2007-06-14 11:08
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at the face of my 23-year-old son, Daniel, his backpack by his side. We were saying good-bye. In a few hours he would be flying to France. He would be staying there for at least a year to learn another language and experience life in a different country.
2007-06-11 08:41
Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school.
2007-06-05 17:21
All you remember about your child being When the good Lord was creating fathers, He started with a tall frame. And a female angel nearby said, "What kind of father is that? If you're going to make children so close to the ground, why have you put fathers up so high?
2007-06-01 16:00
All you remember about your child being an infant is the incredible awe you felt about the precious miracle you created. You remember having plenty of time to bestow all your wisdom and knowledge. You thought your child would take all of your advice and make fewer mistakes, and be much smarter than you were. You wished for your child to hurry and grow up...
2007-05-28 10:00
Tears goes out of my eyes when I talk to my parents on the phone. What are they doing when I call them, this is what I want to know most....
2007-05-24 16:54
We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less judgement; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.
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2007-05-17 14:29
If I had my life to live over...I would have talked less and listened more.I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was strained and the sofa faded....
2007-05-14 17:10
Freda Bright says, "Only in opera do people die of love." It's true. You really can't love somebody to death. I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can't love one another enough.
2007-05-11 17:33
You're never too heavy for your mother to bear. But try, as you get older, to swap roles once in a while. 母亲从不觉得孩子是负累。不过,在你长大以后,不妨偶尔试着交换一下角色。
2007-05-03 09:01
It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs: "Don't give money to panhandlers." So I shook my head and kept walking...
2007-04-30 09:00
Consider… YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that...
2007-04-26 13:33
We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, than another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are...
2007-04-23 08:51
Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, "Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience."...
2007-04-19 17:34
The autumn sky is blue and clear,
Out in wild fields reeds stretch.
Birdcalls fade in thin branches,
Rivers silently gather fallen leaves...
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