Month: June 2019
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Thunder and lightning wake us up
The boom of thunder and flash of lightning woke me. Rain pounded the windows, and lightning pierced the darkness. I laid there listening to the storm, added my observations about the storm to my Facebook page along with other storm comments about electrical outages and upset children. Been through a storm or two with children.…
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One more year as camp counselor
Two years ago my hubby declared himself too old to be a camp counselor. This year, the day our St. Louis grandchildren signed up to join their Little Rock cousins at church camp, he immediately said, “I’ll be a counselor this year.” Before going, he filled his pill box with morning and evening medicines to…
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One boy’s story
He walked alongside the road, huddled beside his mother to ward off the air whipping around him hearing the swoosh of cars passing him as they walked to school. No car and no bus meant they walked from their tiny home and hoped to be offered a ride. The daily walk ended the day their…
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Free pizza!
Last September, second grader Titus told his parents, “If I go to school every day, at the end of the month, I get a free pizza!” Titus likes pizza. September, October, November and December, Titus ate pizza. His classroom celebrated nine weeks of everyone having perfect attendance. The flu hit. Kids in school one day…