Monthly Archives: July 2008
Are you bigger than your troubles?
“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.’”-Ann Landers Good morning! When Ann Landers … Continue reading
Are you bigger than your troubles?
”Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.’”-Ann Landers Good morning! When Ann Landers … Continue reading
The Golden Rule
“Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.”-Mark Twain Good morning! When my daughter was in the difficult school years featured in movies like Mean Girls she lashed out at a bully who had been picking … Continue reading
The Golden Rule
”Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.”-Mark Twain Good morning! When my daughter was in the difficult school years featured in movies like Mean Girls she lashed out at a bully who had been picking … Continue reading
Road trip ahead? 23 games to play in the car
How many of you find that travel or riding to or from an event, school or camp accounts for some of the quality time you have with your children? Instead of spending that time in silence or frustrated because you … Continue reading
The Gift of Perserverance
Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Calvin Coolidge Good Morning! When I was seventeen I was a sophomore in college at UW-Milwaukee. I worked full time five days per week at a Big Boy restaurant on … Continue reading
A Gift of Perserverance
When I was seventeen I was a sophomore in college at UW-Milwaukee. I worked full time five days per week at a Big Boy restaurant on Kilbourn street in Milwaukee. Tuesday’s and Thursday’s I had off from work and on … Continue reading
Crammed day?
“The key to success: do only one thing at a time-and give it everything you’ve got.”-Brook Noel Do only one thing at a time: don’t laugh-I really mean it! I know this concept might seem difficult to grasp and I … Continue reading
Experience Everything
When I was 16 I stumbled across a small book titled “Letters to a Young Poet” written by Rainer Maria Rilke. In 1903 a nineteen-year-old Franz Kappus wrote to Rilke looking for guidance and a critique of some of his … Continue reading
