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<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>This is called 'report card'</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>A mother enters her daughter's bedroom and sees a letter over the bed.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>With the worst premonition, she reads it, with trembling hands:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Dear Mom:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm telling you that I eloped</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>with my new boyfriend. I found real passion and he is so nice, with all</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>his piercings and tattoos and his big motorcycle. But it's not only that</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>mom, I'm pregnant and Ahmed said that we will be very happy in his</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>trailer in the woods. He wants to have many more children with me and</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>that's one of my dreams. I've learned that mari<SPAN class=047423619-27042004>j</SPAN>uana doesn't hurt anyone</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>and we'll be growing it for us and his friends, who are providing us</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>with all the cocaine and ecstasies we may want.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>In the meantime, we'll pray for science to find the AIDS cure, for</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Ahmed to get better, he deserves it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Don't worry Mom, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>myself. Some day I'll visit for you to know your grandchildren.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Your daughter,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Judith</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>PS: Mom, it's not true. I'm at the neighbor's house. I just wanted to</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>show you that there are worst things in life than the school's report</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>card that's in my desk's drawer...I love you! Call when it is safe for</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>me to come home</FONT></P></DIV><BR><BR><B><I>gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</I></B> wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Console" size=2>hi all</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Console" size=2>I thought about Carla's message on how when we are in a bind, facing stuff alone, we long for someone to show that they care and support us.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Console" size=2>but then we don;t do this often enough. we are too busy to visit the friend in hospital, we have serious commitments that we cannot spend lunch break with the friend going through divorce,joblessness,terminal illness etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Console" size=2>thanks for reminding me this.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Console" size=2>Christine</FONT></DIV>_______________________________________________<BR>GCFL-discuss mailing list<BR>GCFL-discuss@gcfl.net<BR>http://gcfl.net/mailman/listinfo/gcfl-discuss<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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