Tag: children
group name: slicesoflife
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April 06, 2008 05:25 PM EDT --
When I was eight years old, I was still wetting the bed. It was an embarrassing problem and my parents got tired of getting up in the middle of the night to change my bedding and my pajamas. They put . . . more
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January 04, 2007 01:05 AM EST --
Last night I had the pleasure of observing a three-year-old child in its natural habitat, and I was interested to see her exhibit two behaviors I wish more people carried into adulthood:
1) Unaffected . . . more
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January 16, 2007 08:13 PM EST --
My son, 12, invited six friends to attend his birthday party. I made the invitations, hand-wrote Who, What, When, Where, Why, Pizza and Cake! I added careful script, respondez, s'il vous plait, our . . . more
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September 06, 2006 02:46 PM EDT --
My favorite skirt ripped last night as my son, 11, helped me take the clothes off the twisted rope hanging across my backyard. It caught on the rough tin edge of the garden shed as I swung it from line . . . more
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December 26, 2006 12:22 AM EST --
We celebrate Christmas Eve - a tradition that started out of emotional necessity when I was divorced and the children had to go to their Dad's on Christmas morning. After a depressing and disasterous . . . more
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June 15, 2006 10:35 PM EDT --
On June 28th, my grandsons will attend their last day of school for this year. Two months loom ahead when, after the first week or two, they will be bored out of their minds.
Since I care for my grandsons . . . more
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May 11, 2006 05:41 PM EDT --
North Alabama Weather Report, Physical Therapy, and People Watching
This morning in North Alabama I awoke to the brilliant sunshine penetrating through my grimy windows. It broke into multiple beams . . . more
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December 22, 2006 05:35 AM EST --
I was finally on the delivery table. Relief was in sight. This would be my third son. I had a sono-gram the day before, the doctor had said ,'Its another boy, i see his plumbing'. . . . more
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October 09, 2006 09:59 PM EDT --
My mother likes to tell a story about a disagreement she had with me when I was at that difficult age between two and three. Unlike many children, I was never a thrower of tantrums, but I . . . more
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January 08, 2007 02:49 PM EST --
My parents divorced when I was 11 years old.
I should have known something was up when one of my birthday presents was Judy Blume's book, It's Not the End of the World . That and . . . more
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July 14, 2008 07:27 PM EDT --
A Father, a really good, guiding, loving Dad is probably THE most important element in the growth of a young woman. That relationship affects a girl's self esteem and all future relationships . . . more
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August 05, 2006 05:52 PM EDT --
We live in a neighbourhood with lots of children. The other day as I was coming home from work we drove down one of the side crescents and I noticed a group of children playing in one of the yards. . . . more
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September 08, 2006 06:15 PM EDT --
In honor of Star Trek's 40th Birthday, I want to post a little story of something that happened at my youngest son's school last year:
Hey, Klingons have feelings, too!
I got a call from the . . . more
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July 10, 2006 10:45 PM EDT --
time flies. i cannot believe lillie's 4 now. we celebrated her birthday last week, while we were at the cottage. what a glorious day for her! it was perfect - swimming, playing, digging in the . . . more
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June 19, 2006 10:37 PM EDT --
For months Sean declined invitations from friends. He chose the places he went very carefully. He spent almost nothing. He loved spending time with his friends, but he couldn't do . . . more
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August 04, 2006 08:05 AM EDT --
I had serious Avon Apathy this late summer. Sure, I knocked on doors, left satin smooth brochures and samples of beauty promise on beach cottage porches, under doormats, stuffed behind screen doors, balanced . . . more
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October 11, 2006 11:57 PM EDT --
Every October 12, as the Blue Angels fly over the city, I remember the day you came into the world. People would have paid money for our spectacular view that day. We were at University of California San . . . more
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December 25, 2006 02:02 PM EST --
Today Mr.Random's blog (http://www.randomname.blogsource.com, though you can also find him here, with different material, at http://www.randomname.gather.com) contains a post that mentions, . . . more
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March 09, 2007 08:23 PM EST --
This just in : There is no baby at a baby shower. Nor is there a shower. I know. I just went to one. Yes, a man at a most secret feminine ritual. I think I was invited because . . . more
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September 23, 2006 08:50 PM EDT --
Today I showed houses for several hours to the parents of beloved past clients; the parents are planning to move up from California. I picked the parents up at the home of the clients, . . . more
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