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August 2007 – Jotting Joan

Month: August 2007

  • first lessons in compassion

    A recent e-mail from my sister caught my attention. I thought I would share it with my readers. I find it disturbing to see the parenting trend to “let them cry it out” going around again. Sometimes babies need to be comforted – and some babies need it more than others. That is just their…

  • Horse trainer Ray Ainsworth

    The man who listens to horses stood in the middle of the arena with nothing but a long flexible stick to prod the untrained horse to cooperate. “It doesn’t hurt,” Ray Ainsworth said, flicking the bar against his foot, “it just annoys them.” He encouraged the horse to move along using his ‘arm extender.’ The…

  • Grandpa’s toy tractor

    My husband did not want to leave his toy tractor behind. He wanted to take it with us when we visited the grandchildren. It really should be MY tractor. I found the bright green plastic tractor and wagon sitting in front of the “For Pet’s Sake” thrift store when my brother and sister visited back…

  • Paint by number remembered

    I thought the paint-by-number kit with pictures of a little boy and a little girl made perfect door markers for our young children’s bedrooms. My husband – the real artist of the family – scoffed at the idea of canned art. I shrugged off his scorn. I remembered the kit I received as a child…

  • pray for them?!

    Praying for family and friends is easy. When my children hurt, need a job or a new home, I pray for them. Likewise, when friends enter a difficult time, I pray for them. I would like to say I naturally pray for all the people in my life, but I don’t – not the ones…