Children
More of Mom’s Best Advice for Mother’s Day
Here is more of mom’s best advice. Celebrate Mother’s Day with a great big THANK YOU!!! Listen to your heart. Make room for everyone. Plant more seeds in your garden of love. Life is an occasion. Rise to it! Hold your head high. Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. Live a life of integrity. Never […]
Mom’s Best Advice for Mother’s Day
Check out these 19 tips from moms. These are mom’s best advice for Mother’s Day as well as any other day of the year. Don’t compare yourself to others. Ask for help when you need it. If you’re too full to finish dinner, you’re too full for dessert. Use the good stuff. Always. Surround yourself […]
Crazy Horse by Gail Berry
An excerpt from this wonderful short story by Gail Berry: Crazy Horse . . . The next day then he let me git up on top of him agin and this time he walked faster. I was a little scared at first but it seemed okay; you know, I felt like he was watching out […]
Scott Dixon: On Magic and Children
Never, ever doubt in magic. The purest, honest thoughts come from children. Ask any child if they believe in magic, and they will tell you the truth. — Scott Dixon, race car driver
Umberto Eco: On Little Scraps of Wisdom
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom. — Umberto Eco
The First 40 Years of Childhood Meme
Internet Meme: The first 40 years of childhood are always the hardest.
George Clooney: On Prayer
I pray for my country. I pray that we can find more that unites us than divides us. I pray that our nation’s leaders want to do the same. I pray that young children like Tamir Rice can feel safe in their own neighborhood. I pray for all of our children. I pray for our […]
I Love Children: Funny Answers to Test Questions
Here are a few funny answers to test questions from children. Creative children, for sure.
The Fence: A Video Story
Once upon a time, there was a young boy with a very bad temper. To teach the boy a lesson, his father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into their wooden fence. On the first day of this lesson, the […]
Children’s Letters to God: An Excerpt
Here are some real-life charming and wonderful letters from children to God – collected in Children’s Letters to God by Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall (from Workman Publishing). Neat stuff here. Funny, too. Dear God: What does it mean you are a jealous God? I thought you had everything. — Jane Dear God: My grandpa says […]