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Category Archives: True Stories I’ve Written
True short stories
Under 1 Roof: 12 Kids, 2 Women, and 1 Very Patient Man
For those who are tired of reading my poetry–and I imagine that your numbers are legion–I’ve decide to re-post a story and a song or two. Here’s a story for newer readers: Under 1 Roof: 12 Kids, 2 Women, and … Continue reading →
Posted in Abundance, Challenges, Children, Parenting, True Stories I've Written
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Tagged Abundance, challenges, Family, humor, Love, relatives, scarcity, story, true story
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9 Comments
A Wonderful Day
Yesterday was my Grandson Thomas’ first birthday, and today about 80 relatives and a few of his parents’ friends gathered to celebrate in a large park not far from my home. The weather was perfect; agreeably warm with a slightly … Continue reading →
Posted in Abundance, Family "Fun", Grandparenting & Grandkids, Joy & Happiness, Kindness, Parenting, True Stories I've Written
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Tagged Family, grandparenting, Grandson, homeless, homeless man, kindness, Love, parenting
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25 Comments
Get Your Stories Straight
(This is a re-post for newer friends of this site.) Like nearly all siblings, our sons sometimes got into quarrels. When that occurred, my Beloved and I attempted to unravel how it started so we could create learning lessons as … Continue reading →
Posted in Challenges, Children, Family "Fun", Parenting, True Stories I've Written
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Tagged beloved, boys, children, consequences, humor, parenting, siblings, trouble
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11 Comments
An Outie That Was Really An Innie In A Onesie
My Beloved and I plan to head out shortly after 1pm our time but I thought I’d share with you a quick note from our older son regarding our grandson: “I thought Thomas had eaten so much his belly button … Continue reading →
Posted in Children, Grandparenting & Grandkids, Humor, Parenting, True Stories I've Written
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Tagged Cheerio, Cheerios, grndson, innie, onesie, outie, son, Thomas
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11 Comments
A Dying Man’s Last Request
A re-post for newer friends: My biological father (I’ll call him “RP” for the remainder of this post) was an avid golfer. He always dreamed of playing the Pebble Beach Golf Course. He and another man wanted to play the … Continue reading →
Posted in Adventure, Challenges, Commitment, Duty, Humor, True Stories I've Written
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Tagged 18th hole, ashes, beach, beloved, clubhouse, dirty, dying, golf course, last request, martini, ocean, security guard, urn, vodka
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8 Comments
The Day My Beloved Got Me Fired
(A re-post for newer friends of this blog.) Back in 1980, several months after we got married, my Beloved got me fired. It all began when I had to take time off from work due to the simultaneous removal of … Continue reading →
Posted in Anger, Bullying, Choices, Illness, LIfe Lessons, True Stories I've Written
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Tagged angry, beloved, boss, fired, job, phone, quit, swear, telephone, wife, wisdom, wisdom teeth
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6 Comments
Context Is Everything
While waiting in the Urgent Care facility for my Mother-in-Law to be checked out after her bad fall down the escalator, a woman seated just two seats away from me was talking quite loudly into what appeared to me to … Continue reading →
Posted in Attittude, Awareness, Children, Parenting, True Stories I've Written
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Tagged children, deaf, elementary, iPod Nano, MIL, Mother, Mother-in-law, parent, School
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11 Comments
The Phone Call
Sometimes things can change in an instant. One moment I was watching the U.S. market wind down, and the next… The phone call came in at about 12:45pm today. A woman who identified herself as the manager of (a major … Continue reading →
Posted in True Stories I've Written, Family "Fun", Adventure
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Tagged escalator, father-in-law, fell, FIL, hurt, MIL, Mother-in-law, urgent care, wheelchair
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14 Comments
Hallway Torture
(This is a re-post for newer readers.) One of the toughest challenges we had as parents was regarding discipline. We wanted to be firm but loving and fair and for the consequences to be effective, age-appropriate, and child-specific. Unfortunately, it … Continue reading →
Posted in Challenges, Children, Creativity, Discipline & Consequences, Fairness, Parenting, True Stories I've Written, Youth
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Tagged child, children, consequences, discipline, fair, fairness, hallway, parenting, torture
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2 Comments
The Touch
When our children were young we were fortunate to have the option of being able to have a parent stay at home to raise our children while the other worked outside the home. My Beloved chose to focus her many … Continue reading →
Posted in Children, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, True Stories I've Written
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Tagged boys, families, glass, gorilla, gorillas, mom, palm, San Francisco, San Francisco Zoo, silverback, touch, window, zoo
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8 Comments
