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Twin Sister

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Children & Parenting Family & Relatives
When I was young I told everyone I had a twin sister. One day, after we had been to see the relatives, my mother told me I was too old to play that game any more. So I stopped talking about her & after awhile, she finally went away. But I’m grown up now & … [Read More]

Options

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM in Children & Parenting
I told him if he kept being mean to his brother he might come back as a rodent in his next life & he shrugged & said that’s the chance he’d have to take.

Losing Battle

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM in Children & Parenting Peace & Justice Personal Growth
I mainly like life to be peaceful with a few loud noises thrown in to remind me to be grateful for the quiet I have, he said. How is it going so far? I said & he shrugged & said he had children & that was enough for me to buy him a beer.

Lost at the Fair

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM in Children & Parenting
When I was 5, he said, my family forgot & left me at the fair. I wandered around in the bright sounds & smells of hot sawdust & cotton candy for hours. It was already too late by the time my parents found me. I haven’t been fit for decent society since.

Lifetime

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM in Family & Relatives Friends & Neighbors Inspirational Spiritual
We’re here to end it, I said & she said, No, we’re here to begin it & then she turned & opened her arms & everywhere I could see, there were people, like bright birds, calling with a thousand voices & suddenly I understood. Here is where it begins with all of us, together giving … [Read More]