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22 DecHe Says He Hates You
We speak another language when we are children. I sometimes had to ask another child for a translation. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t asked. 🙂 October 26, 2003 Dear Autumn,            The other morningI was sitting at the kitchen table eating cereal with you. Jory walked by. I asked him for a hug. He waved […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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07 AprJournaling Your Children: Did I Tell You You’re Cute?
January 1, 2004 Glory, You are only nine months old now. This is the earliest I have every started on any of my children’s journals. Normally they are about two-years-old when I start. How do you rate? It seems I am much more aware of you as a baby than I was of any […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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15 FebThe Moon Is Rory’s
A letter to my third son when he was two years old November 15, 1992 Dear Rory, You are a real buddy to me now. When I go to work you are very understanding and just wave and say “Bye bye, Daddy. Bye, bye.” But when I am going anywhere else you run and hunt […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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03 OctMy Teen Still Wants to Talk to Me
I’ve raised five kids who are now out on their own. I have three left at home–three teenagers. You’d think I would be better at this since I have been through it so many times already. The truth is I still have fears for my children, for my relationship with my children, for the mistakes […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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21 MayWould You Like Some Lemonade?
I have five acres of the fastest growing wild grasses that you’ve ever seen. I’m not talking lawn here. Weeds is the word. Five acres of them. For twenty years I’ve tried to bring a portion of this five acres under my control. I’ve pulled, poisoned, laid down weed block, laid down gravel, put in […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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01 JanHolding Hands With A Stranger
I grew up skinny. I remember as a high school senior getting measurements for a band uniform and my pant measurements were 30” x 30”. These measurements were in spite of frequent Hostess-Os binges where I would eat all six powder-sugar coated, raspberry-jelly filled donuts in a box in one sitting. I would dunk them […]
About Tory C Anderson
Tory C Anderson is the father and Dad of eight children. He has been employed in telecommunication and computer technology for 25 years. Like most men, Tory has many plans for his life, but he has found that his family has been taking up most of the space. He feels no regrets. Tory's latest Young Adult novel, Joey and the Magic Map is out. You can read more about it here: http://www.ToryCAnderson.com
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