Tag: family
group name: roundtable
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August 15, 2008 10:57 PM EDT --
The entire city was lit up. Fire crackers were exploding everywhere. It was a Diwali evening. Diwali - the festival of lights - it brings joy and happiness for everyone. I used to make a long list . . . more
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February 22, 2008 04:20 PM EST --
I am rapidly approaching 50. I can't believe I've lived this long-never thought it would happen.
It's odd-I can vividly remember being five-years old and walking to school . . . more
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December 15, 2007 03:37 AM EST --
Josie was filled with joyful anticipation. She was pregnant. It was a time of preparation! It was a time of great anxiety! Felt as fat as Santa she looked outside the window. Today she was not looking . . . more
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March 22, 2008 02:53 PM EDT --
CHAPTER I
Nothing tastes quiet as good as a stew that has simmered all night. The Jewish people prepare a special version called Cholent , a potted meal consisting of meat, potatoes, . . . more
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March 26, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
Chapter III
My Bronx Story
© 2006
By David Wainland
There was a lot of love crammed into that small apartment in The Bronx. Most of it emanated from my mother, a cheerful . . . more
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December 14, 2007 08:30 PM EST --
Josie was filled with joyful anticipation. She just couldn't sleep a wink. It was Christmas Day, but right now no one seemed to be worried about the presents or Santa. Peeking to the alarm . . . more
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December 12, 2007 11:31 PM EST --
Mable fumed when she saw Charlie return home with a tarantula. Hoping it would be a goldfish she convinced herself to let him go with his dad to the pet store on his fifth birthday. Another glance at . . . more
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December 31, 2007 04:02 PM EST --
This is a review that differs greatly from the professional movie reviewers. I saw this film with a 10-year-old and 12-year-old, we all enjoyed it. In fact, the theater was about 75 percent full . . . more
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June 23, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
Here's why I'm increasingly down on science: I've heard over and over that most of what we think of as "matter," which laypeople call "stuff," is actually made . . . more
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December 04, 2007 05:31 PM EST --
Four year old Sara watched her mom quietly, as she put the ornaments on the Christmas tree. Peaceful angels, . . . more
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July 13, 2007 09:11 AM EDT --
We have been ordered by the court to go to a co-parenting class. We're getting divorced and I guess it's a mandatory thing, even though we are good parents and there isn't a custody issue. . . . more
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May 25, 2008 02:57 PM EDT --
You might recognize this. I've been working on this novel for several months and am now ready to submit the first two chapters to a contest. I am hoping some of you would give me some . . . more
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December 16, 2007 06:37 PM EST --
Last Sunday, we had a family outing at the King Of Prussia Mall. I had received my Gift card from Gather, but didn't get an opportunity to spend it.
This holiday season, I handed my kids my . . . more
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July 07, 2007 09:50 PM EDT --
It's been a busy week. My last entry in the Final Act was a little on the bleak side. I have a lot to tell you all since then. Actually it started that day, last Sunday. I decided . . . more
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June 09, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
FOR MY DAD ON FATHER'S DAY.
© 2008 DavidWainalnd
During the war, our Bronx apartment had all the amenities . . . more
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August 03, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
Yes. But then so is President Clinton, Bush the first, members of Congress, members of the House.
As I understand it the upkeep on the roads and highway system is two-fold. The states use . . . more
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December 28, 2007 05:36 PM EST --
While my children were growing older, after High School, they had their share of fiasco's. I am not talking about little problems, I am talking about each of them running their own gauntlet. I alway's . . . more
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May 22, 2008 12:10 PM EDT --
© 2008 David Wainland
On Monday, April 24, 1949, I returned home from school to find my Bubbah Gussy (Grandmother), waiting in our apartment. She seldom visited us and seeing her there . . . more
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August 10, 2007 10:41 AM EDT --
I have seen several articles lately that point out a crime such as child molestation and then point out the fact that the perp was a republican. I have seen just as many articles stating another . . . more
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December 28, 2007 03:19 PM EST --
Merry Christmas From the Family
By nine in the morning, I should have been awake for hours. By ten, Ishould be knee deep in shredded wrapping paper and surrounded by giftswhose use I . . . more
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