Tag: kids
member name: anna g. vanwinkle
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March 23, 2007 12:10 PM EDT --
"Mom, what crowd were you in when you were in 7th grade? the popular kids or the invisibles?"
"What do you mean by invisibles?"
"You know the kids no one notices like me." . . .
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November 01, 2008 09:51 PM EDT --
We live in a small rather quiet town, a bedroom community nicely tucked away from the crime and drug infested Capital of our state.
The most excitement me and my merry band of lady hoods . . .
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March 04, 2006 08:13 PM EST --
My guys. Michael and Bryan. Big and Little. Shortage of Hair and lots of hair. Tall and short. Older and younger. Husband and Son. Priceless and Priceless. Life without them? Unimaginable times infinity. . . .
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June 05, 2007 11:45 AM EDT --
In a previous article about our upcoming road trip, I managed to get the song, Found A Peanut, stuck in Joan's head.
I would apologize but Joan called me an evil woman -- and I suppose that . . .
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February 16, 2006 10:04 AM EST --
This morning, I wish I was a kid again.
A kid sleeping comfortably and warm snuggled in my sleeping bag on the top bunk of a bed built into the wall of the cabin. A cabin with 12 other . . .
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February 18, 2006 12:58 PM EST --
Animal Crackers. Innocent little snaps in a cute little box.
They struck the fear of god into me as a kid. My mom would get me a box.
All I could think of was that somebody has mashed up all the parts . . .
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May 27, 2007 12:38 PM EDT --
This is a story about the gator in Lake Shelby. Make that plural. Gators.
Not the football team Gators' fan who was intoxicated in lake Shelby.
And, not the Gator-ade drink that fell out of . . .
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March 24, 2006 02:24 PM EST --
Sad News
With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the
moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person,
which almost went unnoticed . . .
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April 10, 2006 10:51 AM EDT --
Rescue-Itis: Southern Tradition steeped in legend, lore, commonly found in families where one or more adult members has the knack for dragging home the wounded, orphaned or given away animal kingdom unfortunates; . . .
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February 11, 2006 05:36 PM EST --
I have a friend, Evangeline - Vangie for short. Twenty times a week she pulls out every pot and pan she owns and cooks something. She's a disaster cook, doesn't economize - using two pans . . .
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February 22, 2006 12:09 PM EST --
Dear Husband,
We've been waiting now for two hours. Long day. The things that matter when you are here don't matter so much when you are gone. So, I spent most of the day making . . .
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November 15, 2007 12:08 PM EST --
I was in Home Depot this morning - and not on a mission to find anything in particular.
I'd driven my son Bryan to school, and remembered somewhere in the back of my head I needed 'things' . . .
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February 10, 2006 05:36 AM EST --
I hate Sundays. For a couple of reasons.
The dog for starters. Tucker (see picture of big golden dog with big nose) Will hop completely over my husband in the bed to nudge ME awake to take . . .
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October 27, 2007 08:42 AM EDT --
Well, crank my factor up by ten or twenty here.
My son is into competitive forensics. That's the newage term for drama, improv, debate, and oratory. So, I help him rehearse, keep his . . .
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March 16, 2006 09:38 AM EST --
Creating a gifted ADD Child takes a lot of work, but here's a simple recipe to follow in order to hardwire your child's brain for pre-disposition to favorable diagnosis.
1. At Birth, interact . . .
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March 16, 2006 11:12 AM EST --
I've long wanted to say HOOEY! to the myth of birth order.
"The first child will be a type A, child, your accountant, your perfectionist, your child who must lead at at all times"... . . .
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January 31, 2006 11:48 AM EST --
Thanksgiving 1970 something. To Grandmother's house we've gone. 12 aunts and uncles with 19 cousins arrive and it's time for the Alabama vs. Auburn football game in Picker's Junction, . . .
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March 21, 2006 09:38 AM EST --
dear husband,
as you know we sat around all weekend being pajama bums enjoying the end of Spring Break. Bryan left for Spring Break so we didn't have to go anywhere at all.
It . . .
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January 26, 2006 09:48 AM EST --
Bryan - to start with - is a funny kid. This may be why the funny approach to parenting works well with him. I don't know who else on the planet has an 11 year . . .
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March 13, 2006 09:51 PM EST --
About two years ago my son and I had a few weeks of summer to spend doing something. I figured it was a good time to head back down south to Mobile, Alabama to see my parents.
So, I loaded . . .
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