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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love between a mother and daughter: 10 of 176
Mother, you gave me life.You watched over me,and delighted in my first smile,my first word,my first step.Your hands washed me,picked me up when I fell,combed the snarls out of my hair,caressed me.The years passed...I grew into a young version of you.Hoping to capture your grace,your style,your beauty.I couldn't.I rebelled...w... More..
Entertainment > Music Business Music piracy: Is downloading music ethical?: 7 of 62
Back in the day, if you owned an album, and you wanted to share that album with your friend. They had to borrow your album. If they then wanted a copy of that album, they had to go to the music store and buy it. The artist who created that album was guaranteed to make some money on the sale. Notice I said....some money. Sinc... More..
Style & Beauty > Hair Styles Girls: How to achieve an emo hair style: 5 of 26
One thing all Emo's have in common is color. Rainbow colors. The warm brights: startling reds, golden yellow, electric green, bubble gum pink! The cool colors are not forgotten. Bright blues, ranging from the color of the sky, to the depths of the ocean...wine-dark burgundy, even the royal purple is not left out. . These colo... More..
Entertainment > Hollywood & Movie Industry How to become a movie extra: 13 of 45
"Action!" How many times have you heard those words, and wished that you could become part of the film business? It's possible for anyone to enter this creative world. You can be old, young, thin, fat, short, tall, beautiful. or ugly. There will be more jobs available for the young, and good looking people. There will be less... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Should a woman have the right to choose abortion?: 144 of 428
I own my body. I don't feel it is anyone's right to tell me what to do with it. It came with me when I was born. Nobody else has ever lived in it. I decide what to put in it , on it or through it. It has served me well. It has taken better care of me than I have of it. I don't feel it is anyone's right to tell me what to do w... More..
Relationships & Family > First Dates A gal's guide to planning a first date: 5 of 14
A first date? How exciting! It must mean that he wants to go out with you too! Did you ask him? Did he ask you? Those things aren't important. What matters is, you are going to spend time with someone new who may, or may not, become someone very significant to you later on. Did he want you to plan to plan the date? Do it! Thi... More..
Relationships & Family > Parents Should a mother continue to mediate her adult children when conflicts arise among them?: 6 of 16
How do you stop doing what you have been doing for many years? When your children are young, and start fighting with each other over toys, or television, don't you step in to stop it? Don't you try to teach them to compromise? Or share? I saw my two boys start fighting with each other from an early age...maybe the terrible tw... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Veteran's Day: 11 of 23
Thank you Veteran, for giving up your time, to serve for us...Time that could've been spent laying in the grass watching clouds take form in SpringTime so precious that it cannot be replaced, or re-assigned, or retrieved in any way...Thank you Veteran, for giving up your family, to serve for us...That Birthday that you were n... More..
Relationships & Family > Friendship Drama & Issues When friends leave you out: 12 of 25
Its funny how important some things are when you are younger. Being accepted, and included is a very important part of finding one's identity . An oxymoron? Yes. How can being accepted enable someone to stand on their own? The teenage years are the most important time to feel you are "with it". By being left out, or left beh... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs True gardening stories: My loved one and my garden: 26 of 53
The old rose bush stood at attention in my front yard. He was a gnarly, knobby, thorny old thing. When we first rented the little house where he had lived for so many years, I almost felt like I had to ask for his permission to be there. He was over-grown from many years of neglect. Wooded canes grew out from the bottom, and ... More..