Family April Fools

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by Paula on April 1, 2012

Ever have an April Fool’s trick played on you?   I have.   Years ago, when we were children, my brother enjoyed tricking us on April 1st.    One year he put green food coloring into the milk bottle.  Let me tell you, nobody wanted to drink it that April 1st.   I’m pretty sure [...]

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The Three Musketeers (Early Days of Mischief)

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by adminfamilyshortstories on March 17, 2012

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Looking back on the early teenage years, it’s a wonder that our parents survived us!  This story is a follow- up from our previous story, “Wait About Ten Years to Tell Them”. My friend Randy (one of the three) wrote the story, so I’ll try to keep close to his version with my own personal [...]

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Taste of Summer

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by Paula on March 3, 2012

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The other night I made pasta with white clam sauce for the boys.   But even though I was standing in my kitchen, I was really with my family at the beach where I vacationed as a child.   It was always a vacation near the ocean, probably because my dad grew up in the [...]

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Houses and Memories

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by Paula on February 16, 2012

In our family, the 1970’s were punctuated by moves.   Dad took a new position, or a new job, and it meant packing up the house into the corrugated cardboard boxes by the men from Mayflower, Altas or United Van Lines.   I don’t recall my first house, but I’ve seen photos and heard stories [...]

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When the Queen of England was a Family Friend

January 28, 2012

My father was fond of practical jokes, in which he’d spin a tale and see how long he could get away with it.  He had the poker face down to perfection, and even my mother acknowledged that, after decades of being with him, she still couldn’t always be sure when he was pulling her leg [...]

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Misunderstandings & Groundhog Day

January 21, 2012

I remember one February 2nd, my son came home from preschool, eager to show me the little craft he made for groundhog day.   He handed me a paper cup with a Popsicle stick poking out the bottom.   Attached to the stick, inside the cup, was a paper groundhog he had colored brown with [...]

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“Gary, Indiana, My Home Sweet Home”

January 14, 2012

It was such a long time ago.  I was in sixth grade, and the high school in our town was auditioning for roles in the production of “Music Man”.   They sometimes cast one or two younger students along with the high schoolers.  That year I auditioned for Winthrop,  the role of the younger brother [...]

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When a Kiss was a Big Deal

January 8, 2012
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When I was young, dating was a far cry from what it is today.   I had the biggest crush on this boy {I think it was probably in 9th or 10th grade} and the only “date” I’d had was sitting on my front porch with him.   So one day at lunch hour, we [...]

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Unnoticed, one step at a time…

January 7, 2012

Something happened the other day, and I just can’t get it off my mind.   This isn’t the first time this has ever happened, but life’s lessons have a way of coming back again and again.  It caused me to remember that I was taught ”no matter how tough you think you have it, there is [...]

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What a Girl Would Do for Love (A Childhood Story)

December 28, 2011
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When I was in grade school there was this boy who I had the biggest movie star crush on.  He was more than the cat’s meow and greater than David Cassidy to me then.  He had bright red hair, an amazing smile and when he sang it was so beautiful it made the angels cry. [...]

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