Tag: people
member name: Sarah L.
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December 24, 2006 04:33 PM EST --
I was HUGE! Little Sophie Jade (’bubs’ at the time) was curled up in the warmth of my womb waiting to make her arrival. My due date, of 21 December, had been and gone and I felt about as . . . more
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January 13, 2007 02:01 AM EST --
'Why is she pulling at your swimming costume?'
'She's probably thirsty.'
'But doesn't she drink from a bottle yet?' she said, as though drinking milk from a bottle was . . . more
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January 21, 2007 03:50 AM EST --
Stephanie's eyes clouded over as she stared past the daffodils on the kitchen windowsill to the wall of the neighbouring house. Behind her, the sound of the cooker’s clock ticked . . . more
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April 23, 2007 05:52 AM EDT --
Keeping friendships alive and being open to new ones is something I’ve learned much about since living in New Zealand. Over the past ten years I have had a series of valued and beloved friends. I . . . more
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January 05, 2007 02:48 AM EST --
Claire never did really like dancing. But being the youngest she naturally followed her older sister’s lead. All the while she was more interested in playing rough with the boys, climbing . . . more
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January 21, 2007 04:19 AM EST --
‘Well, fellas, you’re in for a treat tonight,’ cooed the T.V. host as she emerged from behind the screen, concealing the woman who would be choosing one of three men for her blind date. . . . more
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January 05, 2007 03:09 AM EST --
The old man looked out to sea with a faraway look. The eyes, which once sparkled, were empty, but he retained something of his handsome youthful looks: His white hair swept gracefully over . . . more
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February 21, 2007 02:38 AM EST --
Friends often ask, “Do you get much time to yourself?” And I smile contentedly and reply, “Not really, but that is fine with me.” But this answer is not strictly true. It is not . . . more
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December 27, 2006 05:07 AM EST --
I haven't slept for longer than four hours at a time in over three years, but I am not complaining as I this is the life I choose to lead.
After the children have gone to bed I grab at the chance . . . more
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January 04, 2007 04:50 AM EST --
Just before New Year's Eve I dreamed of a rose growing around the pine tree that stands tall and erect in our garden. It was the most magnificent rose I had ever seen. It's stem encircled . . . more
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January 04, 2007 04:15 AM EST --
Just before New Year's Eve I dreamt of a rose growing around the pine tree that stands tall and erect in our garden. It was the most magnificent rose I had ever seen. It's stem encircled . . . more
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January 08, 2007 02:55 AM EST --
After a two-week holiday my husband went back to work today. We all felt a bit depressed and it was up to me to put on a brave face for the girls. A morning at the gardens started out fine . . . more
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February 24, 2007 04:16 AM EST --
The baby cried helplessly from her cot under the harsh glare of the hospital lights. Cathy lay equally helpless, frozen by a temporary paralysis.
It wasn’t supposed to be like this, . . . more
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December 23, 2006 04:15 AM EST --
We were out the other day and I realised, that for over an hour, I hadn’t needed to intervene in a potential ‘bust up’, to guide Charlotte’s behaviour or even to be her best buddy. . . . more
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December 22, 2006 02:15 AM EST --
Whilst Christmas shopping for the girls today I couldn’t help but be disturbed by the stereotyping of girls vs boys toys, or that there should even be a blatant division between the two in the first . . . more
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December 23, 2006 04:10 AM EST --
Ever felt like you are on the outside of a bubble looking in? February 2007 will be my ten year anniversary of living in New Zealand. I still have a British accent (though family and friends in the UK . . . more
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