Tag: orphanage
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What the Bucket Learned
by Sarah Earlene Shere, ©2025 (Jan. 26, 2025) — The old bucket leaned close to the wall, wishing his owner had turned him just a little more on the shelf so that the crack on his side might be hidden. He groaned to himself as the new bucket was placed beside him. The younger turned its rim…
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A True Sea Story About Love, Broken Hearts, and No Closure
by Ernest Huber, ©2022 (Jul. 16, 2022) — In the winter of 1983, having been deployed with my ship to the Western Pacific, I stood with my men inside an orphanage in Seoul, South Korea. It was cold, dimly lit, and smelled of kerosene lamps and charcoal cooking fires. A cute ten-year-old little girl with…