Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved fairy tale, The Nightingale, was published in 1843, long before the internet ever existed. But as our modern world marches forward with every prescribed solution to the problems we face, perhaps there is something we can still learn from this old tale. If you haven’t read it, you can do so […]
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Smart Sept. 2, 2014 My dad gave me one dollar bill ’cause I’m his smartest son,and I swapped it for two shiny quarters ’cause two is more than one! And then I took the quarters and traded them to Loufor three dimes – I guess she don’t know, three’s more then two! Ivanhoe Sept. 16,
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After a recent trip to the Spotlight Awards where a handful of phenomenally talented kids, out of countless thousands, win prestigious awards and scholarships, one of my children the following morning, observing the flowers blooming out front, said: Superstars are like Morning Glories, they bloom for one morning.Sunflowers are like God, they’re eternal. That was
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The Voyage of Life – Youth by Thomas Cole, 1842 As we head past the transition between my reading most of the books to my oldest daughter and her reading her own school books – which happened progressively during YR4 & YR5 – I found myself a little sad at the prospect of her reading her
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Churchill’s marriage to Clementine, the changing view of a man’s marriage as relevant to his quality of character and ability to lead, and 1 Timothy 3 all came up on our couch today, turning our wheels of thought as she knit her leg warmers and the laundry remained piled high. AO YR6
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