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Looking for a New Years Eve story ? How about one where a 16 year old goes to Times Square and has an encounter with Kermit The Frog?

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  Yes, this is a true story!   Please check it out only 4700 words, about 15 minuet read. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I3y8e23ulDkFHIDuDA2uYkMjlANuwf2IazaMRFTkj9k/edit?usp=sharing Happy New Year !

The Day After Christmas

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I am so very thankful for the friends who really made my Christmas so wonderful. When I was so very disappointed that what I had only hoped for was that my children would call me on this holiday, and neither of them did, that the Lord had blessed me with many warm greetings and best wishes, mostly via text messages, from people far and near, some of which I haven't heard from in a very long time. So what if my phone didn't ring at all? So what if I mailed or hand-delivered 71 greeting cards and only received two back? I can still say that I am blessed. May the Lord whose manifestation we celebrate this day be praised for His goodness today and every day! After dinner with my best friends and some new friends I went to see 'A Complete Unknown', the Bob Dylan bio-pic. It was quite good and I recommend it to anyone who is even a casual appreciation for his works. There were only 5 other people in the theater for the 9:45 showing. There were many commercials and a few...

My "Best Christmas Ever" Story

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Charles Sullivan https://linktr.ee/CCfromNJ PART I The last time I had seen Justin was in August 1993.  I was just finishing up playing basketball in a park in Nampa, Idaho.  His uncle’s car was driving by and he was looking out of the backseat window, right at me, whether his uncle said “Look, there is your father” or not may never be known.  I did know that I was very upset.  His uncle could take him all over town but his father could not.  Not only that, his uncle did not make him wear his seatbelt!  Also knowing I would be leaving Idaho for good in just two more weeks.  It was a bad day. Justin was almost 3 ½. The last time I saw Nicole was June 1999.  My mother, my then estranged wife, and I went for a picnic at Johnson Park in Piscataway, New Jersey.  We ate, played a while at the playground, and even fed a fawn.  Nicole was a week shy of turning 2. It’s a coincidence, I just now realized, that both of these stories start in a park...