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The Need for New
Recently a parent asked my husband if his Glee Club, in which her children had participated, always repeated songs. Apparently, they had been comparing notes with former members, and these former members, for whatever reason, said several times to their … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Music
Tagged classics, imitation, repertoire, standards, story, traditions
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A Facebook post from a year ago that illustrates my post “How to tell if a child learned how to read correctly”
This appeared in my FB memories from a year ago, and I thought that what was said here went along well with my blog post of 2 days ago, especially at the point where I wrote “…there are methods of … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Teaching
Tagged how to read, hubris, humility, true knowledge, true wisdom, wonder
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Goodreads Review: The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy My rating: 5 of 5 stars So much to say about this little book about dying. It’s also about living. Tolstoy takes us through the different stages of Ivan Ilych’s life, the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Character, My Personal History
Tagged death, eternity, values
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The Rightness of Indignation
I wrote the following a year ago on this date. It came up in my Facebook memories, and since I feel much the same today, I thought it worthy of posting here. It was good to revisit these ideas. _____________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Character
Tagged caring, indignation, intolerance, righteousness, rightness
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Naive
When I was not yet 18 years old, I was headed to college 12 hours away from home. I was excited about this. Not that I had not enjoyed my super secure home life with Mom, Dad, 3 older siblings, … Continue reading
A Soldier Coming Home
“What it takes to survive war makes it so hard to survive living after war.” Angelina Stanford I am currently reading The Odyssey in a class with Angelina Stanford of House of Humane Letters. The stories and books we are … Continue reading
My Obsession, Regrettably
Parking this thought here for now. Something I want people to know, but holding back from posting it on social media. When you pull away from me and/or my family, it hurts. It says you don’t like me or us, … Continue reading
Posted in Character
Tagged character, discipline, integrity, mindfulness
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I’m Not Sorry About My Parents
My mother was a teenage bride. My mother was a teenage mother. Yes, in that order. Life came full circle in some ways for my parents. In 1987 they returned after more than 35 years in Illinois to the Ritter … Continue reading
Posted in Character, My Personal History, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged commitment, marriage
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Get Out 2020
Oh, my people, I have so much to be writing about. As always. It is overwhelming. Thinking and wondering and making connections, or trying to, all the time. It is tiring, actually. My son and I are reading so many … Continue reading