Tag: orphanage
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September 22, 2007 10:59 PM EDT --
"It's hard for me to learn. There's something wrong with me inside my head. That's what they say to me at the orphanage," I told Mrs. Dryer, the school Principal.
I will never forget . . . more
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February 13, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
I must have lost head when I agreed to go shopping with my wife this morning. Am I so retarded and is my brain so small that I have forgotten the never-ending circles she always travels, looking at hundreds . . . more
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November 06, 2007 11:50 AM EST --
The CDs of "AMERICAN ORPHAN" (The best stories of Roger Dean Kiser) just arrived this morning and are now available at: http://www.geocities.com/trampolineone/survive/srv080.htm
The sale of . . . more
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October 25, 2007 08:11 PM EDT --
I don't remember us orphans being worried about getting in trouble with God. God was someone you had to deal with after you were dead. We had a long, long time before we were gonna be dead.
As . . . more
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October 17, 2007 08:57 PM EDT --
Needing to get something laminated I headed down to Staples Office Supply. Getting out of my truck I saw a Coca Cola stand set up in front of the store. Written on the side was a hand printed poster which . . . more
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September 12, 2007 05:20 PM EDT --
"What's wrong with you?" I asked Benjamin as I walked into his bedroom at the orphanage.
He said not a word as he lay across his bed. He was crying as loud as he could. I just stood there . . . more
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September 12, 2007 06:06 PM EDT --
On tonight's show we have a return guest. Roger Dean Kiser is the author of
many stories and is a frequent contributor to lots of internet columns. He
has now written a book Called Runaway. He will . . . more
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September 13, 2007 01:59 PM EDT --
I was a little disappointed when I saw the old buildings were now gone that I had known as a young boy. Every one of them replaced with a high-rise. It had been a long time since I had been to . . . more
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November 03, 2007 12:05 PM EDT --
I was a little disappointed when I saw the old buildings were now gone that I had known as a young boy. Every one of them replaced with a high-rise. It had been a long time since I had been to Jacksonville, . . . 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 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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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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October 19, 2007 09:08 PM EDT --
I suppose most children are raised in what society considers being ‘a normal lifestyle.' Once leaving home they head out into the world and try to create, as best they can, a lifestyle based . . . more
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November 02, 2007 10:02 PM EDT --
"I'm going to tell you boys something right now," said Mother Winters, the head matron of the orphanage where we lived. "I'm going to tell you one time and one time only. If you . . . 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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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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November 09, 2007 09:34 PM EST --
After I was released from the Florida School for Boys at Marianna (reform school), I was locked up in the juvenile hall for months. I refused to ever return to the Children's Home Society. I was not . . . more
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November 05, 2007 05:56 PM EST --
"Don't want to play football with no monkey," said the boy as he began choosing the members for his team.
The little black boy did not say a word. He just stood with his hands in his . . . 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 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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