Stories tagged “parent”
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Sarah
“You don’t know what I’ve been through,” he screamed at me. “I don’t know what YOU’VE been through?!” I rolled my eyes, pissed. “Want to hear my story? What about the 13 other people besides you and...
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The Trial Begins
Stop looking at me, you bastard, I think after we exchange a glance. The judge is entering the courtroom. But honestly, I can’t help looking at him, either. It’s eerie, like an out-of-body experience, because he is me. And she’s sitti...
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Father to be.
Hey dad talk to me I’m the father to be Hey dad tell me did I do Everything you wanted me to? We havent talked in so long I know you think everything I do is wrong So tell me dad, what would have done if you were me? Cause if I’m not mistak...
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Father to be: The meaning behind the words.
My daughter was born 32 days before my 19th birthday and, as you can imagine, the 18th year of my life was filled with dread and confusion. I had no idea what to do and all I could think about was my crazy family and my crazy childhood. Everyone in my ...
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Father to be: Six years later.
The best part of this is that my daughter is amazing, not to say all kids aren’t amazing, but I mean I was so worried about her getting the “messed up genes” from my crazy family, but in actuality, she is brilliant and athletic. She h...
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Under the foot of the horse
Regretfully the same couldn’t be said for the New Year. My parents, no longer divorcing, had returned to be the bane of my life. They’d also taken a liking to equestrian sport. Most notably, dead equestrian sport. Using what odd powers they...
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LucanKnight?
She looked up, startled at his outburst. “Please! Mister…Brian, if you would sit down, we’ll try not to make a big scene.” He turned and noticed that a few curious faces were peeking through the window in the door. “My ap...
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Pacifist
The school bus has dropped them off early again and Erza drops back into his own waking nightmare, hoping that today – three days in, c’mon, a whole three days – they’ll have forgotten what he’d said at recess, Monday. Fif...
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Forever in a Day
Even as I paid the Ferris wheel operator for the $1 ride, and tugged my petrified 6-year-old son to a seat, I knew my frail body was running out of time. “Will it end soon, Mommy?” The ride lurched and fear flitted across his face, a fear s...
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Falling for You
The little girl fell face first onto the carpet. For a second, her face reflected uncertainty as she looked around for her father. Sitting on the sofa, he looked at her and smiled. Her uncertainty gave way to giggling as she struggled to her feet. Just...
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Jaspers Bunnies-kid poem-PART 2
She searched up and down In sheets and under, In hampers and the bathtub Where did that rabbit wander? And then she sat Because she looked all about, “We can’t leave without him,” She said with a pout, And her momma said “Honey,” And wiped aw...