Children are the hands by which we take hold of Heaven. ~Henry Ward Beecher There is something that happens to me each and every weekday now, something that brings a smile to my heart. My youngest child is a student at "my" school, the one at which I teach. This means she is never far away, and always, always, she finds me to deliver a hug. Her classmates then greet me... "Hi, Lane's Mom," they say. To them, I am not their potential future teacher. I am simply "Lane's Mom." That, most definitely, is good enough for me. Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself... You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. ~Kahlil Gibran
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A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. ~Rachel Carson
Fortunately, for some of us, this is untrue. Rather,
Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind. ~Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld I know this is true. How? Two words: Gerard Butler. Uh huh. I was perusing a favorite blogger's site, Lisa Leonard Designs, and here's what I found. Yep.
Read. Repeat. Believe.
Believe:
“When I say, 'I love you,' it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman.” ~Joss Whedon
That's all. For now. xo, ~S.
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