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A "short essay" challenge to the writers....
I really want your "short essay" posts on this topic, please!!...
Explain how in your life, a splendid wonderful thing would never have come your way, if it hadn't been for a horrible, bad thing that did...
Don't care if it's just a few sentences, or a novelette (For the novelette writers, use a word program like "notepad" then copy and paste to the reply text box, or after typing it all in the text box, right click, "select all-copy" before hitting the "submit" button, so you don't lose all your hard work in one of those site timing out" deals)
I'm thinking there will be some great reading here, and I'm hoping for allot of posts !!
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| April 13, 2006, 13:52 |
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Re: A "short essay" challenge to the writers....
QUOTE (Chazzy @ April 13, 2006, 13:52)I really want your "short essay" posts on this topic, please!!...
Explain how in your life, a splendid wonderful thing would never have come your way, if it hadn't been for a horrible, bad thing that did...
I'm thinking there will be some great reading here, and I'm hoping for allot of posts !!
I like this one. I'm in! Be back in a bit... hopefully with something good.
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| April 13, 2006, 13:55 |
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Re: A "short essay" challenge to the writers....
In my life, many splendid and wonderful things have come my way in the wake of many horrible things. It's called "life." The love that my family and I share. Not just my children, my immediate family, but everyone in it that I've grown to know and understand and bond with over the years. Also, kindness and compassion, being two of the most valuable traits a person can have.
When I was a child, I saw plenty of horrors. I grew up in a dirt poor family with 8 kids living under one roof at the same time. We made do with what we had and never complained. We were, however, more fortunate than most in that our parents stayed together. It had it's ups and downs. I remember the abuse between them. I remember the long nights I would lay in bed and listen to them fight, listening to my mom cry all night. I remember both the mental and physical abuse and how "horrible" it must have been for her. Yet through it all, she kept us together as a family. That in itself is a splendid and wonderful thing that not many people have been able to do. I mean, we may not all be normal but we're not all in prison, either! lol What's normal, anyhow? 
The horrors of life can lead a person one of two ways. You can carry with you what you experience in life and doom yourself to repeat what you've seen and heard........ or you can better yourself, learn from what you've been through and promise yourself that you'll be the better person in any situation in your life! And forgive.... I love my dad, I always have and I always will.
I chose the latter of the two. It's a good thing I did because one of the most splendid and wonderful things that came from all of this is that my mom lived long enough to see her granddaughter born and know that her baby (me being the youngest) was safe in her new life........ happy with her new life....... and to this day I know that my children mean the world to her.... they do to me, as well.
Someone shut me up now, please!!!! 
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| April 13, 2006, 14:26 |
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What I was getting at with my story is...... if I was raised with a silver spoon in my mouth, I probably wouldn't be who I am today. I know, not all people that go through life with everything perfect and everything handed to them turn out to be spoiled rotten assholes that don't care about anyone but themselves... but with my luck, I would've... and that's not the kind of person I want to be.
So the horrors spawned the splendid and wonderful... 'nuff said.
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| April 13, 2006, 14:41 |
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My childhood was pretty good, loving family and my dad worked very hard for everything we had. I dropped out of high school to work when I was fourteen. When I got married I thought our life was good , we really didn't have money problems. Then my son was born the greatest day of my life was watching my son being born. Then things started getting worse my marrage was falling apart then the divorce and the consequencesof itfinancial and emotional. Also almost losing my life in a bad car accident everything has made me realize that I can't take advantage of everything good and not face the consequences of it. Altough things aren't good right now without these incidents I wouldn't have realized how important my son is to me and I wouldn't have found my girlfriend who has shown me so much. Horrible things happen to everyone but it's what we learn or how we react from these things thats a lesson.
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| April 13, 2006, 15:32 |
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Ever since I was a kid I always thought of my life as a field... I could do anything with that field, I could take care of it, I could plant flowers and make it look beautiful, I could just lay there or I could invite others to play with me.
One rainy night, not many years ago in another country I was walking on a big field. It didn't have anything on it, it was very dark and cold, just a few trees and a lot of mud because of the rain. It was only until we were in the middle of this field that we realised it was full of mines. God was generous enough to let us walk in there without stepping a single one, but none of us knew if we'd make it back. Six hours later after stepping my feet on safe ground my whole perception of life changed. It's not a field anymore... it's a nuclear shelter...
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| April 14, 2006, 04:33 |
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I love this stuff!!
I'll readily admit that one reason I posted this was selfish for the fact that somedays, I really have a need for uplifting and inspiration.
I hope there is more to come here!
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| April 14, 2006, 13:29 |
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Chupacabra
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north Al, Alabama, US
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I grew up without knowing who my real father is.It used to be me and my mother.We lived in a little trailor in Hokes bluff.Thats a country community in my town.But Then she meet my step father and had 2 more kids.The time me and her spent togather was less and less.It got to were all she cared about was her new family,and she still does.I moved out and was raised by grandparents.If it was not for them I dont know were I would be or if I would be alive.But I still depend on them when I need help.She is never there.And she still will not tell me who my real father is.But the point of this is that it could have been bad like him beating me or somthing.But I will never know because I grew up with out a father,not even a name.I was 12 when i left my mothers house and stayed with grandparents.If they had died I dont know what I would have done.Im just wanting to know if there is anybody out there who does not know their real dad.This is not realy a essa but here it is anyway.
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| April 16, 2006, 02:40 |
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I stopped at a longer to have a quiet drink , I sat near the end sipping , listening to Sinatra , summer breeze , the voice said , whee you been stranger , I turned she said oh I'm sorry , thought you somebody Else , then almost in slow motion , I'm falling back , my shirt and pants now flavored with Manhattan and the voice yelling , GET THE FUCK OUT , now in a bit of a daze I see two guys slam him to the wall and lead him out , I'm up flipping ice off my belt buckle and sitting back at the bar ,I'm very sorry are you alright , let me get you another drink , I'm fine a little wet but fine , the bartender went off to mix and I heard her voice , I want to apologies , I am so embarrassed ,husband ? no ex friend . WE sat for a long while discussing relationships gone bad and a plethora of other subjects , there was a mutual attraction and some time later we made very sweet love at her condo , she mentioned a mole on my lower back , I had it checked out , it turns out it was a very bad mole , but it was resolved . From a drunken slob knocking me on my ass , I met a very dear friend and perhaps extended my health and life , maybe I should buy him a drink
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lizonya
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Worth the Wait
Just when I was giving up on romance ...
"He says all the right things and I know he means them."
Ours is truly a love story!
After 25 years in banking and finance, I had become a successful loan officer. But my three marriages had all failed. Then, just when I was giving up on romance, along came this beautiful man from my past.
Kelly #### found me on Classmates.com. We had dated in high school, but lost touch after his parents moved away.
He told me he had not stopped thinking of me. In fact, he said that I was the model girl he chose to replicate when it came to dating anyone. He had fathered a son, but never married. After 20 years as a crab fisherman, he is now a builder/developer on the big island of Hawaii.
After months of speaking on the phone, Kelly came to visit for our much anticipated reunion and to give me a gorgeous emerald-and-diamond ring. He said that I was his first love and he would like me to be his last.
Our two careers seem to mesh perfectly. Now I provide him with construction financing and all the love he can handle. He says all the right things and I know he means them.
Thanks to Classmates.com. This never would have happened if it hadn't been for you.
This is the actual story published on Classmates.com under "Worth the Wait" -
Pretty cool, huh? 
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| April 20, 2006, 04:07 |
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Re: A "short essay" challenge to the writers....
Extremely cool! That's the plot for a romance novel that I would love to read, and I hate romance novels!
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| April 20, 2006, 06:08 |
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just4urplsur
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platte city, Missouri, US
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can i use crayons 
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| April 21, 2006, 11:10 |
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lizonya
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Re: Re: A "short essay" challenge to the writers....
QUOTE (just4urplsur @ April 21, 2006, 11:10)can i use crayons
 i've always wanted to use that icon...thanks
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| April 22, 2006, 03:14 |
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ok well here goes my life story since march 2004 in short form not enough time to type it all....
I lost my first good paying job barely gotton thru a month and a half until i got a new job and the first friday i worked there i got injured with a cut above my left eye and it was about 2 months later before they let me go on a friday in june then i started a program that helped assist me with finding a new job around christmas of that year i got a job at IHop Restaurant only thing did not make enough to cover half of my bills so after a bad night of work with one co worker i called in the next night and the head boss let me go in early february and then not long after that i found a new job at Code 3 Public Safety was there right about 6 months but due to the bad new supervisor who took over after 2 months i was there screwed everything up and then took my job/other things they had me do there for granted and gives my position to another new coworker who could not do that job worth a flying f***, i was doing about 60-70 Led perimeter lights for emergency vechicles in a day then he lets me go what he called my 6 month review when i needed to talk to him about other important issues that came up so i got unemployment for about a month until i found this tree/landscaping job only thing was they let me work for them for a week and the boss was crazy enough to let me go due to he thought i was too small to work for them so thats there lost,after that collected unemployment up until end of january this year then my last job i had for a month but did not turn out the way i was hoping for and now here i am learning from all these past stupid mistakes i made or the old bosses made but it has turned me against the politics and even the world some days wwhen i thought life was good until that started but now i know real world and life do not mix well together its a day to day thing to live as we want but its can we live from our past mistakes and learn from them and try to live a good life example for the future generations
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