Contributed by Rob Morton on Jun 5, 2001
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Amy Alt is well aware of these studies, and they frighten her. Amy was featured in
the Los Angeles Times article from 1996 where I found the other statistics I’ve used today.
Her husband, Steve, decided he was unhappy and didn’t want to be married anymore.
He left her. She tried to reconcile
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 7, 2001
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[Daddy’s Protective Care, Citation: Steve Nickles]
About a month ago I bought my two-year-old daughter Sarah an aquarium.
We went together to the pet store to pick out four fish to put in the tank.
One of the fish died two weeks ago when Sara was at her grandparents’ house.
My wife flushed it
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 18, 2002
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TRANSFORMATION
The motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of home on wheels. A camper no longer needs to contend with sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now he can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst of a few pine
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 25, 2006
James Dobson relates this essay written by a 9 year old girl about Grandparents, listen to what she says: "A grandmother is a lady who has no children of her own. She likes other people’s little girls and boys. A grandfather is a man grandmother. He goes for walks with the boys and they talk about
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Contributed by Robert Azinger on Dec 14, 2006
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Johnny Cash died in 2003 - that same year he had his last hit - The song’s Title was "Hurt" - It was a song from the heavy metal rock band nine inch nails.
In the song, the protagonist has already killed himself - and he is now reflecting on his life. After all his escapades, involving drugs,
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Lutheran
Contributed by David Moore on Apr 14, 2010
Just last week two women were arrested at Liverpool airport for trying to board a plane with a dead body, they put the dead man into a wheelchair and put sunglasses on him, and were trying check in for a flight to Berlin on Saturday. But airport staff became suspicious, and the two were arrested on
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Mar 14, 2013
We Need Help to Get Out
Follow the example of the Chilean miners. Trapped beneath two thousand feet of solid rock, the thirty-three men were desperate. The collapse of a main tunnel had sealed their exit and thrust them into survival mode. They ate two spoonfuls of tuna, a sip of milk, and a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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I heard the story about the group of seniors at the nursing home who were sitting around talking about all their ailments. “My arms have gotten so weak I can hardly lift this cup of coffee,” said one. “Yes, I know,” said another. “My cataracts are so bad I can’t even see my coffee.” “I couldn’t
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 27, 2007
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The story is told of a man who requested in his will to be buried in a very unusual way. When he died, he wanted everyone to look upon him as successful, so he asked that after his death his body be placed propped behind the wheel of a brand new pink Cadillac, and to have a smile on his face and an
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Contributed by Fred Schaeffer on Dec 5, 2008
When I lived in Ottawa, KS there was a salvage yard especially for trucks -- big trucks, mid-size trucks, cabs of all sizes and trailers, too -- the truck salvage yard had it all. In reality it looked like a cemetery for old, broken down trucks. This salvage yard spanned a half mile location along
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Contributed by Bob Aubuchon on Apr 2, 2001
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A hurricane had struck. People were huddled together. A preacher was praying with great oratorical effects in the midst of this violent storm, crying out "Send us the spirit of the children of Israel, the children of Moses, the children of the Promised land." At this, an old man with less oratory
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Contributed by David Fox on Nov 12, 2001
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“In one of his lighter moments, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph.: The Body of B. Franklin, Printer Like the Cover of an old Book Its contents torn out, And stripped of its Lettering and Guilding, Lies here, Food for Worms, But the Work shall not be
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