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Relationships & Family > Love & Relationships When you still think of your first love: 4 of 20

His name was Maurice and it was love at first sight. Pathetic, but at age five and a half I was already attracted to the bad boys. Within days of starting kindergarden there was a clear separation of good kids versus bad kids in our class. The good kids sat at the green and yellow tables, and the bad kids were on the other s...
Relationships & Family > Communication Issues How would you describe colors to the blind: 9 of 40

As I walk through the park one summer day with the daughter of one of my very best friends, she asks a peculiar and thought provoking question. "What is color?" she asks. Janice has been blind since birth, and therefore has no image of color whatsoever in her mind. "Color is not what you may think, Janice. Many people think ...
Personal Finance > Personal Finance (Other) How to manage on a low income: 26 of 29

No child ever dreams of becoming poor. Children of the United States have such dreams as artist, doctor, movie star and veterinarian. We dream big, we plan big and we think big. Many of us never really realize that poverty could be just around the corner. Living paycheck to paycheck could be one medical emergency, one unplan...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My early school days: 15 of 15

I drive by the old building a few times a week. The bricks are dirty, age worn, crumbling. The windowpanes are rusted. The old cement stairs I used to climb on those late mornings are disappearing before my eyes with watermelon sized chunks missing here and there. I have thought many times of what it would be like to go back...