Tag: family
group name: writingforme
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October 13, 2008 06:36 AM EDT --
TODAY IS CANADA 'S THANKSGIVING
It looks like another fine day coming up. I have walked the dog, checked the computer for Robert's mail and am . . . more
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February 17, 2008 10:20 PM EST --
Her name was Helen IcaFaye (pronounced Ice-uh ). No one I ever knew called her Helen. Everyone I ever knew dropped the Ica....and called her Faye. I dropped it all, and called her Mama.
For the first . . . more
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May 18, 2008 10:50 PM EDT --
The following is A partial set of lyrics to my inspirational/patriotic . . . more
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May 02, 2008 04:35 PM EDT --
I had a dream.
You were barefoot,
Dancing with my Mom
In the kitchen.
In a red plaid shirt
And baggy jeans.
You smelled like pine trees
And soap
And air.
. . . more
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June 24, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
Your Mom makes you scrambled eggs
And toast with strawberry jam,
And feeds it to you in little bites,
While she tells you how high the tomato plants are,
And . . . more
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August 04, 2008 06:04 PM EDT --
In the inner city of Chicago ther is an assemly of drug addicts surrounding the neighborhoods. Every year for the past decade the number of addicts increased;as well as the number of drug related deaths. . . . more
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January 29, 2008 09:26 PM EST --
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
- Robert Frost . . . more
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January 20, 2008 10:27 PM EST --
The trunk is marked with block letters, A. H. W . My sister and I try to pull it from under the eaves. It grabs at the rough board floor as we tug, as though it resists the interruption . . . more
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February 01, 2008 09:45 PM EST --
So I'm late-again! But I walk to school! I'm six! I have to wait for my brothers and sisters. They lollygag-they take their blasted time getting ready . . . more
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June 01, 2008 07:37 PM EDT --
My son is home.
And I am over that moon that people talk about. Because now I can call him and he will come galloping down the stairs and I can hug him and smell his hair for just that . . . more
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June 24, 2008 02:08 PM EDT --
Pam's voice sounds far away and thin, like she can't quite get the breath to form the words.
"There's no easy way to say this. It's Kenny. He has cancer. . . . more
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December 15, 2007 03:26 PM EST --
Putting up the tree this year brings me back to when we first met.
That first year, when we put up our tree we were as innocent as sugar plum fairies as . . . more
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January 01, 2008 04:12 PM EST --
How do I slip out of my
ordinary existence into the
electric
sensual-ness
of your hand
it's so warm and
mine fits so snuggly against
it
I close my eyes
to imagine
my heart feels swollen . . . more
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February 10, 2008 02:13 PM EST --
"Oh? You wrote a story about Harvey?" My Dad feels the tug of his past and he is pulled right in. His memories start to swirl. "Oh...I've got lot of stories about him!"
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March 08, 2008 09:42 PM EST --
I wished I was still in the Parc de St. Cloud, wandering around, alone - no one crowding me, just me, enjoying the quiet of the birds and the chatter of old ladies. I had no idea what they were saying, . . . more
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June 01, 2008 07:51 PM EDT --
Every week day, around 3 o'clock or so, the big yellow school bus spit us all out at our stop on Depot Road. As the bus chugged away, we'd wave at our friends and stick our tongues out at our . . . more
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June 06, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
The US Constitution gives Americans free speech.
Does that imply that we can freely exercise the power of dissent?
Yes, in some cases it does -- in other cases, maybe not.
Try going to a presidential . . . more
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January 17, 2008 01:02 PM EST --
I have a best selling children's book at www.booklocker.com . It's number 8 at the moment on their Top Ten, WAITING TO SEE THE PRINCIPAL AND OTHER POEMS . I am not bragging. I am just thrilled . . . more
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January 12, 2008 11:25 PM EST --
Since this week is dedicated to Family. It is a great subject for me to talk about. We have a tradition in my family whose ever birthday it is that month gets taken out to dinner at the restaurant of their . . . more
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February 29, 2008 05:54 AM EST --
I hurt, I hurt.
I hurt when little babies die for no reason.
I hurt, I hurt.
i hurt when people disrespect the elderly.
I hurt, I hurt.
I hurt when teenagers are killing . . . more
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