Suprise Me

What a Cute Kid by
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Prompted By Temptation

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This is about another person’s temptation, a very little person. I was getting some provisions in between snowstorms and was riding up and down the aisles of a large grocery store in one of those electric carts. I had paused to read some labels. Around the corner in front of me come a mom and…
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It’s Only Words, and Words Are All I Have… by
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Prompted By Brain Games

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I love word games and crossword puzzles. But here's the thing - to me they are social activities, done with other people.
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Heading North — West is Left; East is Right by
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(170 Stories)

Prompted By Turning Points

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All I can safely say is… no one was killed.
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Different in many ways by
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(194 Stories)

Prompted By Being Different

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This was my first big revelation--not only had I thought I was different, I really was different. Not only was I in a different physical package from the rest of the group, I had a unique personality profile. 
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Shoes that fit by
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(12 Stories)

Prompted By Shoes

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The rising sun was already blazing the Monday I walked to school for the first time in my new Converse sneakers. November in Phoenix had been unusually hot, and I had convinced my mother on the weekend that it was too uncomfortable to wear the black leather dress shoes and dress pants that I had…
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Nippon by
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(359 Stories)

Prompted By Family Trips

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In June of 2007, David graduated from Stanford and Jeffrey moved up from 8th to 9th grade; a full-fledged high schooler. We felt a family trip was an appropriate way to celebrate and asked Jeffrey where he’d like to go. “Japan”. “Where else?”, we queried, just in case that didn’t work out. “No where; just…
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My perilous westward saga by
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Prompted By Dangerous Deeds

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We understood we were trespassing. But we figured that folks who lived in a region like this must do this all the time, right? Just drive up and take a quick dip?
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Piano Man – Remembering Herb by
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Prompted By That Summer

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Piano Man – Remembering Herb My memories of that summer between college and grad school,  when I took a camp job with my friend Liz,  are bittersweet. Liz and I were co-counselors for a bunk of kids,  and I had also signed on as drama counselor.   When we arrived at camp I was introduced to…
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Dig, Hippie, Dig! by
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Prompted By The Garden

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In my hippie days I lived on a communal farm in Olympia, Washington. I, of all people, a city girl from New York, somehow got the job of planting and nursing the garden. Being a relatively cooperative sort, I didn’t argue, though I knew my hair would frizz in the damp air (my biggest concern…
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“It was a cold and lonely night,..” or Absurdist Reality by
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Prompted By Parenthood

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  Part I   The Prelude We were living in Scotland for almost a year when I discovered that I was pregnant.  Robert, had been moved to Edinborough by his company to  run one factory in Scotland.  We were excited.  I don’t think either of us had spent time in Europe and we both liked to…
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