Tag: family
group name: soc-conciousness
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May 14, 2006 04:50 PM EDT --
What do you write about when you know you want to write…you are aching to write…but you just can't think of what people will be interested in reading? That was my dilemma.
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October 31, 2006 09:04 PM EST --
I'm cleaning out the hall closet this morning. I come across her jacket. I had forgotten it was there. I think I wanted to forget.
"Here, you can have it." My younger sister . . . more
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December 06, 2006 03:19 PM EST --
When seen but not heard lost favor to never say no, the gap between parental and public expectations widened. Nerves shattered, tempers flared, and patience levels bottomed when seen but not heard . . . more
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June 04, 2006 05:37 PM EDT --
Dale sat, robotically pressing the button. He'd done it so much he didn't really need to think. He tried not to think about how many days he had sat on the same stool pressing that . . . more
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September 26, 2007 01:54 PM EDT --
I couldn't resist writing my own thoughts about this family I ran across on the internet some weeks back, the Duggar family. For those of you who have never heard of them, the duggars are a family . . . more
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October 17, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
It's been six years this month. It seems like a moment ago now.
One moment ago when I walked with my father around his yard in West Virginia on a chilly October afternoon. It was the . . . more
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February 05, 2007 08:19 PM EST --
This was actually written my my oldest son. He sent this out to several hundred people in his address book, but I feel I can reach a broader audience here and on other boards I belong to.
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December 13, 2006 05:20 PM EST --
I was moved by the simplest act the other day.
I was driving home from work, making the windy crawl through a residential area. Ahead of me, an old man wobbled forward in the direction I was driving. . . . more
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August 16, 2006 08:06 AM EDT --
Racism is alive and well today. And my family and I have been a victim of it. Guilt by association.
You see, for the past twenty years, we have lived in a black neighborhood. We bought . . . more
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September 24, 2006 10:11 PM EDT --
Tonight I wrote something for a second time that I thought I would never have to think about again.
A friend of mine's son was trying to enlist in the military for the education benefits. I . . . more
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May 16, 2006 06:05 PM EDT --
I have to admit that this is not an original poem. I have read this to every Nursing Assistant class I have ever taught.
This was found among the meager belongings of an eighty nine year old, nursing . . . more
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November 21, 2006 04:32 PM EST --
"A Woman "
This is written in the Hebrew Talmud, the book
Where all of the sayings and preaching of
Rabbis are conserved over time.
It says: "Be very careful if you make a woman
Cry, . . . more
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January 12, 2008 11:54 PM EST --
Today has been a bit difficult for me. I found out that my son's friend is very involved in a gang. What is so troubling about this is the fact that he and my son have been friends since . . . more
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February 16, 2007 12:04 AM EST --
I live in a soap opera!
2007 did not begin very well for me. If you check back in my articles, you'll see that my best friend that I'd been a caregiver to for years, died on December 26th. . . . more
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August 04, 2006 01:00 PM EDT --
For-Profits versus Non-Profits
In my twenty three years as a Nursing Home Nurse, I have spent the majority of my time in non-profit facilities, working in one, and traveling to numerous others as an . . . more
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August 29, 2006 05:12 PM EDT --
I am a pariah in my chosen field, Nursing. Do I care? Not a whit. In fact, I relish the role, and will tell anyone who asks why I chose to work in the dregs of the nursing profession, the (cue sinister . . . more
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May 19, 2006 12:07 AM EDT --
Oh, how I wish I had the means to protect all children from abusive hands and hurtful words. It seems like not one day goes by that I don't hear some horrible story on the news regarding a child . . . more
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September 21, 2006 10:53 AM EDT --
First, I did not write this. I wish I had. It is from Maccabee's Diary on Daily Kos. I think it is important that it get as wide a read as possible. The original URL is http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/20/174152/072 . . . more
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October 12, 2006 05:42 AM EDT --
Foolish Vaccine Exemptions
New York Times Editorial . . . more
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March 28, 2007 11:54 PM EDT --
I just find this amusing.
A couple of months ago (waaaay before the Britney Spears incident), I shaved my head.
I got tired of going to Great Clips and having everyone complain about me cutting my own . . . more
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