Tag: family
group name: famiilyhistory
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March 15, 2006 07:56 PM EST --
This article was written in response to the Two Words Group Weekly Challenge "Night's Revenge."
I am by nature, a caretaker of books. They line our shelves, stand in what I can only hope . . . more
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June 16, 2006 04:47 AM EDT --
I believe every child deserves a special, never-have-to-share toy. House rule said this toy stayed out of sight when friends come around. Jessica . . . more
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August 14, 2006 05:05 PM EDT --
I shared my childhood experience, knowing she would ignore me the same as I had shunned those who tried to warn me. Glasses and braces . . . more
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February 06, 2006 04:58 PM EST --
Ben the Wonder Dog
We got him the year the twins turned three. Lively two were wearing us thin and they needed a wrestlin' dawg. This one was . . . more
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May 19, 2006 10:35 PM EDT --
The snapshot is of particular interest as a recording of everyday life. Because snapshots are certainly not rare, and often unidentified when found orphaned, they are the humblest of what could be . . . more
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July 20, 2006 07:55 AM EDT --
My mother passed a few years ago, but when she was with us she carried a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. The World Health Organization has termed schizophrenia as one of the top 10 most disabling . . . more
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June 17, 2006 03:16 PM EDT --
I breezed past the card aisles and stores this year without feeling the pull. My father, grandfathers, and the uncles and friends . . . more
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March 14, 2006 03:44 PM EST --
Whipping winds and pelting rain
the demons on a rampage again
They wage a losing battle you see
nothing can fell the family tree
A solid icon, brilliant . . . more
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April 14, 2006 02:27 AM EDT --
Dancing served many purposes in my life. There. I said it in past tense and I'm still breathing. It was great exercise, a stress reliever, an expression of emotions and music, always fun, and sensual . . . more
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March 17, 2006 03:13 PM EST --
The arrival of the Sisters every June was better than a circus coming to town. Maybe even it was better than riding the blue and . . . more
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August 16, 2007 03:08 PM EDT --
I was about four when Daddy let me set a place setting at our cafe. I wasn't really tall enough to reach the counter. I would stand on my tippy toes and carefully place the napkin and silver . . . more
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September 09, 2006 01:42 PM EDT --
We lived in the country all my life. It was a mile in either direction to our nearest neighbor, which was my Grandparents. I learned at an early age just how important Grandparents are to a child. Grandparents . . . more
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December 19, 2006 10:11 PM EST --
I didn’t know it at the time, but it was the last Christmas of my childhood.
My husband and I had announced just before Thanksgiving that we were expecting. That baby was the first grandchild . . . more
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May 03, 2006 10:28 PM EDT --
In the spirit of the two truths and a lie group, here goes:
1) I'm 48 and my grandfather was born in the 1860s.
2) We still have the Roadster my dad bought in 1932, and it runs great.
3) It didn't . . . more
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April 25, 2008 12:32 PM EDT --
Whipping winds and pelting rain
the demons on a rampage again
They wage a losing battle you see
nothing can fell the family tree
A solid . . . more
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April 04, 2006 12:18 AM EDT --
She was 14 when the Nazis came in the middle of the night to take her father and hang him in the street. Decades later, she saw a photo of him in a book about the occupation.
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April 14, 2006 11:43 AM EDT --
One of the perks of my job is acting as fashion consultant to some of the gentleman who live in the retirement community. I think it is great that, in their eighties, these men are concerned enough to . . . more
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June 14, 2008 09:23 PM EDT --
One of the best things about having a granddaughter who is still young enough to feel big when she stands on a chair to wash dishes is that while she feels big, she also talks big. Hannah Montana . . . more
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April 18, 2006 07:31 PM EDT --
In addition to the traditional offerings most generous, doting parents lavish on a child, mine infused a lifeline to their unrestricted generosity. They gave me the world, by allowing me to see . . . more
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April 21, 2006 01:12 PM EDT --
Aunt Helen Turns 100!
Yesterday my aunt turned 100. She's been living at the local medical care facility for almost 10 years now, and loving it! Lucid at 100, she's down there in the dining room . . . more
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