Stories tagged “daughter”
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Μαντάμ Μέγαιρα (Madame Shrew)
—Ξένια! Ξένια! Ξύπνα, κορίτσι μου – δέν έχουμε πολύ χρόνο! Η μέρα δεν είχε ακόμα αρχίσει και ήδη η μάμα έχει στείλει την Ελευθερία να μ
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Mother-Daughter Time
Marisa had never really liked the cat, even though her daughter, Kara, had adored it. So many times, she had wanted to strangle the little beast because it had puked in her shoes, or foregone the litter box for her duvet, or any number of other offense...
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Death Was One Step To Victory Of Rid The World Of Evil
It wasn’t long, the clock ticked past 12. My hands was gripping the chairs handle, I could feel the sponge on my head soaking up my sweat. I swear I could see my wife standing in the audience, with my three year old daughter. No tears, no screams...
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Light On, Lights Out
Mrs. Light stuck her head in her daughter’s room, “Ezzie, are you…” “Oh! Mom, hey mom! Yes, mom, hi, mom. Yeah! Hey, you look great, great. Great? Great! Mom…” This kept going, and all Mrs. Light could do was r...
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Life With a Toddler
I get up to the sound of playing coming from the next room. I rub the sleep from my eyes. When I open her bedroom door, she jumps, as if getting caught doing something naughty. And sometimes she is. As I pick out her clothes for the day, she peeks at m...
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Ode to Morning
Breath on the glass like a tiny fog. Fingers curling in my lap. I brush the condensation away And watch your progress across the field. Your spine is stiff with cold or pride — I don’t know which. My eyes are wide, Unblinking, Despite the m...
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Random Excerpt from my Doctor Who Fanfiction
“The trees were bigger on Gallifrey,” muttered the Doctor, keeping his eyes on the canopy, which was much lower than he was used to. Heather looked up from a centipede making its way across a maple leaf to her father. “Makes you feel ...
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I Wish There Was a Way
Dear Mom, I wish there was a way to make you understand. A way to show you that I do try my best, but sometimes, well, a lot of the times, my best is just not good enough. I wish there was a way to tell you how I feel. A way that won’t provoke y...
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Forgiveness
I had hoped for a better start to this year I wished for you to forget all the pain I left behind I never meant to leave you I never meant to give you no reasons of my absence on your birthdays, or your graduation day I had sent many cards I guess th...
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Why I Bother
“Why do you even bother?” I ask her, genuine curiosity in my eyes. This truly sets off some spark, or flame, deep within her. Tears streak down her face, she looks into my eyes. “I bother,” she begins, “because I’m a...
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You Don't Always Need Protection
“I can do this!” “Honey, you’re talking about throwing your life away!” “No, Mom! I’m talking about saving one!” “You’ll be missing your Spanish immersion trip and your volunteer hours at the ...
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Lenses
“Everyone’s mind skips like a bad record sometimes.” Her mother used to say that whenever Alice stammered or misremembered a word. The last time she’d used the cliché was the day she’d been admitted to Cottonwood Oaks. &#...
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Madame Shrew (Translation)
“Xenia! Xenia! Wake up, my girl – we don’t have much time!” The day hasn’t even started yet and mom has sent Eleftheria to to get me out of my bed. Even from where I was, I could hear grandma in the kitchen. Chaos first th...
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Black & White
Alice put the spyglass down. The colored lenses had shown her miracles and horrors: slices of life and worlds past, present and future … things that could never be. There were still more, too. Her mother’s illness and her own decline still ...
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When?
A man sits on his front porch, looking at the stars, thinking: “When did I become ‘Dad’ instead of ‘Daddy’? Was there a particular moment when I stopped being someone fun to hang out with and instead became merely a means to an end: ‘Can yo...
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1:42 AM, I'm Scared
You hover over her, only her silhouette visible at such a time as 1:42 AM. Her tousled curls spread over the pillow like branches on an old oak tree. School starts tomorrow, and you’re not sure if you want her to ever grow up. The innocence her f...
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At Least The Bastard Fried
I had practiced for several hours before it was supposed to start. Staring at the photo of my daughter, I recited the small talk that would occur. Hello. How was your trip? Hope the place was easy to find. But I knew as soon as she walked through the d...
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Finish Your Dew
“Daddy, are you going to work today?” “Yes, Berry.” “But fall doesn’t start for another month!” “I know, but we’ve got lots of planning to do. It’s an El Nino year. There’s extra work.&#...
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Charles and Emma
Emma promised herself she would never marry, but when she met Charles, she knew in her heart that promise would be broken. He was not a normal suitor. Not one that her parents might have arranged for her to meet. She was therefore convinced that his ap...
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The Last Race
“I’ll only be a minute.” Said Joseph “You can warm up the van; I parked it close to the entrance.” Joseph sat in the damped track waiting for a moment of lightening to pass by. Joseph was gripping tightly to the ticket; which held his very la...
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Daughter of God
I never chose to be the girl I am now This is what I used to be according to my blog…… “Becky Sullivan 16 years old Bookworm Singer Daughter of God” It’s important to let you know that I never wanted this. I was a devoted ...
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Pressure of Greed
“Come on honey. Just please stand still for mommy,” the woman begged her daughter as she held a spray bottle filled with spray-on tan. “But I don’t like it when it gets in my face!!” The four-year old stamped her foot in p...
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Time alone
Warm water cascades over my body soothing and relaxing. Stepping out of the shower I wrap a towel around me and towel dry my hair, squeezing the moisture out of it. In my room I pick up my silk dressing gown and without anything underneath, loosely tie...
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Not A Kid
As I slide off his jeans he mutters in my ear “You’re not a little kid anymore are you,” his hands caressing my exposed breasts. His pants bulge in front of my eyes and hesitantly I remove them. He pulls his t-shirt over his head and ...