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Category: Parenting

Saturday evening blues

Saturday Evening Blues (bp coyle)

January 25, 2018 coylewriter Leave a comment

I got to know a few of the other fathers over time. Standing around together in the freezing rain watching…

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Posted in: Family, Parenting, Relationships

Born To Be Bad (bp coyle)

January 20, 2018 coylewriter Leave a comment

She came to us damaged. Tiny, fragile and beautiful, but something had been broken inside. There were times when we…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Parenting
That's amazing

That’s… Amazing! (bp coyle)

January 18, 2018 coylewriter Leave a comment

My son started talking at a really early age. Which was cool, it made him even more fun to be…

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Posted in: Family, Humour, Parenting
Baby curls never grow back

baby curls never grow back (bp coyle)

January 11, 2018 coylewriter Leave a comment

good morning girls I said and I opened their bedroom door… same as any day… same as every day… and…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Humour, Parenting
Daddy's Girl - bp coyle

Daddy’s Girl (bp coyle)

January 7, 2018 coylewriter Leave a comment

I never thought of myself as the fatherly type. I had no interest in kids at all. Honestly, when my…

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Posted in: Fiction, Parenting
Complaint - bp coyle

Complaint (bp coyle)

December 18, 2017 coylewriter Leave a comment

I am writing in regards to the genetically engineered daughter I purchased from your company some time ago. Having had…

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Posted in: Dark Humour, Family, Parenting, Satire, Science Fiction

Sickness (story by R.C. Peris)

December 16, 2017 coylewriter Leave a comment

And wasn’t he such a sissy. That’s what his Daddy told him. Drunk and tripping over words in his mouth…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Parenting
whats he building in there? bp coyle

What’s He Building In There? (bp coyle)

December 17, 2017 coylewriter Leave a comment

Since our boy dropped out of college and moved back home he hardly ever leaves his room. He seems to…

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Posted in: Family, Fiction, Mystery, Parenting

Broken Ice (story by R.C. Peris)

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We were playing on the broken pans of ice. My sister and I. We were in the Arctic because our…

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Posted in: Family, Fantasy, Horror, Parenting
when a child disappears - r c peris

When A Child Disappears (story by R.C. Peris)

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Queen Fraga, who is the daughter of Lady Defrey and grandchild to Princess Coralla, was only queen for five days…

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Posted in: Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Mythology, Parenting, Religion

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