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Category: Childhood

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All Grown Up (bp coyle)

September 5, 2018 coylewriter

I was home for Christmas, at my Aunt’s house for a family gathering and just returning from using the bathroom…

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Posted in: Childhood, Humour
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You Got It (bp coyle)

July 23, 2018 coylewriter

My eyes have always been sensitive to light. It hurts. From a very young age I wore special glasses with…

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Posted in: Childhood

The Dark (Story by R.C. Peris)

July 20, 2018 periswriter

My parents purchased the house at a steep discount. The family that lived there needed to sell fast. The mother…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction
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Nobody Plays Chess in Johnsburg, Illinois (bp coyle)

April 13, 2018 coylewriter

In 1972 my family moved to Johnsburg, Illinois. Dad had been chosen to head up a new office of his…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction
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DNA (bp coyle)

April 11, 2018 coylewriter

Papa was sent to death row and Mama changed our names. I went from being Scott Walker to being Jimmy…

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Posted in: Childhood, Crime, Family, Fiction
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School Blaze (bp coyle)

February 15, 2018 coylewriter

What a party we had the night our old school burned down. I had dropped out by then and was…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction

Love Is Forever (bp coyle)

February 9, 2018 coylewriter

When I was eight, my teacher was called Miss Hayes. She seemed old, but picturing her now I guess she…

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Posted in: Childhood, Fiction

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