Never a Blank Slate
/Children are created with…
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Children are not blank slates.
Their chromosomes are half from each mate.
When they form in their mothers…
By Debby Hackbarth
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From a Clean Slate...
/Life gives you surprises…
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He wasn’t a playmate.
He wasn’t a classmate.
He wasn’t my prom date…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreMonthly Meandering
/This couple enjoyed wandering …
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We were an adventurous pair: a girl and a boy.
Our monthly meandering through the forest generated joy.
One springtime hike was filled with enormous …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreBorn to Wander
/Although I have visited large…
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Once a year, we visited the business district in the big city.
We saw expensive goods not the dirty and gritty.
Our parents sheltered us from the intense…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreLives Changed
/Generational trauma can be …
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My life lacked peace, just tumult.
A life filled with fear was the result.
My mom’s reassurance was …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreCreated to Survive and Thrive
/In the 1950s, preemie babies …
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She was a preemie but created to survive,
She was as tiny as a mustard seed but ready …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreWatching and Waiting
/Our son's school science project…
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For the next three days, it was my job to watch.
Our family had been waiting for weeks.
When would these chickens finally…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreDoorway of Doom
/Exploring your environment…
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On the way to school, we walked past “the home of decay.”
Wanda wanted to enter through the burned-out hatch.
Sam sought to go in using the back …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreLife: A Marvelous Mixture
/Sometimes life is quite difficult filled…
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Bullies gave me grief in grade school.
Siblings soaked me with sorrow with solidarity.
Teeth twisting torture produced…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreTorture and Woe
/As we age, we attempt to …
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Every day I wake up hurting.
It was not this bad a year ago.
Past accidents did cause …
By Debby Hackbarth
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