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    • 19 Ratings
    • 1440 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Remembering the Quiet Veteran

    NOVEMBER 11, 2011 8:24AM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: veteran's day, dad, family hero, a large good life

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1525 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    "Did You Learn Anything?" For my Father and Will Eisner

    OCTOBER 6, 2011 12:59PM

    By Tom Stewart


    Topics: open call, comics, comic books, will eisner, dad, the spirit, plays, playwrighting, actors, acting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 38 Ratings
    • 2437 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Dad and the Purple Schwinn

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 2:47AM

    By Linda Treiber


    Topics: for dad on his 90th birthday, bikes, dad, daughters, appreciation, comedy, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 1598 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    From Father and Artist to Friend

    JUNE 16, 2011 10:42PM

    By Susie Lindau


    Topics: photography, open+call, artist, american family insurance, lifestyle, dad, family, relationships, father's day, my father as a person

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 711 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Dad, the Original Penguin

    JUNE 13, 2011 11:13AM

    By Geraint Isitt


    Topics: learning to grow up, dad, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 438 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Lost: One Father

    JUNE 8, 2011 2:19PM

    By Starshine Roshell


    Topics: starshine, father, dad, fathers' day, fathers day, father's day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 995 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    You can go home, but should you?

    MAY 19, 2011 3:35PM

    By Beth Dugan


    Topics: dad, father, daughter, moving in, empty nest, unemployment, ocd

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 3218 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Mike Wallace Ruined My Childhood

    APRIL 9, 2012 1:11PM

    By Christine Bollerud


    Topics: memoir, mike wallace, dad

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1058 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Five Days in 1978.

    APRIL 29, 2011 9:51AM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: open call, technology, kids, daughter, dad, 1978

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 758 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Thoughts of life and death on a spring morning

    APRIL 15, 2011 12:07AM

    By megwc


    Topics: parenting, dad, mom, lessons, cannibalism, violets, gender roles, life, death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 2792 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Obviously, Obese is the New Skinny.

    FEBRUARY 15, 2011 8:53AM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: dad, doctor, exam, fat, kids, obese, physical

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2179 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Talking to Our Kids: Why Honesty Isn’t the Best Policy.

    JANUARY 25, 2011 8:21AM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: kids, dad, humor, discipline, teenager

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1984 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    This Time, She’s Going to a Dance With a Boy.

    JANUARY 13, 2011 8:20AM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: humor, dad, short dress, dance, kids, teenager

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2007 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    How I Fit My Teenager for a GPS Without Her Knowledge.

    NOVEMBER 7, 2010 7:12PM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: humor, teenagers, parenthood, kids, father, daughter, high school dance, dad

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 4395 Views
    • 122 Comments
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    What Makes a Rivalry? Start With Scrunchies.

    OCTOBER 8, 2010 4:57PM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: kids, dad, parenthood, rivalry, fatherhood, volleyball, sports

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2004 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    I love you Mr. Vanilla Homer Simpson Potatohead Buddy Holly!

    JUNE 16, 2010 3:55AM

    By Kat Hudson


    Topics: fender, guitar player, musician, utah, kat hudson, harry hudson, father's day remembrance, dad, father's day, open+call, fender, guitar, homer simpson, buddy holly, mr. potato head

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 1627 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    The Quiet Hero: A Fathers Day re-telling

    JUNE 9, 2010 8:30AM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: photography, making his own way, devotion, provider, family, history, dad, open call, re-post, revision, reflections on father's day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 50 Ratings
    • 2690 Views
    • 64 Comments
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    Just One Day

    JUNE 9, 2010 4:18AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: reflections on father's day, open call, father's day wishes, dad, fathers, death, reminiscence, fathers and daughters, malignant melanoma, wyoming, just one day, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 58 Ratings
    • 5205 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Dad

    APRIL 18, 2010 9:30PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: dad, father, death, cancer, malignant melanoma, oil and gas industry, wyoming, lds hospital, dr. william t. close, dr. lawrence stevens, medicine, david e. lawrence, dave lawrence, big piney wyoming, family, reflections on father's day, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 68 Ratings
    • 2995 Views
    • 62 Comments
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    The Days Grow Longer and Shorter

    MARCH 2, 2010 12:07PM

    By BuffyW


    Topics: end of life, facing it, bad timing, hope springs eternal, dad, alheimers, dementia, ashes, renewal, disappointments, happiness, what will be, family, health

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