Tag: growing
group name: childgrowup
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August 28, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
What do you remember about your childhood? (When I say childhood, I'm talking 5th grade and younger)
I distinctly remember the smell of Play-Doh. There was, and still is, nothing . . .
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November 11, 2006 12:15 PM EST --
Have a goal. Strive through blood, sweat, and tears to reach the peak of your desire. Practice for perfection and never stop trying, even if think you reach a dead end. There is always . . .
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March 18, 2007 02:21 PM EDT --
Yesterday I tackled a project that I have been putting off for quite some time. I took the bunk beds down in the bedroom which also is home to my computer and my "office". I've . . .
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April 13, 2008 11:17 AM EDT --
Do you think its right to spy or snoop through your kids privacy? I know I didnt like it when growing up I dont keep diarys anymore because of my snoopy ass mother,shed go through my purse,my letters . . .
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February 24, 2008 11:20 AM EST --
This is where a lot of detail becomes fuzzy.
Having a car allowed me the luxury of escape. And during that escape I remember smoking weed, using a fake ID to frequent the bar scene, paying the street . . .
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December 31, 2006 08:41 AM EST --
Dear father of mine,
I see it now,
the lights are growing dim.
The life you lived that made us strong
is almost faded within.
Your eyes they hold a vacant gaze,
your walk is now . . .
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December 31, 2006 07:00 AM EST --
I moved out on my own when I was nineteen. I didn't really have a choice, and I wasn't really ready, but this is what happened. My father retired from the Navy out of Hawaii and they had plans . . .
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March 01, 2007 10:30 AM EST --
That's right. My youngest grandchild Kyle is now a 13 year old. Where did all those years go?
I thought I would share something he wrote in the past year. He also likes to write poetry like . . .
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November 04, 2007 01:20 PM EST --
I read something recently that has stuck in my head. One of those great analogies that you chew on for days. I read that baby elephants are tied to a stake, so that they cannot . . .
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July 29, 2007 03:49 AM EDT --
Today my youngest son turns ONE YEAR OLD!
I'm so excited, but at the same time I'm a little sad because he really is the sweetest baby in the whole wide world and I wouldn't mind one . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:20 PM EDT --
My twelve year old daughter is growing up. She is beginning to get hips, and the hint of breasts. It is fascinating to watch her blossom into a young woman. I realize that . . .
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August 05, 2007 05:43 PM EDT --
I grew up in stereotypical suburbia in Sacramento, California. The kids played outside, rode their bikes, the parents visited each other, and we knew our neighbors. My grade . . .
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March 01, 2008 12:31 AM EST --
I followed you around from kindergarten through high school
wanting to be just like you,
the perfect girl,
the straight A girl,
not a hair out of place kind of girl,
living in a new brick . . .
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January 08, 2008 12:24 AM EST --
When I was growing up I would often walk up to my Papaw's house. My Grandparents lived out from my parents on a hill above them. Most times, as soon as I would wake up I would be off to see what . . .
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February 09, 2007 03:39 PM EST --
More about the houses I lived in growing up.
Life was very different in the 1940s and 1950s from what we have today. There were not the conveniences in the homes and while many were modern by the standards . . .
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December 21, 2007 06:09 AM EST --
What a difference a year makes...
Here are my 3 boys last Christmas
Here they are THIS Christmas
I've decided that . . .
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July 03, 2007 09:30 PM EDT --
As a kid I thought when I grow up I would have the answers to everything (still learning), have tons of money (I don't), could go to bed at 2 a.m. every day of the week (I'm usually asleep by 10 . . .
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March 14, 2007 10:36 PM EDT --
Today, the FDA issued warnings about some very bizarre behavior caused by common sleeping aids, including Ambien and Lunesta. This confirms a lot of reports of people doing strange things while on the . . .
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March 02, 2007 06:46 PM EST --
Chidlren today have many opportunities to further their writing and even to be published. I have three grandchildren who have taken advantage of programs in their schools to get into print. The poem shared . . .
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February 20, 2007 12:12 PM EST --
The yard behind our grandparent's house was quite large. There were trees to climb, a field to hide in, and Grandpa's tool shed. Grandma would always tell us not to go near Grandpa's . . .
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