Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. I learned many years ago that he was right. There is no fear like the nighttime fears of a child, and mine were no exception to this Read more…
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When I was a child, I learned to carry my own water and knew the value of every drop. Even though I grew up in a very poor family. As a three-year-old, I had taught myself to read. Older people Read more…
October is the month for scary things…from ghouls and goblins and witches to bullying… October is the month the US celebrates its “scary” holiday, Halloween. We dress our children as ghouls, goblins, superheroes, or storybook characters and take them to Read more…
Are you shy about expressing your feelings in public sometimes? Today I simply had to express how I really felt… Sometimes my right foot hurts really badly. On Sunday of this week, while waiting for my husband to return home, Read more…
Most people dislike rainy days but I love them. Today is a rainy day here, but the weather is not dragging me down. I love rainy days! Why do I love the days that most people do not like? First, Read more…
A pledge is a promise or vow to commit to an idea or action. Do you know there is a pledge for all that every American needs to honor? In August of 1892, the American socialist preacher Francis Bellamy wrote Read more…
Friday, October 5, is World Teacher’s Day. What can you do to celebrate this day? Perhaps we all need to polish some apples, one for each of our children’s teachers first thing this morning before we send our kids to Read more…
If only we all could have her spirit, the world would be a much better place… This morning my husband and I walked to get some breakfast. As we walked past one home, a two-year-old girl came running out. She Read more…
I have learned to sort out what issues are just life and can be ignored, and what I need to change. Here is what I have figured out. My hair has always been naturally curly, for all of my life. Read more…
Tonight here in the North Country we got the inevitable–our first frost warning for the fall season. The weather here tonight is forecast to get down to freezing. So the inevitable is happening—our warm summer weather is changing into colder Read more…
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