For my 5th birthday, my grandparents gave me a stuffed Gund puppy dog that I promptly named “Puppy”. An unoriginal yet practical name, Puppy was a fluffy, adorable, small stuffed dog with soft long hair and an expressionless face. He had two large, dark eyes and a hard, black plastic nose that had the texture [...]
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Childhood Revisted: Puppy
Posted in Coming of Age, Depression, Life, tagged childhood, coping, divorce, toys on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Counting
Posted in Coming of Age, Life, tagged Coming of Age, Life, Love on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad… You should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you’re really quite lucky! Some people are much more…Oh, ever so much more…Oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!”
–Dr. Seuss, Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky [...]
