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Creative Writing > Humor Humor: You're having a bad day when: 4 of 82

Last night, I stayed up fairly late reading. Reading about pioneers. Whenever I think about pioneers, I wonder how in the world they got up every morning, knowing what their day would hold. When I am sitting on the interstate in bumper-to-bumper traffic, thinking how miserable my life is, I have to remind myself, it could be...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Food: 26 of 130

Smoke on the Water My kids have grown up thinking that the smoke alarm is a kitchen timer. Whenever the alarm goes off (pretty much every night), they yell out, "Mom, dinner's ready!" ,on the off chance that I had stabbed a steak knife in my ear and was therefore unaware of the ceaseless string of piercing beeps emanating fr...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Kids & food: 4 of 14

If it doesn't come in grease stained paper bag with a cheap plastic toy thrown in, my son does not recognize it as food. I have struggled to get him to eat healthy food since the day he acquired a full set of teeth. As a baby, he willingly ate all the pureed vegetables and fruits I would put in front of him. He would swallow...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Embarrassing moments: 46 of 121

Isn't it always the truly humiliating moments that seem to be the most memorable landmarks in the bumpy road trip of life? On the up side, these very same episodes are usually the ones that bring the biggest laughs when recounted on rare evenings with my girlfriends. On girl's night out, we drink a lot of wine and act like t...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Infatuation: 7 of 15

Today, for Valentine's Day, we got to write our journal entry to someone else in class." My six year old son is telling me this as we drive home. "Whom did you write yours to?" I ask him, already knowing the answer; he has had an unflagging love for the same girl since he was three years old and she tried to choke him on the...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Growing old: 61 of 125

I am always amazed when people say that if they had it all to do over again, they wouldn't change a thing. Really? Nothing? Not one single thing? I, myself, have countless things I would do differently if given a second chance, not the least of which would involve wearing more sunscreen. Had I known at twenty what my body wo...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Growing up: 40 of 52

Sweet Tea was pulling in the Faded Youth apartment complex where he lived with his mom, Gladys. Gladys was very fragile and prone to bouts of deep depression, often not speaking or leaving her room for days at a time. She had been this way for roughly fifteen years since Sweet Tea's father, Travis, had tried to kill her. Wha...
Personal Finance > Personal Finance (Other) Financial trouble? How to raise cash quickly: 35 of 44

Most everyone occasionally finds themselves in a position where they just can't seem to make ends meet. And with the economy in its present state, it is happening more often and to more people. The rising cost of fuel and food alone can push tight budgets past their limits. Many people have friends and family they can turn t...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: What to do when you're sick: 26 of 30

Last night I was talking to a friend of mine and she said she was on the way out the door because she had to go to the drugstore and pick up a prescription. Her doctor had called something in for her because she thought she might be getting a yeast infection. I know, I know, not a good dinner table discussion, but a commonpl...
Relationships & Family > Relationships & Family (Other) Seeing life through a child's eyes: 9 of 10

One day during Black History Month, my son came home from kindergarten very excited; he had learned all about Martin Luther King Jr. All about him. "What did you learn about Martin Luther King Jr.?" I ask. "Everything." he says. "Like what?" I ask again. "Well, he helps with people's rights." "What kind of people?" I push. "...