Tag: children
group name: writingwombats
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November 11, 2007 10:12 PM EST --
The most beautiful things in the world are not seen or touched. They are felt with the heart.--Helen Keller
I'm a plus-sized woman...which makes me positive, . . . more
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January 31, 2008 11:15 PM EST --
"AAAAAHHH-choooo!"
My husband and I grimaced at each other before we leapt into action.
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January 31, 2008 08:55 PM EST --
Buried memories, like the old peir supports of Doc's Landing, tumble in my head like so many grains of sand. I grew up on this point. I remember a time when it was full of life and laughter. Now it . . . more
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January 24, 2008 05:10 PM EST --
I just wanted to update those of you who have sent such kind thoughts our way! You may recall from an earlier post that Caleb, our 7-year-old with leukemia, underwent a bone marrow test recently.
The . . . more
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November 09, 2007 01:24 AM EST --
Ask my son why math is important. He'll tell you why: The more math you learn as a kid, the less dirt you have to eat as a grown-up.
Ethan is five. He doesn't understand square roots or quantum . . . more
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December 01, 2007 05:17 AM EST --
My video on World AIDS Day - 1 December 2007
Spread Love...World AIDS Day - 1 December 2007
Children are suffering
They are dying
It's spreading worldwide
Don't . . . more
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December 17, 2007 11:31 PM EST --
Friends, I am not a reporter but having decided to write this short piece is invoking in me some bad feelings that reporters must harbor on a daily basis. The three separate and distinct stories . . . more
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November 15, 2007 08:13 PM EST --
Normal: what the average person can accomplish with little or no effort. So why be normal?
--Bob Seay
I observed the man from the comfort of my lawn chair as I sat with . . . more
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March 07, 2008 07:26 PM EST --
Love who you are and what you are and what you do. Laugh at yourself and at life and nothing can touch you.--Louise Hay
Due to Cody's debut in this world as an extreme preemie . . . more
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December 15, 2007 04:32 PM EST --
The postmen suffered the uncertainty many long months until finally he broke.
"Miss Elena," he said, standing beside his bicycle, fingering the nailed-on wooden seat in anxious anticipation . . . more
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November 06, 2007 12:50 PM EST --
I recently watched the movie, "My Life Without Me," starring Sarah Polley. Here is a description from netflix.com:
It takes an illness with a bleak prognosis to break open 23-year-old . . . more
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September 20, 2007 01:30 AM EDT --
Hope Assigned
©Robert C Burnham
You taught me how to love
By the way that you loved me
And by your spiritual sustenance
To see what you could see.
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August 27, 2007 10:22 PM EDT --
Cyclamen (for my son)
In the dream we’re dancing cheek to cheek.
I’ve got my arm looped awkwardly around his back
I’m looking into his owlish eyes,
Ruled by oversized specs.
His . . . more
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January 16, 2008 05:33 PM EST --
This one is dedicated to Susan, Crystal and my new Gather friend Marsha. Please Enjoy!
A Mother's Pride
© Robert Burnham
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December 17, 2007 11:45 PM EST --
What? [My children's] father? Oh...he has been gone for many years. I think that probably, yes, probably he is dead. It is hard to know for sure, because... Have you not heard of The Disappeared? . . . more
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May 05, 2008 11:09 AM EDT --
What's wrong with Dick and Jane? I'll tell you. They are lost. They are lost and parents have gone mad. I used to love my name: Carol. Now, it's lost with Dick . . . more
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January 15, 2008 08:48 AM EST --
Good & Happy Morning,
Lately I have noticed that I have been attracting a lot of young and caring mommies to my network. I have a special place in my heart for mothers. Let's face . . . more
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June 12, 2008 11:07 PM EDT --
Going through some old notebooks I found some journal entries from when my daughter Jackie was 5 months old. I'm an infoholic so I talked about world politics as well as what was going on in . . . more
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March 14, 2008 02:44 PM EDT --
I usually post my own writing, normally a stab at humor.
This is to mention an article not by me and not humorous but, I think, a "must read" for parents and grandparents.
It will explain . . . more
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November 12, 2007 07:09 PM EST --
To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.--Stephen R. Covey
When I attended Open House at my son's school, I scanned the bulletin board outside . . . more
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