As time goes by and age creeps up ever so quickly, I often reflect on years gone by. We don’t think much of the future when we’re children but now as an aging adult I sure do think often of my youth. As children we live in the moment, care free, simple, constant learning. WeContinue reading “Once I was a Child”
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Nobody Told Me There Would Be Days Like This
When we are children, we have no care in the world. We get clothes and shoes to wear, we get toys and more toys, we get food; provided, cooked and cleaned up all for nothing. The life of a child is carefree, for the most part. There are always putrid exceptions where children are abused,Continue reading “Nobody Told Me There Would Be Days Like This”
Imprisoned Houses
We as individual people have become imprisoned in our own lives. The internet has been a big part of the undoing of the processes that kept us healthy and alive. As children we played outside, we got dirty, we got skinned knees, we drank from the hose and jumped our bikes off rickety made woodContinue reading “Imprisoned Houses”
The Mouse Ran up the Clock
Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock, we all know the nursery rhyme. But do we know that we are living it out every single day? Here’s the meaning behind this cute nursery rhyme. The clergy used a simple trick to keep this clock functioning. They let mice run up and down theContinue reading “The Mouse Ran up the Clock”
You Can’t Talk Butterfly to Caterpillar People
It’s easy in a hip response to say, “but hey caterpillars are butterflies”. But they are not. And not all caterpillars turn into butterflies. Some caterpillars are destined to become moths and that’s a whole other topic. Some caterpillars don’t get enough food and therefore never have the chance to become a butterfly. But theContinue reading “You Can’t Talk Butterfly to Caterpillar People”
A Negative Plus a Negative Equals
How many of y’all remember your algebra? Well, this is the lesson for the day kids. A negative plus a negative equal a positive, right? That’s the math rule anyways. When I was growing up and going through school my stepmom, who had a Masters in math, was my tutor. I still got c’s inContinue reading “A Negative Plus a Negative Equals”
To See Or Not To See 