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Latham Turner's avatar

Charlie, I love this story. So good. What a smile to bring to the morning. Thank you for sharing

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Thanks, Latham! It was SO hard to not include a lesson at the end lol. I kept trying to and finally I talked myself out of it. Felt good to release it as is. :)

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Janahan Sivaraman's avatar

Kids say the darndest things

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Haha they sure do!

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Karena's avatar

Are you telling us, in a round about way, that your spectacular story telling skills developed early in life, Charlie?!

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Karena you have no idea how happy this comment made me. I tried something different this week and just told the story without having some kind of takeaway, and I LOVE that you had your own takeaway, which btw, I hadn't even thought of!

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Olufunmi's avatar

So funny and interesting!😄

Lucky to have you for these childhood memories.Good job!

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Haha thank you Olufunmi!

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Rick Lewis's avatar

ha ha, this was a priceless one Charlie.

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Thanks, Rick, always appreciate you commenting. :)

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Camilo Moreno-Salamanca's avatar

I marvel at your ability to conjure these stories from your memory and gift them to us. To me this is a story about white lies and pride, I love it.

Feels like you are kinda coming full circle with cottage cheese as your nightly snack, no? ;)

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Actually, I don't remember this story at all. But my mom tells it all the time, so I know it by heart.

I've transitioned from a big bowl of ice cream to two peanut butter cups a night, which feels like a vast improvement.

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