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malaise

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14. The sister after me used to practice the gymnastics we had at school
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 06:17 PM
Jan 2017

We'd all swing on a branch in this tree from the fence and were lucky not to hit the little concrete gutter beyond the fence but then she insisted on walking the damned fence, lost her balance and almost lost her front teeth - we still laugh at that one. We were freaking crazy.

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Being black has advantages everywhere malaise Jan 2017 #1
Sounds like she really tried to fit in. TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2017 #3
Remember how many times Oman himself malaise Jan 2017 #5
Are you a dad? TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2017 #7
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Jan 2017 #10
Yep. Did all that. TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2017 #13
The sister after me used to practice the gymnastics we had at school malaise Jan 2017 #14
It's been fun remembering. TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2017 #15
Dad's mom had this lovely guinep tree malaise Jan 2017 #16
I'm sure it didn't! TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2017 #17
A product of the family raising madokie Jan 2017 #2
Yes. TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2017 #4
Absolutely malaise Jan 2017 #6
Just thinking about what we're loosing makes my old dry eyes madokie Jan 2017 #8
Like moving from a pleasant dream to a nightmare malaise Jan 2017 #11
"The Bolivian guides were convinced it was the blonde. It had to be the blonde." That cracks me up. Hekate Jan 2017 #9
Because it can't be malaise Jan 2017 #12
Definitely a teachable moment, as President Obama would say. tenorly Jan 2017 #18
Good for Her! Leith Jan 2017 #19
My daughter lived and worked in Bolivia murielm99 Jan 2017 #20
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