Suprise Me

A Sympathetic Second Soprano by
10
(21 Stories)

Prompted By Turning Points

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I really should, at the end of this Retrospect enterprise, tell the story of meeting John and Patti. So much good has come in my life as a direct result of sitting down, in about the fourth pew from the front of the church, about three seats in from the left-hand aisle, next to a…
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Discovering a treasure by
50
(50 Stories)

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Retrospect made a journalist realize it's okay to write about his own stories and not just the stories of others.
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This Little Light of Mine by
200
(302 Stories)

Prompted By Traditions

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Chanukah has always been my favorite holiday. Not because of the gifts — my parents actually gave us our gifts on Dec. 25th when the rest of our friends were getting theirs — but because I loved lighting the candles, singing the traditional songs, playing dreidel, and eating Chanukah gelt (chocolate circles wrapped in gold…
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Required Reading for Living on Earth by
5
(6 Stories)

Prompted By What We Read

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Our differences are what we share -- the fact that we are different, all of us from one another, is how we are the same.
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Say Yes to Michigan by
25
(34 Stories)

Prompted By Family Trips

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Hey, there’s gray poop on everything here!
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Birthday Girl by
100
(141 Stories)

Prompted By Special Birthdays

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One of the birthdays I remember best was not one of mine.
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Frenched! by
200
(346 Stories)

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Frenched! I was 11 years old the first time I went away to camp.   Until then I’d spent wonderful summers with my family at my grandmother’s small Catskill hotel.  (See My Heart Remembers My Grandmother’s Hotel,  My Game Mother,  The Troubadour, and Playing with Fire) But my grandmother had just sold the hotel,  and in…
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Cool Water by
50
(90 Stories)

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I’m not really thirsty til I realize To my surprise and horror That I’ve left the house without My HydroFlask of water Cool clear water (water, water)   I try not to panic but I find it hard to swallow Will tomorrow ever come I mean what I am to do without water Cool clear water…
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Cinderella at Jersey Girls State by
100
(194 Stories)

Prompted By Leap Day

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Problem number one: I had no boyfriend and, although I was 17, I had never been on a date.
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Freedom, Balance, and my Bike by
50
(50 Stories)

Prompted By Riding a Bicycle

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Learning to ride a bike can teach you some key lifelong lessons. That's what my red rocket did.
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