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The Written Word This is an area for poems, fun quotes, short stories (very short), and anything interesting that is made up of words. Fun & Silly Facts you should know 'Stewardesses' is the longest
word typed with only the left hand .. Our eyes are always the same
size from birth, but our nose and ears never
stop growing. The
sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter of the
alphabet. There
are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous': tremendous,
horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Almonds are a member of the
peach family. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Where
in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Balance! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In my opinion, a horse is the animal to have. Eleven-hundred pounds of raw muscle, power, grace, and sweat between your legs - it's something you just can't get from a pet hamster. ~Author Unknown
Mean Moms
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:
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I loved you enough
to ask where you were going,
with whom, and what time you
would be home.
I loved you enough to be
silent and let you discover that
your new best friend was a creep.
I loved you enough to stand over
you for two hours while you cleaned
your room, a job that should
have taken 15 minutes.
I loved you enough to
let you see anger, disappointment,
and tears in my eyes.
Children must learn that their parents aren't perfect.
I loved you enough to let you
assume the responsibility for your
actions even when the penalties
were so harsh they almost broke my heart.
But most of all, I loved you enough . . .
to say NO when I knew you would hate me for it.
Those were the most difficult battles
of all..... I'm glad I won them,
because in the end you won, too.
And someday when your children
are old enough to understand
the logic that motivates parents,
you will tell them.
Was your Mom mean?
I know mine was.
We had the meanest mother
in the whole world!
While other kids ate candy for breakfast,
we had to have cereal, eggs, and
toast. When others had a Pepsi
and a Twinkie for lunch,
we had to eat sandwiches.
And you can guess our mother
fixed us a dinner that was different
from what other kids had, too.
Mother insisted on knowing where
we were at all times. You'd think we were
convicts in a prison. She had to know who
our friends were, and what we were
doing with them.
She insisted that if we said we would
be gone for an hour, we would be gone
for an hour or less.
We were ashamed to admit it, but she
had the nerve to break the Child Labor
Laws by making us work.
We had to wash the dishes,
make the beds,
learn to cook,
vacuum the floor,
do laundry,
empty the trash and all
sorts of cruel jobs.
I think she would lie awake at
night thinking of more things for us to do.
She always insisted on us telling the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
By the time we were teenagers,
she could read our minds and
had eyes in the back of her head.
Then, life was really tough!
Mother wouldn't let our friends
just honk the horn when they drove up.
They had to come up to the
door so she could meet them.
While everyone else could date
when they were 12 or 13, we had
to wait until we were 16.
Because of our mother we missed
out on lots of things
other
kids experienced. None of us have ever
been caught shoplifting, vandalizing
other's property or
ever arrested for any crime.
It was all her fault.
Now that we have left home,
we are all educated, honest adults.
We are doing our best to be mean
parents just like Mom was.
I
think that is what's wrong with the world today. It just doesn't have enough mean moms! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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