i grew up without grandparents, they had all passed by the time i was 2 or 3, so every holiday was spent at the home, where i was born and raised, for 22 years. i remember everything about that red clapboard cape from the smell of the musty basement to the hearts i drew in red lipstick inside my tiny closet to the 'secret' hiding place in the eves where my parents would hide the christmas presents to the way the dark pine wall behind the fireplace would glow and shine from my mom buffing ...

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fulgham pretty much nailed it in 'all i needed to know, i learned in kindergarten'. 'share everything. play fair. don't hit people.'

i've gotta wonder, if he ever chatted online would he change his list?

i'm starting to believe that after 13 or so years of chatting online, much of what i've learned in life, i've learned online.

aim high, settle low. never trust anyone who's nickname ends in 69. there's someone for everyone until their spouse finds...

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