Tag: life
group name: childgrowup
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February 06, 2007 10:34 AM EST --
The cellar door was in the house, the kitchen to be exact. I was always afraid of it, as was my Mom. Dad would go down there off and on, usually drunk, as the stairs were rotted and steep. He'd fallen . . .
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November 20, 2006 03:40 PM EST --
an open letter to my sons
(I will give this to them on Thanksgiving and read it with them if you have any suggestions on improving the wording please share them with me!!)
Dear Matthew and Andrew,
Today . . .
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January 04, 2007 10:35 AM EST --
My ex husband is in love with a man just barely 21, which is about 20 years younger than him. They live together. I have suspected that he was gay for a long time, but he has never . . .
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November 16, 2006 10:26 PM EST --
She was livid when she found out I was no longer home she told them to keep me and hung up on them. They made several attempts to get her back on the line and even went to my house to talk to her. She . . .
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October 18, 2006 03:06 PM EDT --
Every summer a man leading a pony would come to our neighborhood to give pony rides and snap photographs for a modest fee. Such joy!
Here you see effort number two for me, summer 1958, age nine. . . .
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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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January 13, 2007 06:18 PM EST --
It was the summer of my daughter's fifth year at school. She attended a small country school with only one class per grade, so the children had been growing up together all through elementary school. . . .
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May 24, 2008 02:28 PM EDT --
Yesterday was the big day. My 16 year old son decided to get his hair cut for the first time in 2 years. Let me say that he had the prettiest long hair that would just fall in . . .
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August 11, 2007 06:59 AM EDT --
I'm in the bedroom looking for my favorite shirt, the one with all of the buttons. As I'm scavenging through the . . .
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December 04, 2006 10:03 AM EST --
Oh come closer children and soon you will know
the daylightin' rumbles of Rev'em Up Jo
she motored about taking all of her fun
while scattering cats sending dogs on the run.
A meanstreak . . .
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December 11, 2006 08:34 AM EST --
December 27, 2002, a bouncing baby boy arrived in my life. Since then, I developed the birthday grudge. Before he was 2 years old, he was invited to 3 birthday parties for playmates. . . .
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July 13, 2007 12:59 PM EDT --
I have not discussed this much on Gather, but my 17 year old son has been away in treatment. We have had many ups and downs and bumps along the way. He does not have drug or alcohol . . .
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November 16, 2006 10:24 PM EST --
One night when I was eleven I was put into a foster home because she was drunk driving and I happened to be with her and they took her to jail. I met a girl who told me she was sneaking out to a friend's . . .
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November 11, 2006 12:40 AM EST --
I've always had a memory, from when I was a little girl. My mother had made potato candy. For years, I've tried to get her to make it again, and teach me how to do it. Well, tonight, she finally, . . .
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November 09, 2008 06:00 AM EST --
Typhoon-like winds swirling and whirling all around, the roars of thunder pounding inside my twelve year-old head. The piercing spears of blue - jagged and frightening - striking near the periphery of . . .
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April 25, 2007 12:29 AM EDT --
My mom gave me my life the first time when she birthed me, just like every other mom. But she gave me my life the second time when I was 14 years old.
I was suffering from a sudden illness, but being . . .
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March 04, 2007 02:07 AM EST --
When asked what family means, most people conjure up an image of an ideal family. A mother and father in a loving relationship, where they respect one another. Born out of love are . . .
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December 14, 2006 03:45 AM EST --
Mom is tossing about the salad, blending together a few leaves of lettuce and a couple of slices of leftover tomato. Thrown in for color a few shavings of carrot. Since there isn’t enough to . . .
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December 17, 2006 02:51 PM EST --
So, I'm getting my niece this cool one-story Barbie house. It's a little more realistic than the ones I had. It comes with a washer and dryer. (My other niece was into Bratz. All their stuff came . . .
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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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