August 2010 Blog Posts (5)

You are called to be an artist

Here’s an excerpt from my favorite poem, A Psalm of Life by Longfellow. (If you’ve received an email from you, you’ll recognize the “Lives of great men” line as I use in in my signature.)

Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time ;

This poem came to mind as I was thinking of all the great people… Continue

Added by Theresa Lode on August 27, 2010 at 3:31pm — 1 Comment

But who gets the kids?

There’s a custody battle going on all across this land. But no one seems to be asking the question- Who gets the kids? Let me rephrase my query- Where should a child spend the lion’s share of his day- at home? Or in a government facility?

This battle’s been going on for some time. I picked up a 1936 Better Homes and Gardens magazine in an antique store the other day. One of the articles was on deciding if nursery school was the right thing to… Continue

Added by Theresa Lode on August 23, 2010 at 2:04pm — No Comments

Save money- Skip college!

Congratulations, America! Credit card debt has now been exceeded by student loan debt.

Certainly you know a college grad or two flipping burgers while trying to service their Whopper (har) of a student loan. (Average student loan debt is now over 30K, btw.) Can… Continue

Added by Theresa Lode on August 17, 2010 at 2:26pm — 1 Comment

A radical idea!

Today I participated in a ritual celebrated by parents all across the country this time of year. The weeks prior to the Blessed Event are spent in a shopping flurry with much joyful anticipation, or dread, depending on one’s perspective. Women will fling back the shutters on their windows and step blinking onto their porches into the sunshine. It’s a new day! Order and peace in the universe are restored.

The kids are back in school. (Two of them in our home, anyway.)

But… Continue

Added by Theresa Lode on August 16, 2010 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Listen in on this interview of 7th grade boy who was having a tough time socially....his words and Mom's are precious!

Could you just imagine how our kids would value themselves if we took the time to point out to them the things we appreciate about them...especially when those gifts are very different than others

This interview is just a few short minutes, it is of a boy interviewing his Mom and it is a…

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Added by Deb Ingino on August 14, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment