read that story first. You will not get the full satisfaction of this story unless you read these in order.
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May 08, 2007 09:21 AM EDT --
As a nurse practitioner in a high school, I deal with injuries and sickness every day. But sprains and headaches are much easier for parents to deal with than drug abuse. It's especially difficult . . . more
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October 10, 2007 03:27 PM EDT --
Here is the outside of my house... I did not go over board with the outside decor this year because my daughter had major surgery on october 1st. So we only put up as much as we could do in one day.
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July 08, 2007 04:04 PM EDT --
On April 19th 2007 my 18 year old daughter got her first does of the vaccine Gardasil for the prevention of HPV/cervical cancer. She immediately felt feverish and developed a sore throat. This was mild . . . more
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May 10, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
Last night I took my daughter driving for the first time with her permit. Her dad and I let her drive a little around the neighborhood, but never out on the "real" roads. We went out at 10:30 . . . more
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