Like the attack on Pearl Harbor, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, forced a reluctant nation to acknowledge a war that had been raging for years. It began with the Iranian revolution in 1979, when militant Islamists kidnapped American embassy workers in Tehran. There would be repeated attacks throughout the 1980s and 1990s, building…
Author: Joyful
Dancers don’t stop dancing when they grow old.
Dancers grow old when they stop dancing.
Can you bookmark this site and use it to buy stuff from Amazon?
http://www.sizzly.com/store/
It’s the same to you, and it would help us out. Thanks.
Amy left this morning for 6th grade camp for one week.
I think it was harder for me when Elliot went when hw as in 6th grade. It was the first time I had to let my child go a whole week without me.
I now know the drill of letting go, but it is still not easy.
Learning Binary is as easy as 1, 10, 11.
That is in response to Elliot’s post (I didn’t understand his post of course.)
I was thinking over my past as I was washing dishes.
What do people usually regret about their past?
They usually do not say, “I am glad I was mean to people. I wished I had treated people worst. I wish I didn’t have so many friends and people who care about me!”
Can you see what is faintly under Amy’s name?
It says “Elliot”.
She is wearing the P.E. sweatshirt he wore in 6th grade.
Waste not, want not. We love hand-me-downs. Some of my best clothes are “gently worn” clothes from my friends and sisters. :)
Something positive from Hollywood. I generally don’t like movies, but I would like to support this one: The Nativity.
Finally, we have cool weather today. It’s beginning to feel like winter – the start of my favorite holiday season – Christmas of course!
Christmas has not always been my favorite holiday.
Growing up, Christmas did not mean much more than no school, and a few presents. Even the presents were nothing to get excited…
*Every year, I try to get my siblings’ families to play games when we have get-togethers, resulting in little enthusiasm, and then they always have to leave soon after dinner. This year, 4 (strapping, handsome, available…) guys from church joined us, and we played games!! I love having people stay late to play wholesome games and chat together.