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Category: Parenting

Saturday evening blues

Saturday Evening Blues (bp coyle)

January 25, 2018 coylewriter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

coylewriter

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)

coylewriter

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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