Hi all,
I just read the following - it’s really good.
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“Watch out! You nearly broad sided that car!” My father yelled at me. “Can’t you do anything right?” Those words hurt worse than blows.
I turned my head toward the elderly man in the seat beside me, daring me to challenge him. A lump rose in […]

My gosh, Dilbert has it down perfectly:

Memories, ah….memories.
Enjoy,
Barbara
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Morning,
Check out what I recently read:
… Children are frightened by clown-themed decor in hospitals, a survey suggests. How did the smiley circus entertainers become a horror staple?
Anyone who has read Stephen King’s It would probably never choose to decorate a children’s ward with clowns.
And it probably comes as no surprise to horror fans that […]

Morning all,
Well, let me tell you this. Yesterday I started Kendo again after almost 2 months and my oh my, was it wondrous beyond belief. It’s been so long since I’ve held a sword; I really really really REALLY had a blast (even though I was just reviewing the basics).
And in karate, […]

Morning,
As a parent, one of the things about which I’m always bemused is how other parents will excuse their children from excellence.
Now, I’m not talking about achieving a straight A average all the time, every time. Heck no! But I am talking about knowing what your child’s ability is…and then insisting on […]

Morning,
This was from the New York Times - fascinating!!
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It’s not just the content of our moral judgments that is often questionable, but the way we arrive at them. We like to think that when we have a conviction, there are good reasons that drove us to adopt it. That is why an older approach […]

Hi everyone,
Well! As you probably know if you follow my blog, I’m an avid participant in karate along with my 4 kids. Every day or so, they take either Advanced, Sparring or Weapons class. I feel it’s a very vital part of their education; every child should develop the self-confidence that […]

Morning,
I was sent this via email this morning, and can really appreciate it. Please share it around!
Just keep this in mind the next time you want to make a donut shop joke or wonder where the cops are as another driver does something you don’t like.
You wonder why he pulled you […]

Morning,
Oh, the joy of raising kids.
Yesterday, I was going over the math homework of one of my children, and discovered that said child had forgotten a basic concept when doing double-digit multiplication - always bump over the second row one to the left!
When I pointed this out to her, she said, Mom, it’s not […]

Morning,
You know, I’ve been doing karate now for 2 weeks, stretching now for 3 weeks, weight lifting now for 1 week, P90x now for one week, and I’ve been fine and peachy and been healing really well.
Until.
Until today, when I decided to get a high picture of the karate kata class at the dojo. […]