Tag: social issue
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May 07, 2006 02:56 PM EDT --
Sequestered by collective greed
neglected puddles of pain
forgotten people bleeding
from wounds they've yet to sustain
They cry out, why can't you see
we're hurting here . . .
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August 12, 2006 09:36 AM EDT --
Darcy was six years old when we met. She was a somewhat brash and difficult little girl who considered herself more adult than child. She had much rather be sitting and talking . . .
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April 17, 2006 02:37 PM EDT --
Macy stood beside the door to blow her nose on the remnants of her tissue. There was no stopping the tears but she could at least save herself a bit of humiliation by not sniffing at her guest. Timing . . .
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April 17, 2006 04:45 PM EDT --
Carefully tend the garden,
protect her from the weather.
She's only out of season,
not gone away forever.
She amazed us with her beauty,
bloomed in vivid colors,
graced us the summer long,
standing . . .
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April 27, 2006 11:19 PM EDT --
To those who read my article "Responsible Parenting Against Child Abuse Law" and who strongly disagree with me you should read my first article entitled "Striking a Balance between Discipline . . .
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June 02, 2008 11:20 PM EDT --
Inspired by the writing style of my good friend Marie J R. She is a wonder at saying so much in so little space. If you haven't read her, i encourage you to give her an ear, you will learn . . .
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March 28, 2006 05:25 PM EST --
I live in this body and know it well. I know how far I can push it, when it needs a tune-up, and when I need to park it for a few days. . . .
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April 08, 2006 12:54 AM EDT --
He seemed almost too good to be true. Maybe it was in comparison to the others I had dated. Maybe it was his naïve, fresh look at a whole new world. Probably, it was my fascination with everything . . .
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May 15, 2006 01:52 AM EDT --
Karen has a room on York,
a far cry from the mansion she lost on Winter.
Maybe it isn't far.
Three miles, give or take,
seen differently by car, bus, or foot.
It's far enough she . . .
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May 29, 2006 10:03 PM EDT --
Her friends all went to Dr. Weiss, so Cindy made an appointment to see him after missing her second period. She thought he was . . .
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August 30, 2006 12:51 AM EDT --
Is it considered child abuse if you give a child a smidgen of hot sauce on their finger to help stop them from picking their nose?
This is why I ask...
My grand daughter would constantly . . .
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August 16, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
In my morning newspaper today:
Bernadette Snyder, age 29, became one of only 200 american women in the Catholic church to pledge eternal chastity in the rite that is called "Consecration to a . . .
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March 20, 2006 01:54 PM EST --
After my quick click to accept the invitation to join the nonconformist group, I questioned my qualifications. Would the television remote, . . .
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April 02, 2006 04:42 AM EDT --
There I was with fifty years of love and admiration invested when I discovered his love meant nothing at all. What do you do when that happens?
This man had shown up on every holiday, picked me up when . . .
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April 18, 2006 07:31 PM EDT --
In addition to the traditional offerings most generous, doting parents lavish on a child, mine infused a lifeline to their unrestricted generosity. They gave me the world, by allowing me to see . . .
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May 19, 2006 05:04 PM EDT --
Most of us would probably agree that truth is delivering honest statements. Beyond that basic definition, I believe concurrence falls . . .
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April 18, 2006 07:02 AM EDT --
Bruiser was a unique creature, born with half a mind
the son of Sheila skunk and Paul the porcupine.
With stinky dispositions and shortsighted hearts of their own
they expected he'd learn no different . . .
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June 16, 2006 09:27 AM EDT --
In a couple of days I will change my Gather Name from Bill's Spirit back to Bill S. The picture will remain the same for a few weeks to help people with the transition.
I've gotten the feeling . . .
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April 10, 2006 04:38 PM EDT --
I understand the importance of honesty. Intelligent, self-respecting people speak and live the truth. Those negative comments I made about taking things seriously haunted me last night, when I realized . . .
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April 24, 2006 07:16 AM EDT --
I resist authority. Idealistically, by nature and most importantly, by conditioning. An authority figure seriously betrayed my trust and loyalty when I was very, very young. That authority figure ordered . . .
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