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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Life

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As I embarked on Day One of my first vacation since 2003, I thought about the fact that it is summer, and suddenly I smelled new shoes.When I was a kid, my mother always took me and my sister to Hahn's Shoes in the summer time to get new shoes for the coming school year. We'd also go to Sears or Montgomery Ward and stock up o... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Living with the past

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The past makes us who we are. There is no way around it, under it, or over it ... the only way is through it. Some of us choose to hang on that cross a bit longer than we need to, and we have to remember that somebody out there needs the wood more than we do. Its a hard thing, the past.But without the scars of battle, what st... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Growing up with an alcoholic parent

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Sitting at the top of the stairs, my legs dangling through the banister rails, I listened to my parents fighting in the kitchen downstairs. My sister sat silently next to me, both of us nervous and fingering the fuzzy balls of lint that dotted the knees of our pajamas, both of us wondering if this night the fighting would tra... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Life lessons from a personal perspective

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Everyone is going through something.I learned this little life lesson quite a long time ago, as I clumsily moved through life carrying my four very tall and thick walls all around me like a refrigerator with legs. Nobody knew what I was going through, and for some reason I reminded myself of that every chance I got. It was an... More..

Relationships & Family > Family Life The most significant people in your life

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A Snapshot of LollyEverybody called her Lolly because, as a child, my father's sister couldn't say the name Elizabeth. Unable to pronounce my name, my sister called me Wanny when we were kids, and I thank God every day that nobody decided that was a good name for everyone to call me for the rest of my life.Lolly was actually ... More..

Relationships & Family > Break-Ups & Exes Realizations about love and past 'baggage'

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My ex-girlfriend and I broke up after following our relationship to its logical and yet grotesque conclusion, and while it was foretold by her behavior over three tumultuous years, it still crushed me, and it still broke my heart.She deceived me in an effort to protect me, but deceived me nonetheless. She cheated on me, and I... More..

Relationships & Family > Love & Lust Love others for who they are, not what you want them to be

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Maybe its just me, but I find it unusual to report to a first date with most of one's closest friends in tow. Typically when I prepare for that all-important initial meeting, it never occurs to me to schedule it in such a way as to have my posse on hand to scrutinize my date.Perhaps scrutiny isn't the intent, but for those of... More..

Relationships & Family > Relationships & Family (Other) Holidays: Skeletons in the closet

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Holidays have always set a somewhat apolocalyptic tone in my life. The word became synonymous with horror, cruelty and uncomfortable silence. While other kids were singing carols in preparation for Christmas, I was checking the listings to see what movie would provide my escape from the "festivities." Its really the best day ... More..

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2. Life lessons from a personal perspective
3. Holidays: Skeletons in the closet
4. Realizations about love and past 'baggage'
5. Testimonies: Growing up with an alcoholic parent
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