Tag: family
member name: Cheryl C.
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July 01, 2006 04:26 PM EDT --
"You're a long way from Tallahassee," said Bernadette to Burt in the first "Longest Yard" movie. I used to echo that line to my Dad, after he accepted a job in our . . .
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November 24, 2006 01:45 PM EST --
I am from the despair of Celtic famine-
A catholic foundling's first born,
Clutching a broken rosary.
I am from the stoicism of Swedish resolve-
Transplanted in the prairie
With . . .
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December 22, 2006 09:44 AM EST --
One more day until Festivus begins. Feel free to use this forum to air your personal grievances, or to challenge one another to feats of strength.
And about the Festivus Pole.....be it . . .
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May 07, 2006 09:28 AM EDT --
Her loose hair was long (like mine), its russet spirals lifted by the tropical wind exposing pale shoulders. We approached her without hesitation, following our father, a man we had known for less . . .
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May 21, 2006 01:33 PM EDT --
My Dad was cool until he voted for Nixon in '68. His decision to support the military-industrial complex was the catalyst for a series of family events that he would eventually regret. . . .
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April 12, 2006 07:40 PM EDT --
Fidgeting like a puppet with frayed strings, my brother waited for the bus on the other side of the street. As usual, he was surrounded by a half-dozen little kids. Although I was only a year older than . . .
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May 08, 2006 08:12 AM EDT --
Perhaps among the strongest recent contributors I've had the pleasure of reading is LT Christopher Combest. His continuing memoir begins with his September eleventh decision to join the military. . . .
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