Tag: children
member name: Roger Kiser
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September 27, 2007 03:56 PM EDT --
Having been raised in a Jacksonville, Florida orphanage; I knew absolutely nothing, about anything, once I walked out of that facility, many years later. I had no idea how to fill out a job application, . . .
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May 17, 2008 06:38 PM EDT --
Mean Moms (author unknown)
Someday when my children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will
tell them, as my Mean Mom told me: I loved you
enough . . . . . .
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June 15, 2008 10:04 AM EDT --
Til Death Do Us Part
Between the ages of six and fifteen, I had witnessed two murders, possibly three. I had seen at least ten dead bodies lying in the street, all while living on the streets, and . . .
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July 01, 2008 08:27 PM EDT --
I left California about 13 years ago and moved to Brunswick, Georgia. Since that time, hardly a day goes by that I do not think about returning to fish for stripped bass in the beautiful California . . .
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May 27, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
The memories flood my heart, as I sit in this old rocking chair.
Back and forth I rock, back and forth my mind goes.
We are old, this chair and I. We are very much a matched pair.
The magic has . . .
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June 01, 2008 11:33 AM EDT --
"Papa, can I have another envelope?" asked my five year old granddaughter, Chelsey.
"LOOK! I've already given you three envelopes today and you are just wasting them.
"But . . .
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June 05, 2008 10:32 AM EDT --
I realize as responsible adults we must watch what we say, especially when children and grandchildren are in the area.
I am probably one of the most impatient men living on the face of this earth or . . .
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July 03, 2008 12:48 PM EDT --
This is a very unusual story. It is one that is very difficult for me to tell. Not only because of the incident itself but trying to tell the story in such a manner that it is not crude or disrespectful. . . .
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October 12, 2008 04:33 PM EDT --
Those of you who have read my books and stories know of the horrors we children suffered at the hands of the State of Florida. On October the 19th the Miami Herald will release a story in their paper . . .
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August 08, 2007 09:16 AM EDT --
Having been raised most of my young life in a Jacksonville, Florida orphanage, I, along with many other kids, was not familiar with the feeling of ‘love.' ‘Love' was just a . . .
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October 19, 2007 01:21 PM EDT --
"Just where in the hell did you get that?" asked the house parent.
I held out my 7-year-old hand, opened my fist and exposed the tiny toy car held inside.
"It's a Christmas present . . .
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July 18, 2007 11:13 AM EDT --
Almost every evening my three year old granddaughter, Madison would bring me her book titled "Short a and Long a" to read to her. Turning the pages I would read and then point to the . . .
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May 16, 2008 09:48 PM EDT --
As I write my stories and can sometimes look back into my past, occasionally I get a glimpse of what I felt as a little boy. I can see myself clearly as a little boy and remember almost everything that . . .
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August 22, 2007 08:32 AM EDT --
I pulled into the driveway of my home and I parked the boat beside the house. My son and I hooked up the water hose to the engine and allowed it to run for about fifteen minutes. We then unloaded the fishing . . .
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October 06, 2007 09:55 PM EDT --
"Wow!" I bent down quickly to pick up the small paper envelope I found on the sidewalk. I was returning from school to the orphanage where I lived.
On the front of the package was a picture . . .
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November 12, 2007 11:36 AM EST --
"Bassett Army Hospital" said a male voice.
Immediately, I looked up from my magazine to see who had made the statement. At age seventeen, I had served more than a year of my military service . . .
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September 17, 2007 04:56 PM EDT --
Because of old age, we had just lost two more of the many animals that we had saved from abusive situations. I was not in the mood to take on any more animals, mainly because of the high veterinary costs . . .
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November 03, 2007 12:05 PM EDT --
I was a little disappointed when I saw the old buildings were now gone that I had known as a young boy. Every one of them replaced with a high-rise. It had been a long time since I had been to Jacksonville, . . .
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March 15, 2008 09:53 PM EDT --
I don't know what made November 20th 1950 any different from any other day. Just because it was my forth birthday was no big deal. There were no parties or gifts given us kids for any special occasion . . .
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September 15, 2007 02:21 PM EDT --
I am not really sure how I feel about Foster Parents. Most of my life was spent in a Jacksonville, Florida orphanage. I did go to a foster home for about three months, when I was about twelve years old. . . .
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