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25 Most Recent Family Short Stories

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Read excerpt from The Gift The Gift by Elizabeth Towles
A very dramatic learning lesson when I was still a young child...
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The Girls Made Good by Ginger Laroy
The Girl's Made Good is a tale of three women’s rise to the top of the fashion industry during a time when Black women had no voice. ..
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The glory days of youth by Robert Saniscalchi
Reflections back, a kids thing...
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The Goertje Family: We're Okay!! (Post Hurricane Sandy) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Amelia Goertje updates us after the storm. She is doing this entry via her phone, since they don't have power...
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The Golden Wish by Macey Baggett Wuesthoff
What seems like a simple story about a dying child's wish to see a unicorn turns into a story about the true source of a "golden" wish. A good message for adults and children alike...
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the greatest man i ever know by James Butts
this is a story from the book im doing ..
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the Hand Grenade by Jack Roberts
The Hand Grenade For me, the normal after school routine was to first hit the refrigerator to get a snack, and then go to the television and turn on the “ Early Show “. The Early Show was an afternoon movie that usually featured old Tarzan or War movies. Whatever movie was on that af..
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The Hard Is A Lonely Hunter by Rick Lodewell
Two sisters live together...
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The Healing Hill by D. Mullis
The Hill is very relevant in my life...
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The Heart is Where the Home Is by Linda Zebsokey
Matters of the Heart..
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The Heart of Home Is Hot Chocolate by Mary Romero
the tale of a little girl who tries to search for some kind of hope in a family full of violence, abuse, and disconnectedness. She wants so desperately to believe in the world that surrounds her but realizes, even at a tender age, that pretense is all too real. ..
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The Hidden Blessing by Michelle Mills
Finding light among darkness.....
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The holidays can be lonely for the addict... by Kimberley Burke
This article relates to the theme of my book "White Magic~Black Tragic"...the diary of a mad crackhead. It emphasizes the loneliness the addict is faced with during the holidays and what the family can do to reach out to the addict in a positive manner...
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The Home Invader by Paul Mc Cann
Life around the home..
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The House With the Christmas Mouse:Angels, Mice and Men by Donald Beaulieu
This is a beautiful story about death and dying, the love of Christ and Christmas as seen through a family of mice. We will get to see the birth of a beautiful “name sake” while another passes happily trough heaven’s gate. THIS STORY IS MAGNIFICENT!!! ..
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The Ice Storm by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Friday, December 6, 2002: We are stuck here at home. We can't get out or go anywhere. We had an ice storm on Tuesday, and since then, everything is frozen solid, and school has been cancelled for the children since then. The children are getting bored, and they are starting to comp..
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The Incident at Kettle's Kafe' by Sue Whalen
This small article funny diddy...from my novel Rooke's Island, The Prophecy of the Staring Eyes...
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The Invitation by Alan Busch
A father invites his late son to his wedding .....
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View Photo of The Island of Peace, Love, and Joy Read excerpt from The Island of Peace, Love, and Joy The Island of Peace, Love, and Joy by Sergio Serrano, Ph.D.
A personal story of how we found our own paradise island. How we discovered it, why it became a family tradition to visit it, and why happiness is found in the joy of nature and in simple things...
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The Italian-American Tribute to her Brother (Mia Fratello) by Joanna Leone
A brother always has a special place in a woman's life. Since my Papa died when I was thirteen years old, my brother, Danny (Donato Leone, Jr.) became the prominent male figure in my life. This piece is dedicated to my brother, Danny...
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The Joke's on Me! Or is It? by Bonnie May
I think we've all wished that we would have asked our grandparents more questions about our heritage before they've past. This is one I wished I would have asked that's for sure...
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The Journey of 'Tin-Tin': The Adoption Chronicles by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A family welcomes a little boy from Vietnam as their newest member...
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The Language of Wind by Esteban Martinez
a story for children..
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The Legend of Chick Chick by Brian Rathbone
A lighthearted story about a rooster that came to live with us and how he touched our lives. Click the Website Link below...
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The Letter by Katie Gabrielle
this is part of a writing exercise . I was encouraged to try writing again after a month's absence. I hope you like my version of this story. let me know. thanks..
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The Lion that Roar but Was never Heard part l by Richard Kallao
original idea probably not but I had to write it because it just pop in my head so forgive me ..
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The Little Baseball Fan by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Describes a child who loves baseball. I got the idea for this story after seeing the Texas Rangers play the Oakland A's last night at The Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas, last night; my twin sister and I went with a co-worker and her husband, and we all had a blast! The Rangers n..
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The Little Girls' Room by Donna Swanson
Music is the universal language; speaking to the heart...
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The Look of Love by Dennis Lid
This extract is a tribute to all fathers, fathers-to-be, husbands, wives, mothers and children all over the world - Happy Father's Day! This article was first published in Woman This Month magazine of Bahrain, Issue 7, June/July Issue, 2004 by editor@womanthismonth.com...
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The Lost Reindeer by Judy Blair
Excerpt from the short story "The Lost Reindeer"...
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The Lunch Box by Deborah Frontiera
This short story appeared in the 2020 UP Reader. No it is time to share it with a larger audience online. While it is fiction, there are parallels to many real families. ..
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The Magic Red Rock by Lisa Barker
Sometimes it takes a little magic to help kids get along.... ---------------------------------..
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The Man Who Loved Tornadoes.: Special Needs Parenting 101. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young adult with Asberger's wants to be a storm chaser. Image of cumulus congestus clouds (c) 2011, by Karla Dorman...
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The Many Faces of God by Debbie Milam
When your child asks what does God look like, how would you answer?..
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The Marriage Test by Emile Tubiana
A test to find the appropriate bride for his deceased friend's son. - Translated by the author from the French original below...
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The Memory Walk by Micki Peluso
A woman searches her past for memories and proof of a dream that was real...
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The Miracle of a Family by Joyce Bowling
I wrote this story for a graduate english class I took while working on my masters degree. We were asked to write about our fondest childhood memories...this was one of the easier lessons to write...much more than our darkest secrets...which I have yet to allow anyone a glimpse of...maybe someday?..
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THE MISSING LINK by June Betts
A young man's interest in caving was spurred by stories his grandfather related about visiting a cavern in West Virgina as a teenager...
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The Mom I Never Had... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young preteen writes about her mother and why she is so special to her...
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The More, The Merrier: The Kincaid Family Story. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A family with twelve children (ten adopted, and most with special needs) shares their story...
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The Morning Visit by Mystic Rose
a poem about a daughter and her father and her mother xo ..
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The Most Perfect Vacation by Gene Mays
We all have the need for that perfect vacation, the ultimate getaway, which refreshes our souls. When I envision the possibilities, the sound of ocean waves most always accompanies my dreaming. This picture of a seaside retreat includes my family, the complete ingredients, to The Most Perfect Vacati..
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The Mother by Helena Harper
A true story, written in verse - a tribute to a remarkable woman. ..
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The New Addition: Juka's Story Continues by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
The little African child from Kenya that the Mulligan family has sponsored comes to America and joins the family he has only known about through videos or letters...
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The Not So Land by Richard Kallao
original sometimes wishing can be fun but becareful what you wish for. ..
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The Other Sandie by Steve Joos
A troubled teenager still longs for his first crush. His cousin's roommate is an attractive, groundbreaking female disc jockey at the local radio station. Did I mention that she shares a first name with the young man's lost love? Surely this won't lead to a case of mistaken identity when he ..
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The Out Kid by Sam Vaknin
Sima was six years old when she died. Mother turned off the television and instructed me to go to my grandma's home at once. ..
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The Pearson Clan Gets Bigger! :) Hanh Ly and Linn Chan Become Part of The Family by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
The Pearson family of Fort Worth, Texas, grows in size by two, thanks to the additions of Hanh Ly and Linn Chan, who are Cambodian sisters who had previously been staying with the Sandusky family of Nashville, Tennessee, until the Pearson's paperwork could be completed. This is the story of the two..
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The Penguin and the Walrus by Richard Kallao
original..
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The Piano Lessons by Elizabeth Blake
As a child, I hated practicing the piano. My mother made me take those horrible lessons. But now as an adult, I've learned to appreciate what she wanted for me...
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