Woosie I had this finished yesterday but didn't get a chance to post it.  I wish you a very happy belated birthday.

Anna

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The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

- Tom Bodett

Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way -- how many pleasing things are done for you.

- Claude M. Bristol

It is well to think well. It is divine to act well.

- Horace Mann

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

- John Neal

It wasn't the reward that mattered or the recognition you might harvest. It was your depth of commitment, your quality of service, the product of your devotion -- these were the things that counted in a life. When you gave purely, the honor came in the giving, and that was honor enough.

- Scott O'Grady

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

- Phillips Brooks

This week the quote is early .  Today is in honor of Flag Day.

Anna

Your flag and my flag,

And how it flies to-day

In your land and my land

And half a world away!

Rose-red and blood-red

The stripes for ever gleam;

Snow-white and soul-white

The good forefathers dream;

Sky-blue and true-blue, with stars to gleam aright

The gloried guidon of the day; a shelter ( Read more... )

Walk in the rain, jump in mud puddles, collect rocks, rainbows and roses, smell flowers, blow bubbles, stop along the way, build sandcastles, say hello to everyone, go barefoot, go on adventures, act silly, fly kites, have a merry heart, talk with animals, sing in the shower, read children's books, take bubble baths, get new sneakers, hold hands ( Read more... )

Women know the way to rear up children (to be just). They know a simple, merry, tender knack of tying sashes, fitting baby-shoes, and stringing pretty words that make no sense. And kissing full sense into empty words.

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning