Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for April 16, 2013

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 11 years ago

    I’m sure my stepmother had her fair share raising five daughters (three through one marriage and two through another) alone after two divorces before my father became her third marriage.

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    Zero-Gabriel  almost 11 years ago

    Nope… Oh well.

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    edward thomas Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    So Evie’s threats didn’t work with Val and Joan either? They still turned out fairly well!

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    in.amongst  almost 11 years ago

    gives high five a different meaning entirely!

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    lightenup Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Kids, you better hope you have 9 lives.

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    keeler_james  almost 11 years ago

    An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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    alondra  almost 11 years ago

    Sounds like they didn’t take you seriously Evie.

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    gosfreikempe  almost 11 years ago

    Sometimes, you love them because you have to.

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    specinss  almost 11 years ago

    Where are the ear plugs? Quick remember that you are in a COMA!

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    TheiaLee  almost 11 years ago

    Five kids in a family that grew up together is quite different from having three additional kids foisted upon you. I am the oldest of five, and while we might have been a handful at times, all of the older kids took care of the younger ones much of the time because both parents worked. Of course, this was in a different time and place – 50’s and 60’s in a rural area. We really had only ourselves on which to rely. We are still very close and take care of our mother, age 87.

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    terek  almost 11 years ago

    Grandma, all your daughter needs to do is turn you you over to the police for making terroristic threats against children! Plan on spending the next 50 years in a maximum security prison!!!!!

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    Five boys  almost 11 years ago

    I have five boys ! The oldest is 55, the youngest is 35. At one time I had one in college, one in high school,one in jr high one in middle school and a new born. Made going to all ball games difficult!

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    Comic Minister Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Oh no!

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    The Life I Draw Upon  almost 11 years ago

    Forget lives try television, video games, and mp3 players. Tell Holly you will pick her up in front of her friends for a month.

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    neatslob Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Of course they aren’t. Duct tape and Velcro, on the other hand…

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    charliedawg  almost 11 years ago

    Ten kids,4 girls,6 boys, four room house. Dad worked for the mopac railroad,6 days a week, brought home $72 a week.

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    AndiJ  almost 11 years ago

    @templo SUD

    ….wow. Your dad sounds like an amazing guy! :)

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    vldazzle  almost 11 years ago

    I divorced my X when I was 38 and had 3 boys and a girl, all just about a year apart. Met my man soon after and he had 3; we are still friends and lovers and our kids have known some of that from the beginning. It was complicated for a while. My kids were never really a problem to me because the older ones helped as much as they could.

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