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By dragongirlk BRONZE
Monte Vista, Colorado

I was still a girl of fourteen years when I watched my mother die. In truth, she was not technically my mother. She was my grandmother, but since she (and my grandfather, who I...
dragongirlk BRONZE, Monte Vista, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is Good"


#29232 Nonfiction
nezzyflame771 BRONZE, River Forest, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#29233 Nonfiction
By tyster10 PLATINUM
Lawrenceville, Georgia
tyster10 PLATINUM, Lawrenceville, Georgia
31 articles 4 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
~ Maria Robinson

#29234 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Weatherby76 PLATINUM, Newtown, Pennsylvania
33 articles 34 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” – Douglas Adams

#29236 Nonfiction
By smilefever SILVER
Boulder, Colorado
smilefever SILVER, Boulder, Colorado
8 articles 80 photos 17 comments
#29237 Nonfiction
By kclaire BRONZE
South Range, Wisconsin
kclaire BRONZE, South Range, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 11 comments
#29238 Nonfiction
ZanibZulfiqar PLATINUM, West Chester, Ohio
20 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#29239 Nonfiction
jamson BRONZE, Kelowna, Other
3 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
My philosophy: it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

#29240 Nonfiction
By Anonymous