I learned a lesson today from a fellow PTA mom.

She and I put together a Volunteer Party at the school to recruit volunteers. After the rather successful event, she called me to thank me. She did not wait till I saw her at school the next day. She did not call me to ask me to do something for follow-up (which we still have to do). She called with the expressed purpose of thanking me. (Honestly, I thought she did more work than I did.)

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PTA

Since Elliot started kindergarten in 1993, I’ve been on the PTA board at Oswalt Elementary School every single year. That’s a span of 12 years!

I’ve seen 4-5 vice principals come and go. I’ve seen teachers get marry and get pregnant. Some come back and some do not. Elliot’s 3rd grade teacher was a first-year…

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The flood

So God said to Noah, “I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.” Genesis 6:13

But God saved Noah, and from his family, the earth was populated once more, and sin abounded once more.

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Blogging

Reasons to start your own blog:

1. Blogging improves your writing skills.
2. Blogging forces you think about what you did all day.
3. Blogging makes you feel you are doing something productive.
4. Blogging helps you think through what is important to you and what is not before you put it down in writing.…

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County Fair

It is our family tradition to go to the Los Angeles County Fair every year. With Elliot in college now, this was the only weekend that fitted his schedule to go with us. I wasn’t sure if he would want to come home for it, but he definitely did. It is something we do as a family, and I am glad he didn’t “outgrow” it. (Thanks Theresa, for the free tickets!)

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Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”
“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” – Genesis 4:9

Cain murdered his brother Abel, and then had guts to reply to the Lord with such arrogance and deceit. Did he really think he was going to get away with it?

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