Tag: arts
member name: Kimberly Ripley
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July 12, 2007 12:57 PM EDT --
This is reprinted from "Breathe Deeply, This Too Shall Pass: Thirty Tales of Trials and Tribulations of Parenting Teens" by Kimberly Ripley
The book is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & . . .
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February 08, 2008 11:57 PM EST --
She's not supposed to have too much sugar, but every now and then Nana sneaks her just a little taste! This particular evening Mom gave the okay...for a couple of bites. Lilly's personality changed . . .
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May 31, 2008 11:01 PM EDT --
Some people have junk drawers. I have a junk room. In fact, somewhere in the midst of my junk room is my office. Yes, I work amidst stacks of stuff....some of it will be sold on eBay, some of it will . . .
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August 07, 2007 09:43 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Reprinted from Breathe Deeply, This Too Shall Pass: Thirty Tales of Trials and Tribulations of Parenting Teens by Kimberly Ripley
He is tattooed from his jaw to his ankles. . . .
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August 31, 2007 05:31 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Will it be like this at YOUR Labor Day gathering???
How much worse does it get than arriving at your childhood home and learning that your second cousin twice removed . . .
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September 06, 2007 03:45 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
You've undoubtedly seen them in diners or family restaurants from your childhood. You may even recall seeing them in your grandmother's or great-aunt's . . .
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June 07, 2007 07:17 PM EDT --
This is a true story I wrote for Chicken Soup for the Bride's Soul. As with many Chicken Soup stories, I still own the rights and am free to reprint the story elsewhere.
A Tale of . . .
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October 04, 2007 09:42 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Copyright 2004
When you visit a large family, you certainly can't expect optimal housekeeping conditions. In our house we strive . . .
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February 16, 2008 04:35 PM EST --
Johnny Pesky played in the American League from 1942-1954...missing entire seasons in 1943, 1944, and 1945 while serving his country in World War II. Pesky has been associated with the Boston Red Sox . . .
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May 20, 2008 09:38 PM EDT --
We faced unpredictable odds. Turmoil raged from within his family. His father was a tyrant and not quite stable, but he controlled it all......the business, the family, their money.
I had three . . .
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September 13, 2008 02:23 PM EDT --
I've always been good at rolling with the punches, and this weekend I'll get lots of additional experience. Our household of 1200 occupants (okay, there aren't really THAT many people living . . .
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October 15, 2008 10:20 PM EDT --
Oh....to be so small and so unaware of shame, embarrassment, and all the turmoil of the world. Sweet, innocent, and sheltered from almost everything negative in our lives....what a blissful way to live! . . .
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March 26, 2007 10:44 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
A couple of years ago I researched and wrote an article for Discovery
Travel on the plight of the loggerhead sea turtles. I had the
pleasure of interviewing an intriguing . . .
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August 26, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
American advertising would have us believing it's mandatory to outfit all school children with smart new outfits and oodles of sleek school supplies . . .
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September 06, 2007 03:54 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Americans stereotypically equate teenagers with the most rampant age of child drug abuse. While that may be true, it is imperative that parents not rely on such a statistic . . .
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March 20, 2008 10:57 AM EDT --
Happy Easter to my Gather writing friends who celebrate the holiday. Happy Spring to those who don't.
For today's writing essential, please submit stories/articles/poems, etc. on how you . . .
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March 27, 2008 07:31 AM EDT --
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to Thursday's Writing Essential. I'm in Sarasota today conducting a couple of interviews. In light of my my own assignments, I started wondering who you'd . . .
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April 28, 2008 09:26 AM EDT --
This week I have to drive to my hometown in Maine and attend a funeral. My former mother-in-law (my ex's mother) passed away this weekend. She was 79. She was very good to me throughout our years . . .
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June 02, 2008 12:01 AM EDT --
Wasn't there a Gidget movie by that or a similar name? I think I'm remembering correctly, but then again I'm older now. That means my mind tends to transpose things now and then. Take . . .
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May 27, 2008 11:35 PM EDT --
How can I touch his heart?
I penetrate the surface with compassion, yet I'm burned along the edges for my efforts.
Manipulation.
Control.
Sociopath?
I see the lies that . . .
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