Tag: life
group name: famiilyhistory
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March 14, 2006 03:51 PM EST --
There at the edge of nothing
someone waits for me.
His essence fills the air
enabling me to breathe.
I draw the life he exhaled
so very long ago,
pull it deep inside
to energize my soul.
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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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April 20, 2006 08:21 PM EDT --
(edited version after receiving permission to use her real name)
Dazed preoccupation, glowing skin, picture in hand to remind her he wasn't a dream, giggles and visible jitters. She showed all . . . more
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August 07, 2006 11:21 AM EDT --
I teased him about his English but the truth is I adored his accent. I found his little mix-ups charming, and couldn't resist a man . . . 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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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 06, 2006 07:26 AM EDT --
Do you remember my article of March 28, "In Shame They Live, - polygamous cults, the FLDS, child rape, incest, infanticide, domestic violence"?
Well, here is a follow-up: photos taken of a 1,371 . . . 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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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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May 06, 2006 06:28 PM EDT --
Joseph Smith, Jr. was born in 1805 in Sharon, Vermont, now Royalton, off Route 89, in a family of 10 children. His family was extremely poor, even by the rough standards of the time. His family . . . more
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May 11, 2006 03:39 PM EDT --
Paths That Cross
Growth is obvious in flower beds
And buds of bush and trees.
Spring, with life just beginning
All over the land.
A beautiful spirit sleeps silently
A flower in a nursing home bed.
Spring, . . . more
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May 12, 2006 01:31 AM EDT --
By all accounts, Joseph Smith was charismatic. He was an uncommonly handsome man, six feet tall with dark hair and blue eyes. He charmed the ladies and he was a public speaker without equal: he possessed . . . more
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April 13, 2006 06:40 AM EDT --
Anna Mae Langford Leigh was my maternal grandmother. She was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, on February 15, 1903, in a polygamous Mormon colony. Her father had two wives.
Not such a big deal, considering some . . . more
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May 12, 2006 07:54 PM EDT --
The mothers sit on the other side of the screen, their faces hidden. They tell the talk show host what they do to babies born with serious imperfections:
"We smother them, quietly and gently, but . . . more
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April 28, 2006 12:08 AM EDT --
I slowly creep from between warm sheets
And pull my boots upon small feet,
I think again of my warm bed,
Put on my coat, place hat on head.
I step into the frosty night,
My heart is thumping . . . more
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April 30, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
I feel like my life has been lived in cycles of binging and purging. Right now, I am purging. Old family photos, to be exact. I am the repository of photos once in the possession of both of my grandmothers, . . . more
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December 27, 2005 07:55 PM EST --
I grew up in a town of about 600 people. My dad wrote at least 30 and maybe as many as 80 or 100 letters to the editor. He told me that a long time back the editor of the paper . . . more
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May 07, 2006 11:20 PM EDT --
Silence for those who gave their lives
At sea, during the Battle of the Atlantic.
As we gave honor to those seamen,
The call of seagulls filled the air -
No, we weren't near the ocean,
These . . . more
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December 15, 2006 02:29 PM EST --
Our quarrel began the night before I was born and ended the morning she died unless, as I suspect, her spirit lingers to resent the funeral. A rational person would assume that if she knows about . . . more
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July 02, 2006 11:01 PM EDT --
Hi, my name is Pearl Hart. I was born in Lindsay, Ontario, in 1817. My parents, who were middle class, sent me to finishing school when I was very young. Back then I was known as Pearl Taylor.
At the . . . more
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