Tag: children
group name: writespeak
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July 26, 2007 04:21 PM EDT --
Like most children his age, Thayne Davidson Miller, III, often said he hated his very existence. He didn't really hate it, but he didn't love it either. Thayne enjoyed some big advantages . . . more
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August 05, 2008 04:16 PM EDT --
CAT'S CRADLE
The Woman in the Swamp
by
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September 27, 2007 03:56 PM EDT --
Having been raised in a Jacksonville, Florida orphanage; I knew absolutely nothing, about anything, once I walked out of that facility, many years later. I had no idea how to fill out a job application, . . . more
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November 02, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
I am an author of Children’s Picture Books. I am trying to understand what others think about bilingual books. I have a Spanish version, soon to be released, of Where is My Bennie? . . . more
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June 01, 2008 11:33 AM EDT --
"Papa, can I have another envelope?" asked my five year old granddaughter, Chelsey.
"LOOK! I've already given you three envelopes today and you are just wasting them.
"But . . . more
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May 17, 2008 06:38 PM EDT --
Mean Moms (author unknown)
Someday when my children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will
tell them, as my Mean Mom told me: I loved you
enough . . . . . . more
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June 15, 2008 10:04 AM EDT --
Til Death Do Us Part
Between the ages of six and fifteen, I had witnessed two murders, possibly three. I had seen at least ten dead bodies lying in the street, all while living on the streets, and . . . more
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October 19, 2007 01:21 PM EDT --
"Just where in the hell did you get that?" asked the house parent.
I held out my 7-year-old hand, opened my fist and exposed the tiny toy car held inside.
"It's a Christmas present . . . more
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May 27, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
The memories flood my heart, as I sit in this old rocking chair.
Back and forth I rock, back and forth my mind goes.
We are old, this chair and I. We are very much a matched pair.
The magic has . . . more
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July 23, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
Heading down the Alaska Alcan Highway into Canada was quite an adventure. It seemed like a never-ending road made entirely of rocks: little rocks, big rocks, hard rocks, soft rocks, red rocks, white rocks, . . . more
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November 18, 2007 10:25 PM EST --
Here's a little Thanksgiving poem I wrote for my children a few years ago. Enjoy your own feast.
A Turkey That I Knew
A perfect turkey is a welcome . . . more
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June 09, 2008 11:49 AM EDT --
If there was no picture, you would have thought this article was about nature, snakes in particular. Well it is to a degree, human nature. How one writer supports another. As a writer . . . more
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June 14, 2008 10:17 PM EDT --
Last week in one of my Yahoo Groups, one after another member offered suggestions to a writer friend asking for help in choosing a title for her new book. Everyone's suggestions were great. . . . more
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October 06, 2007 09:55 PM EDT --
"Wow!" I bent down quickly to pick up the small paper envelope I found on the sidewalk. I was returning from school to the orphanage where I lived.
On the front of the package was a picture . . . more
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July 22, 2007 10:48 AM EDT --
This audio video I made tells the entire story. I am a very hard individual, when it comes to heart and life related issues. To many years of being abused, as a child, in a Jacksonville, Florida orphanage . . . more
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August 13, 2008 07:35 AM EDT --
All Rights Reserved
© 2008, Bent Lorentzen
860 words
Copenhagen, DK, Wednesday, August 13, 2008:
I just a few minutes ago received . . . more
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May 16, 2008 09:48 PM EDT --
As I write my stories and can sometimes look back into my past, occasionally I get a glimpse of what I felt as a little boy. I can see myself clearly as a little boy and remember almost everything that . . . more
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December 19, 2007 04:37 PM EST --
As I told my book rep yesterday, I am beginning to understand the life of a writer. I keep getting these messages that say things like "Does not accept Authors as friends". I answer . . . more
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September 17, 2007 04:56 PM EDT --
Because of old age, we had just lost two more of the many animals that we had saved from abusive situations. I was not in the mood to take on any more animals, mainly because of the high veterinary costs . . . more
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November 06, 2007 04:27 AM EST --
My Dear Creatives,
Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of communication.
From one person to another, stories pass from generation to generation, from mothers to daughters, . . . more
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