Tag: children
member name: Janna O'Donnell
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May 08, 2007 08:19 AM EDT --
Shadow stands
like a totem pole--
Your negative
Twice the height of
your real self.
Stretching
It reaches
the tops of shadow trees.
Matching your flight path
Arms spread . . .
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February 15, 2007 07:39 PM EST --
My daughter, like most little 5 year old girls, loves to pretend to be a princess. I am, of course, the rest of the cast of characters since my youngest is too little to repeat the lines correctly . . .
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June 06, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
The kids and I go on an evening walk around the neighborhood every week day. Last evening we found a Giant West African Land Snail making his leasurely way down the road. His shiny, beautifully . . .
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March 27, 2008 01:16 PM EDT --
After a trying morning of grocery shopping with all 4 kids, I was putting Little Miss down for her nap.
As I bent to kiss her and she asked for the millionth time, "Where's Daddy?" . . .
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April 07, 2007 11:09 AM EDT --
She's my fourth child. I've done the potty training before with 2 boys and a girl. The boys were potty-trained just short of 3 years old and the girl at about 2 1/2. Little Miss . . .
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December 29, 2007 06:01 AM EST --
Those of you with young children know that they are famous for singing lyrics differently than they were written. My youngest is three this Christmas and she has been dancing in front . . .
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February 06, 2007 10:31 AM EST --
My daughter amazes me with her confidence. Not long ago, we attended a jungle themed birthday party for one of my 5 year old daughter's friends. They hired a lady to paint the kids faces . . .
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September 02, 2007 06:56 AM EDT --
Determined to see the morning
from the first bright spark on grey
you pad from your pooh bear bed
in little mermaid pajamas
to share it with me.
Never mind that I'd prefer
the . . .
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September 26, 2007 11:58 PM EDT --
She's so petite--not much over 5 feet tall in her tank top, flowing skirt and sparkly flip flops--but she eminates energy. She's an artist, a professional rider in dressage , a dance teacher for . . .
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January 28, 2007 07:32 PM EST --
A 10 year old boy is a constant problem for his math teacher. He talks in class and clowns around. He refuses to turn in homework. He openly questions her policies and rules. . . .
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January 26, 2008 07:15 AM EST --
On the backs of my hands
Are maps of far countries
And my eyes see clearly
Only the past
And my mistakes.
I knew someday my strength
Would leak out
Leaving . . .
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March 18, 2008 12:15 PM EDT --
Dear Smokers,
I would like to begin this letter by stating that I support your right to smoke. I don't smoke and I never have but this is a free country and I believe you should have the . . .
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July 05, 2008 03:14 PM EDT --
We went on a wonderful island safari trip with our visitors from Sweden and when we stopped at Bathsheba beach, a gentleman with dreads was selling jewelry from a small suitcase. With him was his . . .
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December 07, 2006 02:26 PM EST --
Sometimes I hesitate to send things out to friends about my younger son because even though I want to share things about him, I don't think most people would understand. At first it . . .
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January 22, 2007 08:12 PM EST --
A cousin's son had been constantly in trouble from the time he entered kindergarten. He was having difficulty in reading even though he was obviously smart. His teachers recommended . . .
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May 10, 2008 11:38 PM EDT --
A baby is born. It lies sweetly in the cradle, it cries, it coos and gurgles. You're smitten. Months go by and the little angel learns to crawl. You long for the day the child . . .
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March 07, 2009 07:40 AM EST --
There's a Cheshire Cat in the sky
Did you know?
One night I see the glimmer of his half open eye
Peeping in through the curtains by my bed.
I think he's sleepy too.
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February 10, 2007 05:13 AM EST --
My husband and I were having no success in finding a babysitter for our four children for an event. We were discussing options at the dinner table when our oldest son, 8 years old, chimed in. . . .
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February 18, 2007 09:47 PM EST --
My oldest has been learning the multiplication tables so I've become familiar with many ways to help him drill and practice. After testing many methods, here are the ones that worked the best . . .
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April 25, 2007 07:36 PM EDT --
A simple thing.
Soap bubble launched from a wand
Only somewhat magical.
Pursing your lips to blow
Just enough but not too much
To bend the liquid rainbow
Into an arc
And then a sphere. . . .
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