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I Shouldn’t Be Proud…
As a kid, I didn’t have one specific bully or nemesis, like Ralphie Parker and Scut Farkus in the movie A Christmas Story. That’s not to say I didn’t get bullied, though, because I did. You […]
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Second Grade Trauma
Second grade was a rather traumatic time for me, physically. I was between the ages of seven and eight and we were living in the little town of Duncan, Oklahoma, at the time. My second-grade […]
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Saturday School in the Winter
I grew up in the Appalachian mountains, so in the wintertime, we never suffered from any shortage of snow. Most days in January and February had a little snow, even if it was just flurries. […]
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October 28th, 1989
You know how there are just certain days from your past that you remember more than others? Well October 28th, 1989 is one of those days for me. It was a Saturday, which meant cartoons […]
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The Yearly Harvest Festival at School
With fall most certainly in the air these days, and Halloween not too far away now, this is a good time to talk about what used to be one of the highlights of my year…the […]