Tag: life
group name: makeadifference
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March 27, 2008 02:41 PM EDT --
On our recent trip to Australia and New Zealand, we were unhappy to learn that domestic flights in New Zealand had severe weight restrictions…only one piece of checked luggage is allowed, maximum . . . more
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February 28, 2006 02:34 PM EST --
These days, nobody writes letters anymore. With Internet and telecommunication technologies, we have emails, IMs, and better yet, my folks in China are mostly writing SMS on mobile phones.
My dad in China, . . . more
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April 16, 2007 04:22 PM EDT --
I’ve long been an advocate of living a sustainable life, having been a “back to the Earth” family starting in the early 70’s. We moved to a small farm, with the purpose of giving . . . more
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February 24, 2006 02:54 PM EST --
When I was growing up I loved playing with my Barbie dolls. My friends and I had many clothes, accessories, her home and furniture so we could make up various scenarios with never ending possibilities. . . . more
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December 06, 2006 02:43 PM EST --
I am very excited to share with you my trip to the Extreme Makeover Home Edition site here in Raleigh, NC. I wanted to go earlier in the week when they first started the demolition . . . more
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April 18, 2006 07:31 PM EDT --
In addition to the traditional offerings most generous, doting parents lavish on a child, mine infused a lifeline to their unrestricted generosity. They gave me the world, by allowing me to see . . . more
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June 25, 2006 11:52 AM EDT --
Okay, so I quit my job about two weeks ago but absolutely nothing has changed and I am going crazy. I heard a rumor that my boss interviewed someone this past Friday so I am hoping that he hires . . . more
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December 29, 2005 03:49 PM EST --
It was warm, so I sat outside, to eat my lunch in the sun
I met a man who'd lost his way, and didn't know any one
He swallowed his pride, avoided my eyes,
and in a tiny voice, shared with me his . . . more
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April 07, 2006 09:25 PM EDT --
"I know your heart is breaking and your soul cries. Humor is the only way we stay even remotely sane when faced with life in all its brutality." ----- I wrote in an e-mail to a dear . . . more
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April 30, 2006 06:05 PM EDT --
*I was going to wait until the holidays to share this with all of you, however, I was reading an article someone wrote about homelessnes on Gather (if anyone knows which one let me know - it was the one . . . more
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March 23, 2006 12:36 PM EST --
6 weeks ago my daughter and I started cleaning out our basement. I say started because of course it is not finished yet. We did put a huge dent in it though. I estimate that we removed a half a ton of . . . more
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March 05, 2006 11:20 AM EST --
She stays because he says she can't live without him
and he has made it so it is true,
She stays because he has told her he will . . . more
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April 26, 2006 09:50 PM EDT --
Iams pet food company may put forth a wholesome animal-loving image, but it pays laboratories to conduct cruel nutritional tests on animals for research and product development. An investigator from . . . more
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October 27, 2006 10:42 AM EDT --
Enough is enogh!
I have tried being nice about people forcing their religous belifes on me. Nicely saying I'm not intrested in being saved by their God. I was born and raised as a pagan as some . . . more
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August 15, 2006 08:53 PM EDT --
I have had the same therapist for over fifteen years.
At one point when my marriage was failing and I had
better insurance, I would see her once a week. Now I
consider her my "on-call" . . . more
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February 27, 2006 12:35 AM EST --
When I first came to the United States, in a social event, someone asked me:
"What's your name?"
"Helen," I answered.
She looked at me ambiguously???. Her eyes were clearly telling . . . more
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December 01, 2006 10:06 PM EST --
I look to the sky and I wonder,
I look to the earth and I think.
What is this all about?
Why does change feel inevitable?
Yet why does it never really come?
I find myself currently . . . more
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May 21, 2006 01:55 PM EDT --
By Heather Moore
Senior Writer
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
As we learn to treat one another with kindness and respect, we should remember to extend the same compassion to animals. Like . . . more
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June 20, 2008 09:59 AM EDT --
One of the artists paints my garage wall.
Two years ago, taggers hit the side of my garage that faces one of my New Mexican town's alleys, hit it with white aerosol spray in the shape . . . more
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February 27, 2006 12:25 AM EST --
I saw him sleeping alone
Dried blood on his pants
The train that bumps along
Never wakes him
Don't sit next to him
Who knows were he's come from
Or where he is going
Do you know . . . more
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