Story archives - tag: "child"

J

Did the nurse really have to laugh when my mom said her nine-year-old had dropped a toenail in his eye and we couldn't find it?

tags: medical child toenail humor embarrassment [add]

2008-07-22 12:23:17 / Rating: 31.75 /

Old Scars

Every time I have an appointment as a 25-year-old woman I still resort back to the 7-year-old I was when I was molested by my doctor.

tags: molested child doctor scared [add]

2008-05-30 10:06:11 / Rating: 59.75 /

disgusted

Her mother knew.

tags: incest rape child [add]

2008-05-20 13:52:08 / Rating: 92 /

myfairmaybe

She often cries while watching him sleep, hands clasped on his chest, reminding her again of his sister's tiny corpse.

tags: child death memory sad [add]

2008-05-13 12:00:09 / Rating: 94.5 /

Icki

She meant to say "You crack me up," but the words escaped as "You creep me out."

tags: child humor niece misunderstanding youth [add]

2008-02-08 16:50:28 / Rating: 121.5 /

Kyza

They had swaddled the newborn so it appeared to be sleeping, and as I walked by the crying from the other side of the door, I found myself leaving to go hold my own newborn son.

tags: death child [add]

2008-01-25 13:18:00 / Rating: 100 /

fluffy

He wouldn't eat the turkey, so we told him it was Thanksgiving Chicken.

tags: child thanksgiving chicken turkey [add]

2007-11-27 09:54:13 / Rating: 95.75 /

Gretchen

Tomorrow we will drive our son to college, get him set up in his dorm room, marvel at what a great school he will be attending, help him settle in, hug and kiss him goodbye and then cry the entire way home, the backseat entirely too empty.

tags: mother child college [add]

2007-08-23 18:02:22 / Rating: 157 /