Write about someone who didn’t get along with their family as a child, but has since found an appreciation for them.

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“Benni ” by Jade Orien🍀

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I never got along with my family. I've always felt like an outcast. Could it be that I'm the only girl out of 4 boys? Or that once my mother & father found out that they were having a girl my father had a huge meltdown because he wanted 5 sons. But instead, he ended up with only 4! I was the baby of the family.Funny right? My mother always tells a joke about the reason she had named me Benni was to make my father happy because she couldn't change my gender so she named me a boy's name. The question for that joke is did my father ever bec...

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“My Great Aunt Caci” by Nina C.

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November 21, 2020. That was the day that my great aunt died. I used to resent her for being so bossy and judgemental. But she taught me a lot of things.When I was younger, I practically lived at my grandparent's home. It used to be one house, but they separated the other living room, kitchen, and bedroom for my great aunt.I can vividly remember every lunch when she would come out from the back door and then into my grandparent's part of the house. She would sit down and probably make some sort of witty remark about the food, or about everyon...

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“Bitter Cranberries” by Jill Davies

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Bitter Cranberries Jill N Davies Frances had never cooked an entire Thanksgiving dinner all on her own. It wasn’t that she couldn’t—she was a chef of some renown—but that she came from a very large family. It was impossible to fit even the most modest of sides, most reasonable appetizer or bite-sized of desserts into the mix when there were so many hands in the kitchen. Coming from a large family made holidays the stuff of chaos. The way she figured, the apocalypse was probably more organized than her parent’s house on a holiday. The kitchen...

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“The Anomaly ” by Claire Clayton

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Before I begin, there is something I must tell you. This is not a regular heartwarming tale nor is it the grimiest one you have ever heard. No, this is my story and mine alone. So, my dear reader, whomever you may be, know the pain I have been faced with in writing this letter. I write this not to send but instead to be discovered by a sole who wishes to change the world forever. Only after reading this letter will the world and the very air we breathe have changed in the blink of an eye. I am sure you must be quite curious as to my identity...

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“The lost soul ” by Basetsana Mohale

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Tuesday evening, February 2016, around 16:00pm, birds chipping and the smell of the town was starting to get inside of our homes, the sunset was blossomed and everything just looked beautiful as if it was the end of the world, the phone rang and Marcia picked it up with a jolly face as her cousin was calling, she was always his favorite and he used to call her everyday just to check up on her, but this time the call was different he wanted to see her as it's been so long since they saw each other; cousin Chris told her to prepare as he was o...

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“The Family's Stone” by Alisa Burdick

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"Holly, why are we standing in the cemetery? It's the day after Thanksgiving and we should be in line somewhere shopping for stuff we don't need." Clair said. "First off, we're in a pandemic, Clair. Black Friday is already online and has been for a week. We're all that Mama and Pop had. We should at least try to be here." "They won't notice if we are or aren't, Hol. They're dead. Hate to break it to ya." Holly and Clair Brockfort stood at the tombstones of their parents. The brisk fall day bit into their skin like demons' teeth. "Holly Mae B...

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“The Forgotten Child” by Jon Turner

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Grahame gazed out of his bedroom window looking at all the other children playing with their friends, playing tig, or hide and seek, it all looked great fun, though deep in Grahame`s heart he knew for some unknown reason he didn`t belong, seeing all the other children running playing made him feel so sad and lonely.As Grahame was the last one in the family the youngest his brothers and sisters all grown up and leading their own life`s so to Grahame he rarely saw them, though he doted on his brother Richard though as Grahame was the younger o...

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“Hidden Lessons” by Alex Fim

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Three words caught her eye: scented toilet paper.Anne Marie flattened out the plastic of the package against the goods themselves and pulled back in disbelief to read it again.Just to be sure, she drew the plied layers to her face from the roll attached to the counter and sniffed a giant breath. She tsked and shook her head. Yep, scented. Amazing. She replaced the package beneath the sink before tapping her nails against the porcelain countertop and staring into her face in the mirror. She sucked at her teeth and checked her breath agai...

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“NDE” by Proteller James

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Richard De Moines Appreciation was an understatement, A word richard would have never imagined to use for his family ever. The De Moines family had everything people wished they had and more,they had their own manor, three beautiful children, two sons and a daughter. While growing up richard had always felt like a pariah in his parents home, he was just different, his younger brother Stephen was madly brilliant, he keeps the De Moines name untainted and he bags any trophy and award wherever he goes same with his youngest siste...

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“A Newfound Appreciation” by Shawn Christianson

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As a boy, I had always been fascinated with Christmas, the joyous holiday. It had intrigued me that a single day could bring such light to others' lives. I had loved Christmas and I had always found the winter snow to be so beautiful. However, as I watch it through the window of my office, there isn't a hint of happiness in my expression. Instead, a single tear slides down my cheek. A moment later, the sound of quick rapping at my office-door brings me back to reality. I clear my throat and hurriedly wipe my face with the back of my hand. "C...

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“Passages” by Leslie Fisher-Goodman

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Hanukkah is in 3 weeks and I probably won't celebrate it. Actually I don't think I have ever celebrated it properly; even as a kid, there was a keen awareness that my family was "wrong" in yet another way. It's sometimes called the festival of lights and miracles but in our house it just felt sad and lacking. Tradition dictates that children get a gift for each night of the holiday. Eight nights, eight gifts. My parents had a ready excuse for one small present. My brother and I both had birthdays in mid-November and the rationale for somethi...

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“Children of Spring” by H.L Whitlock

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Children of springShe crept through the grove, alone. It was not how she wanted it but it was how things had worked out. She was getting used to it. Just.Yet this journey she took wasn’t about that. It was about trying to change it. Or at least it was when she wasn’t lying to herself.I want answers. I will hold them accountable.I don’t want to be alone anymore. I want...What I can’t have.Gretel shook herself. She had to keep going. She crushed the voice that told her the woods were dark and frightening. That it was a bad idea to be alone her...

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“Home” by Morey Guntz

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River stared at the door of their sister’s house. They took a deep breath and reached toward the doorbell. They slowly pressed the button, then pulled back to wipe their hands on their jeans. For a moment, they wished they’d taken their boyfriend’s offer to join them. But then, the door opened. River smiled nervously and ran a hand through their long, red hair. “H-hey, Mom.” She stared at them, tears shining in her eyes. “I’m so--” River took a deep breath and wiped away their tears. “I’m so, so sorry I ran away like that. I--” Mom hugged t...

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“Florrie and Alfie's Best Project” by Louise Legrand

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She turned the corner and there it was. ‘The white, weatherboard house at the end of the street’, was how her mother had always described it. But the street was in fact an avenue. An avenue of remembrance, lined with tall, sturdy, horse-chestnut trees. Their highest branches meeting to form a triumphal arch, that gave the avenue a church-like aspect.The trees had been planted with great ceremony and reverence, after the Great War, by those left behind, grieving and seeking solace in nature. A tree planted for every fa...

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“Cycle Cycle Cycle” by Zenny Melody

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It was a typical Saturday morning. I started out my day just like any other. eating toast and an egg sandwich with a cup of coffee for breakfast, tending to my garden out back, checking any unseen mail, everything was proceeding like the days that preceded this one. Is it boring? Maybe a little, but I wouldn’t change anything. If the world decides one day, to shake my life up, so be it. If it doesn’t, so be it. As I was working on a company logo, someone knocked on my door. I sighed, grabbed a plain black tee from my drawer, and heade...

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Write about someone who didn’t get along with their family as a child, but has since found an appreciation for them.

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✍️ 112 stories

“Benni ” by Jade Orien🍀

“My Great Aunt Caci” by Nina C.

“Bitter Cranberries” by Jill Davies

“The Anomaly ” by Claire Clayton

“The lost soul ” by Basetsana Mohale

“The Family's Stone” by Alisa Burdick

“The Forgotten Child” by Jon Turner

“Hidden Lessons” by Alex Fim

“NDE” by Proteller James

“A Newfound Appreciation” by Shawn Christianson

“Passages” by Leslie Fisher-Goodman

“Children of Spring” by H.L Whitlock

“Home” by Morey Guntz

“Florrie and Alfie's Best Project” by Louise Legrand

“Cycle Cycle Cycle” by Zenny Melody

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