Tag: family
group name: firsttimewriters
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July 19, 2007 06:43 PM EDT --
Hi All,
I am really new to internet groups, this is my first. I stumbled upon Gather looking for writing sites. I love what I see so far.
I hope this is how to get started, by writing an article. . . . more
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December 14, 2006 10:14 PM EST --
Today was one of those days...
no, not one of ~those~ days...
one of those increasingly rare
few and far between totally special
days when she forgets that she forgot
how to walk and she gets up
. . . more
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November 25, 2006 09:03 PM EST --
This is my first article and It comes after a few posted comments from gather members and a few nasty e-mails from people who had things to say but weren't willing to put them in forum. . . . more
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December 11, 2006 05:56 PM EST --
T'was the month before Christmas
when all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying
Nor taking a stand.
See the PC Police had taken away
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.
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June 16, 2007 11:05 PM EDT --
I read the daily email from my mother. It told of the day's activities, the weather, her doctor's appointments, and that my Dad was smoking again. My sister, my mother, and . . . more
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June 15, 2007 03:33 PM EDT --
My father was fifty years old when I was born, the last of ten children. The depression had seriously hurt their success at farming and the coup de grace came when the farm house they were renting burned . . . more
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December 27, 2006 09:50 PM EST --
My life is not just for living with you, its living for you. Its about your happiness, your smiles, sharing your miseries, easing your burdens. Its about loving you till it drives you crazy, its about . . . more
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September 26, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
So my sweet teenager kindly informed me yesterday that I have "rustic hair." Huh? Rustic? Like log-cabin-in-the-wilderness rustic? She continued with "Mom, really, . . . more
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December 04, 2006 08:38 AM EST --
My First Rescue,,,,,,,of the horsey kind
I recieved a phone call one warmish Spring morning, "You HAVE to come and see
this colt!" My friend and neighbor, Sue, . . . more
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December 26, 2006 11:51 PM EST --
December started out promisingly -- with a frosty six-inch blast of snow. As we watched that layer dwindle, the doldrums slowly sunk in. By the time of the 22nd, I was ready to . . . more
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December 25, 2006 09:21 PM EST --
This is one of those cute things kids say.
My husband had a little bike given to him. It was like new. My husband had to put a new seat and hand grips on it and shine it up. It looked almost like . . . more
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December 19, 2006 06:10 PM EST --
Dear Daddy,
It's been years since we've talked. Well, it's been never....Do you know about me? Do you even know I exist? I've waited all these years for a daddy and now . . . more
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March 30, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
Filled with butterflies and frogs and birds and bees
The bush across the road grew untended until
They came from the city and cut down all the trees
The bush across the road grew untended until . . . more
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June 14, 2007 12:33 PM EDT --
I coached Special Olympics for 5 years. In those five years I befriended Randy, who was one of my athletes, and we've remained friends." As long as I coached Randy sudden movements, sudden . . . more
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December 02, 2006 10:51 AM EST --
Homeles men and familys...who live in umbrage-cloth
Victory does claim thy path...for Saints of ol' abridge thy walk
Tired hearts of sad acclaim...orphans, runaways, helpless..God does-know . . . more
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August 30, 2007 04:36 PM EDT --
You just never know what's going to happen at the Department of Motor Vehicles...
Her ring was so interesting; I had never seen anything like it. The stone was, to put it politely, an ugly piece . . . more
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January 10, 2007 05:09 PM EST --
The First Day of Kindergarden
I was screaming at the top of my lungs like I was being mauled by lions on that fateful day in 1984. It was my first day of Kindergarden, and I thought . . . more
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March 04, 2007 07:06 AM EST --
Hi,
As always, critique is welcomed, especially with THIS one - it's been driving me nuts for awhile now! - thanks, Marilyn :)
This is a writing exercise from the group Now Write! - where you keep . . . more
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January 10, 2007 11:31 PM EST --
On January 2, 2007, a few of us managed to locate the resting place of John Barnett, my 5th great uncle on my Dad's side.
Although just down the road from my home, the cemetery, full of sunken-in . . . more
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December 16, 2006 12:23 AM EST --
He was so cool and very calculated
With a warm embracing tone
And a stunning dexterity
This sax player at the Green door.
Had a brisk tempo to match his play.
Softly but vigorously blowing his sax . . . more
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