Tag: family
member name: Kevin E.
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December 16, 2009 10:59 PM EST --
By Thanksgiving Tip Top knew he didn’t have any money to buy his wife and children gifts for Christmas. Top tried anything and everything he could think of to get money. He tried so hard to get . . .
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December 17, 2009 06:42 AM EST --
When his children asked why he was cutting so many trees down across his driveway Top told them it was going to be a cold winter and that he was going into the firewood business. He would sell fresh . . .
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December 16, 2009 05:49 PM EST --
It all began when a train stopped Santa during a Christmas parade. It was that train that gave Tip Top Tommy the idea in the first place. As I think about it the whole thing began months earlier. To . . .
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June 13, 2007 10:15 PM EDT --
I always figured that if I was ever to write a "How To Book" it really would be on how not to do things. I have had nearly 50 years of field research in that area. I have accumulated a great . . .
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September 11, 2007 11:51 PM EDT --
I am a man who knows his limits. I am proud of my accomplishments and constantly strive to go the extra mile, but at age 49 I know what I cannot do. At the risk of offending animal lovers everywhere, . . .
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December 22, 2007 09:34 PM EST --
When I was eight I was captivated by a book called 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith . All of those dogs and all of those puppies just seemed like a wonderful adventure to a young mind. As an adult . . .
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September 13, 2008 07:12 PM EDT --
We had just moved to Georgia 4 years ago and we had really begun to settle in. Four days earlier our family had cheered the Atlanta Braves on to victory. My youngest son had just started . . .
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September 29, 2008 10:27 PM EDT --
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October 02, 2008 11:58 PM EDT --
I have been overwhelmed by the kindness that so many have shown by their comments on my article. There have been 2 questions that were asked and I want to answer them. I guess I could have answered . . .
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November 01, 2008 10:36 PM EDT --
When I was a little fella I hated going to the airport. I am the youngest of six siblings by many years. When I was seven my sister took a ride on an airplane to start her adult life in a place far away . . .
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January 02, 2009 12:59 PM EST --
Life is full of moments that we remember. Some moments we remember and cringe. Others we remember and think ,we did that? Still others can only be described as magical moments. My hope with this is to . . .
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February 22, 2009 01:02 PM EST --
"If your child attacks his teacher then so be it. Being attacked by a student is part of his teacher's job description ." This was a comment made by my Special Education Director to a . . .
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January 19, 2009 05:46 PM EST --
I first put on a pair of ice skates when I was four years old. They were double runners but where I lived in upstate New York everyone skated, young and old. Every year about the first day of winter . . .
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June 02, 2009 12:35 AM EDT --
A few weeks ago a friend of mine took her own life. The last few months I have written about heroes all around us and last year I wrote about fighting windmills. My friend is neither a hero nor did she . . .
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June 09, 2009 10:49 AM EDT --
I have a confession to make I am not now nor have I ever been a farmer. I admire the family farms and the farmers that work so . . .
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August 28, 2009 01:18 PM EDT --
To My Friends At Gather:
My first book is about to be published with more on the way and my first thought was I need to thank my friends at Gather. No one ever achieves anything alone without support. . . .
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January 03, 2009 10:33 AM EST --
Magical Moments
Chapter 2
We Didn't Think You Could Do It But You Did
I struggled in school from K-12, I have two learning disabilities dyslexia & dyscalculia . . .
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November 28, 2009 08:24 PM EST --
Even though Keri is only eight Keri knows that when Keri needs to think, she thinks best when she can walk in the sand in the cool of the night. There is something about the feel of her bare feet and . . .
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August 26, 2009 05:29 PM EDT --
All of his life he was a little slow in everything he did. It took him a little longer to catch on to what others were talking about or the class lesson. He walked a little slower than most. He smiled . . .
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November 05, 2007 10:55 PM EST --
The term "letting go" is almost my least favorite term. It's just ahead of good bye. When someone I love has to move on I refuse to say good bye. I have to say so long. I never want . . .
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