Tag: jacksonville
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December 26, 2007 04:25 PM EST --
Television shows have turned into nothing more than a freak show. Tattoos from head to toe, biting the heads off animals to show us how to survive should we ever get stranded. Whatever is disgusting and . . . more
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September 15, 2007 02:21 PM EDT --
I am not really sure how I feel about Foster Parents. Most of my life was spent in a Jacksonville, Florida orphanage. I did go to a foster home for about three months, when I was about twelve years old. . . . more
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September 15, 2007 03:01 PM EDT --
Sometimes it is very difficult for me to write something that will allow the readers of my stories to comprehend a certain point that I am trying to make. I hope this short story makes a very important . . . more
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September 19, 2007 05:13 PM EDT --
I guess I was eight or nine years old when I went to the beach for the very first time.
Living in an orphanage we kids never got to do much of anything, especially any of the fun things that other children . . . more
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September 15, 2007 10:12 AM EDT --
It is strange how one person can listen to a song and feel happiness while there are others who hear that exact same song and feel nothing except sadness. It is a shame that such beautiful music cannot hold . . . more
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March 15, 2008 09:53 PM EDT --
I don't know what made November 20th 1950 any different from any other day. Just because it was my forth birthday was no big deal. There were no parties or gifts given us kids for any special occasion . . . more
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September 11, 2007 01:54 PM EDT --
Twenty of us boys watched with eyes wide open as the girls filed into the orphanage dining room. All eyes were upon Vel Addison. She was marching past us wearing a pair of white, skin-tight shorts.
"Oh . . . more
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September 11, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
There were more than a million tears that were waiting to explode from behind that fake smile, which I had worn on my face for at least the last 45 years. A very large hidden bucket of sorrow that I never . . . more
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October 04, 2007 09:28 PM EDT --
Life in the Children's Home Society Orphanage in Jacksonville, Florida was not an easy life at all. Actually, Army life was, to some extent, much easier than was my life in the orphanage. In the Army; . . . more
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December 21, 2007 11:34 AM EST --
The purpose of this story is to let every organization know that any kindness shown to a child can last a lifetime. When the gift(s) are long gone that kindness lives on and will be passed on to others. . . . more
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September 12, 2007 05:39 PM EDT --
At 14 years of age, the Duval County Juvenile Court allowed me to take a room at a boarding house over on Market Street. They had already sent me to the Florida School for Boys Reform School for 11 months, . . . more
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September 11, 2007 09:13 PM EDT --
My book "Runaway-Life on the Streets-The lessons learned" has been placed on Amazon.com.
The first link for the book is from my web site and is for autographed copies only. On that page you . . . more
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September 09, 2007 01:49 PM EDT --
In the center of the orphanage grounds stood a very large and beautiful oak tree. It appeared to be about a 1,000 years old to me. It was very tall and had large limbs that spread out more than 50 feet . . . more
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November 26, 2007 10:55 PM EST --
As a young boy, I lived on the streets of a large city (Jacksonville, Florida) for almost six years. If you know of a teenager who is in trouble or might runaway; my book "Runaway-Life on the . . . more
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December 02, 2007 11:07 PM EST --
It was November the 20, 1953 and I remember the day very well. It was my birthday and I had just turned eight years old. I was rather excited when the closet door opened as I had not seen daylight for . . . more
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December 10, 2007 08:18 PM EST --
I was a bit scared when my grandchildren landed at the Jacksonville International Airport. It had been fifteen years since I had seen my son who was living in a small Eskimo village in Selawik, Alaska. . . . more
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January 12, 2008 08:29 PM EST --
Having been raised in a Jacksonville, Florida orphanage; I had never known, not one single day of what it was like to have a family. I had never known the gruff voice of a father or the tender touch of . . . more
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September 12, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
"Get over here right now young man" Said the house parent, as he tightened his jaw and motioned at me with his finger.
Slowly I walked over to where he was standing and I stopped directly in . . . more
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September 30, 2007 02:10 PM EDT --
Over sixty years I have been an Orphan, "Little Retarded Bastard," Orderly, Medic, Nurse, Painter, Finished Plummer, Ambulance Driver, Emergency Medical Technician, Legal Representative, Counselor, . . . more
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January 25, 2008 10:12 PM EST --
My wife's "Penny Pooch" children's book arrived today by UPS. I took it down to the restaurant where she works and when she saw it, she broke into tears. She had no idea that I was having . . . more
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