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Dearly Beloved I have many friends and have always been very sociable. Maybe that’s why I was always asked to be the bride’s maid or maid of honor at many friend’s weddings. Of course, I always felt honored, yet secretly felt that that marriage was overrated.   Until one day later in my years I did take the plunge…but that’s another story. My first invitation to be a bride’s maid was at my cousin’s 2nd wedding. She instructed me to wear whatever I wanted and to just get there a day before and be happy for her. The wedding took pl...
Submitted to Contest #137
Robert Annenberg grew up in a house that had ten-foot ceilings, shiny parquet floors, and huge venetian glass mirrors. The home itself, sat on a huge corner lot in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was surrounded by beautiful large oak and maple trees. His parents were considered old Philadelphians or proper Philadelphians. This class of people claimed their hereditary and cultural descent from England, and Germany. Proper Philadelphians were influential in the development of the arts, culture, science, medicine and law. Young Rob...
Submitted to Contest #135
It was an ordinary day for Dee Dee, as she climbed the first floor center staircase of Nathan Hale Elementary School to the girl's bathroom after lunch. And who would be standing there on the door, but mean old CC Cugno. "Not again," Dee Dee said under her breath. CC Hugo was a 6th grade girl who was mean to all the 4th grade girls, and Dee Dee and her friends hated her. Dee Dee had enjoyed going to school up until this point. She loved learning, and was active in chorus and she was president of the Spanish club. The dilemma with CC Hugo was...
Retired educator interested in writing children's books for young readers.
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