To be a baby elephant must be wonderful. Surrounded by a loving family 24 hours a day…. I think it must be how it ought…
Story of one boy changing my life
Tag: Family Traditions
A Christmas Tree Adventure
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love. ~Henry Miller This…
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I will drink life to the lees. ~Alfred Tennyson Today is a beautiful sunny day. I mean gorgeous. It’s a comfortable temperature in the 70s,…
From February Till Now, A Summary of Kyle
Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. ~J.D. Salinger I can’t believe how long it’s been since I released a…
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It’s true that adventures are good for people even when they are very young. Adventures can get in a person’s blood even if he doesn’t…
The best teachers impart knowledge through sleight of hand, like a magician. Kate Betts Happy Birthday Dad! January 16, 1951 Just to reiterate, Dad despises…
It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe. ~Anne Brontë Life contains those subtle special moments that…
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox Our country is torn in two, at least that’s what it seems. Although, is it…
Pumpkin Guts, No Thanks
Tis “the witching time of night”, / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes…
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Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music,…
My life is like tofu—it’s what gets added that makes it interesting. ~Angela Johnson Last Wednesday, I took Kyle and his friend on A Visit…
I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that…
Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I…
What we remember from childhood we remember forever – permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen. ~Cynthia Ozick Honestly, I’ve been toying around with this…
Shut your eyes and see. ~James Joyce I’m a little late in telling about our escape room experience two weekends ago, but I believe it’s…
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. ~C.G. Jung I love…
Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories. ~Zadie Smith Yep, we survived the 27th Annual Louise Planinsek Fishing Derby,…
Nothing whets the intelligence more than a passionate suspicion, nothing develops all the faculties of an immature mind more than a trail running away into…
Years fly by, but the heart stays in the same place. ~Harlan Coben Happy Birthday Dad! January 16, 1951 I’m well aware Dad despises me…
Stories of Cell Phones Past
An adult life…is a slowly emerging design, with shifting components, occasional dramatic disruptions, and fresh creative arrangements. ~Jill Ker Conway I thought this story was…
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