Tag: family
member name: Mary S.
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November 27, 2006 12:00 AM EST --
Once, about half a century ago, there was a little girl with a very bad name. She was a pretty little girl, with huge brown eyes, bouncy brown curls, and soft round cheeks, but through unfortunate . . . more
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December 18, 2006 06:38 PM EST --
This would be my third Christmas in the jungle. No snow, no sleigh rides, no holly, but my, what big poinsettias! I was nine years old, and the eldest daughter of missionaries. Christmas . . . more
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December 13, 2007 10:07 AM EST --
Sometimes I think there's not much left
of that smiling face, that eager hopeful love.
Too many years of living
with one bad choice
weighs like a sack of armor, worn in defense, . . . more
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March 19, 2008 01:25 PM EDT --
Menghibahkan was a good mama.
She was young but attentive
And worked hard for her children,
Planting rice and sweet potatoes.
She taught her young ones
To sing the tribal . . . more
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March 24, 2008 08:28 PM EDT --
Close your eyes
Listen
Here in the leaves
Now in the "whys"
There in the song
Of the sweet sad owl
Near in the hollow
Of a lone wolf's howl
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May 03, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of deaths construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death . . . more
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December 09, 2007 04:33 PM EST --
I've walked a thousand miles,
Walked them all,
To find your smiling face,
Just down the hall.
Each hall was empty as the last,
Each call fell sharp
Like bits of glass,
So I have . . . more
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March 08, 2008 09:43 AM EST --
I wrote this awhile ago, and some of you may have read it already, but it fits well for this weeks challenge word, sacrifice.
What's Left When the Heart's Gone
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November 01, 2006 04:33 PM EST --
I have a sister who is strong and lovely. She has an unquenchable spirit. When life hands her lemons, not only does she make lemonade with them, she makes it healthy lemonade with fat free . . . more
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December 02, 2005 06:28 PM EST --
A Story Worth Telling
Sometimes rare and wonderful things happen in our lives, and we are forever changed. This story begins like many others with a dark and stormy night. . . . more
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June 03, 2008 08:46 AM EDT --
No Father
Bright red sailor cap bobs
Atop his special dark
Chocolate little face,
With a shiney green
Granny Smith apple
Held up, a prize,
In his dark dimpled hand.
. . . more
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November 17, 2007 02:27 PM EST --
This list is written only in the order of what happenes to come to mind…
The soft, cold cream smelling cheek of my mother when I kiss her goodnight. This perhaps more . . . more
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December 10, 2005 10:41 PM EST --
Sometimes life can deal you some harsh blows. Sometimes you get knocked down so hard you aren't sure if you will ever make it back up. Sometimes you need credit for your pain, need to be . . . more
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November 24, 2007 11:16 AM EST --
Patriotism is important to me. I appreciate everyone who fights for our rights and freedoms as inhabitants of one of the greatest countries in the world. I know that . . . more
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December 19, 2005 07:48 PM EST --
There is no love
I've ever seen
That is more precious
Than between
A brother and a sister for
You know this love is evermore.
more
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