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Submitted to Contest #48
There's lot to say about my past but I wouldn't bore you with details. Just know I wasn't the brightest, boldest, smartest but definitely the sickest. I wasn't fatally gifted with the pen, I sucked at soccer and basically every sport known to man. The dyslexia I had as a kid was blamed for my poor grades but my grades didn't get better when it stopped. With all this many called me a loser but not my mom, never my mom. She took me as someone I couldn't think of myself; a king beloved by all. She always tried to cheer me up with stories of me ...
Submitted to Contest #17
Freedom is a great gift, one many so often treats as dung. Freedom always comes at a great price, something we sometimes truly realize when it has been taken from us. Life has a way of bringing us into tight corners and sometimes that causes us to do some things we never thought we could do. Some in my stead would blame their father's or someone else for getting here or for making the decisions I made in life. I was like that once, but after some years I've dropped that mindset. Mostly because my son didn't turn out as I did and also many ot...
Submitted to Contest #16
"Magic is a four lettered word spelt; L,O,V,E. This I've found to be true in life but never in a spelling bee." This I said with a smile on my face and that caused Richard to laugh hysterically. He said even at my old age I never lost my touch, that I'm still as funny as ever but I'm not so sure that's true. The old description, not the sense of humour. "Well dad, I'm sure you didn't call me out here to tell jokes. Why exactly am I here?" Richard was always a smart kid, sometimes too smart for his own good. He asked not because he knew not...
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