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July 03, 2008 12:48 PM EDT -- This is a very unusual story. It is one that is very difficult for me to tell. Not only because of the incident itself but trying to tell the story in such a manner that it is not crude or disrespectful. . . . more
April 12, 2008 04:41 PM EDT -- If I had to choose just one person who has affected my life more than any other individual, it would have to be Mayme Winters or "Mother Winters," as we called her at the orphanage. I am not . . . more
"COME ON IDIOT"
by Roger Kiser
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June 05, 2008 10:32 AM EDT -- I realize as responsible adults we must watch what we say, especially when children and grandchildren are in the area. I am probably one of the most impatient men living on the face of this earth or . . . more
June 20, 2008 12:23 PM EDT -- I know that everyone who has grandchildren is very proud of them. There is this hope that their offspring will have a happy life and that the world will be a much better place than it was when they were . . . more
June 09, 2008 04:54 PM EDT -- THE MOST HONEST MAN I EVER KNEW Thinking back upon my younger days as a child in the orphanage, then later on to my teenage reform school days, a few jail days, and finally my adult days in prison; . . . more
October 12, 2008 04:33 PM EDT -- Those of you who have read my books and stories know of the horrors we children suffered at the hands of the State of Florida. On October the 19th the Miami Herald will release a story in their paper . . . more
May 25, 2008 04:53 PM EDT -- "You ever put me in that position again and I'll cut your damn throat. Do you understand that young man?" screamed Mother Winters, the head matron of the Children's Home Society, located . . . more
August 16, 2008 01:35 PM EDT -- Well, many of my gather friends suggested that I take ten days to think things over before deciding to close our home child advocate's office. The individual who flagged my article, advising people . . . more
June 02, 2008 10:56 PM EDT -- Of all the books I have written, including all the stories I have printed in the Chicken Soup for the Soul Book Series, this is my favorite book. I have yet to meet anyone who has read the book that did . . . more
May 16, 2008 09:57 PM EDT -- If there was ever a time when I, as a child, felt totally worthless because of the actions of an adult, it would have to be when I stood before Mother Winters, the head matron of the Children's Home . . . more
August 14, 2008 11:48 AM EDT -- Hopefully, by expressing my opinion, as well as my feelings about this subject, I am not lessoning what the term slavery actually means. I know that many African Americans suffered greatly at the hands . . . more
May 18, 2008 01:56 PM EDT -- Having been raised my entire childhood in The Children's Home Society, located in Jacksonville, Florida; we children were not reared to become loving individuals. Love was not part of the orphanage . . . more
July 16, 2008 12:15 PM EDT -- "DOES THE DEVIL HAVE A HEART?" AUDIO VERSION http://www.gather.com/viewVideo.jsp?id=11821949021868528&nav=MyGather I sat in Miss Cherry's third grade classroom shaking . . . more
May 16, 2008 11:33 AM EDT -- The manner in which our country has turned, I can fully understand why many children today are leery of policemen, the court system and those in power and positions of authority. It is those same negative . . . more
 
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