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Kathie W.'s avatar

This is great Theo!...Your writing took me into the mind of some boys I grew up with in the 50's and 60's, including my brother John. I always felt envious of their testosterone-driven and physical risk-taking adventures.I felt that I could never join in and was never invited in...but, I do have scars anyway! Thank you for writing and sharing this!

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Theodore Olson's avatar

Thanks, Kathie! Ah the scars. I bet you would have been there, jumping off garages, too.

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Tom Little's avatar

I still have a scar from rasslin with my dad. It was small but deep cut. I was about four or five.

Dad’s response: don’t tell your mom. He was no fool

Maybe learned behavior?

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Theodore Olson's avatar

That’s great, on multiple levels!

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Wendy Johnson's avatar

This is electric!!! And this is How One Boy Plays. Not intended to live in the 20th Century with public school conformity.

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Theodore Olson's avatar

Thank you, Wendy!

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