Tag: children
group name: southernlife
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March 09, 2007 10:28 AM EST --
I know it has happened.
I just cannot seem to recall exactly when it happened.
At least once a week, I am called to the side, usually by an adult my age or older, and complemented on my 12 year-old son's . . . more
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April 13, 2006 11:34 AM EDT --
My mother called yesterday. My niece is getting married.
"Hey, sweetheart. I have something to ask you. I pulled my jewelry out of the safe deposit box. Do you mind if I give Jennie . . . more
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October 24, 2006 07:24 PM EDT --
I just saw an interesting bit on the local news here in Charlotte. The next city over, Gastonia, NC is trying something new for Halloween this year in an effort to get registered sex offenders off . . . more
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November 05, 2007 02:12 PM EST --
This weekend we took Chloe to Heritage Days in Foley. Foley is a pretty small town about one hour outside of Pensacola. They had a pretty nice set-up. Some games and rides like you find at the fair; lots . . . more
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May 17, 2006 12:00 AM EDT --
"Mom, I found an egg!!! Come look."
Inside his hand was a speckled birds egg, a chunk of shell missing from one side.
"What are we going to do with it? Can we Hatch it?" . . . more
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November 04, 2006 05:08 PM EST --
Some children are born needing special services, some need special services when the developmental delays began to show up as the child ages. Other delays are brought on by illnesses, yet others are brought . . . more
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August 10, 2007 07:39 PM EDT --
I have been a teacher for 14 years and I can't tell you how many times students have gone home to mommy not daddy cause that wouldn't work so well, and told mom, "The teacher doesn't like . . . more
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July 31, 2007 06:45 PM EDT --
When my daughter was in the fourth grade, she came home with an assignment: Build a shadow box of your home.
She started with a shoebox and started coloring it. It was awful. The next day, . . . more
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November 28, 2006 11:36 AM EST --
Which musical artist embodies your childhood memories of Christmas? For me, it is Burl Ives. There are many other great singers and many other treasured singers of Christmas songs, but for me, . . . more
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May 20, 2007 11:27 AM EDT --
A friend of mine sent me this "want ad"....just thought I'd share:
Job Description - PARENT
This is hysterical. If it had been presented this way,
I don't believe any of us . . . more
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July 27, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
"BB, this is Princess Rose." said Grandma Honey.
"Hi, I'm BB, I'm five, wanna play with me?"
Ignoring his request the cute, five year old, towheaded girl gave a . . . more
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March 28, 2006 07:18 PM EST --
The beeping of the alarm awoke me. I scrambled to end the wretched sound. Six A.M. already? It seemed I had just fallen asleep. I sat up and put my feet in my old worn slippers, . . . more
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March 30, 2006 07:10 PM EST --
The Red Suitcase, Part Two
See Part One here
I was a shy teenager. I didn't have a lot of friends. Being pulled in and out of school did not help. Rumors would go around that the . . . more
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April 01, 2006 05:47 PM EST --
Click here for Part One
Click here for Part Two
Part Three
I came out of my daydreams long enough to realize it was almost three o'clock. It was about time for Betsy to stop by with the mail. . . . more
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October 10, 2007 01:28 AM EDT --
This time each year I think about children in foster care. I think what they must feel like to think no one wants them. In Oklahoma there are 16,000 children in foster care waiting . . . more
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September 29, 2007 04:18 PM EDT --
Due to what some people view as an unhealthy focus upon the satanic flavor of Halloween, many alternatives are being found to appease candy-mad children to replace the once popular trick or treating . . . more
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July 30, 2007 01:34 AM EDT --
Have you noticed them? Cameras on traffic lights, toll rolls, and in the stores are becoming the norm. I saw that now you can watch your kids at the mall. Just pipe in through your computer . . . more
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July 30, 2007 01:55 AM EDT --
This is a true story and I remembered it when I read William Dotoni's article that I featured, so thanks William.
A first grader came home from school with his flash cards and told his mother he needed . . . more
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April 06, 2006 05:54 PM EDT --
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Betsy ran up to me and gave me a hug. "Tangie my girl, looks like ya gonna see some suitcase dreams in this lifetime after all!"
I hugged her . . . more
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November 13, 2006 05:21 PM EST --
My recent article on Brain Typos has me thinking about school days, the English language, and my childhood love of Spelling and Grammar.
Being a language-lover, it was then and now a great joy to . . . more
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