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Quote of the Week
When parents talk about having a child who is ill or struggling, nonparents often take the wrong message. They think, Thank God I was spared all that pain. If I can’t order up the precise specifications for my child, the condition in which he emerges, the choices he’ll make, if I can’t be assured that he’ll skirt the dangers that await him, maybe it’s better not to have children at all.
Those of us who know the airless terror of the 10 steps between the second you first glimpse your child’s surgeon through the glass doors and the moment he’s standing in front of you, delivering the verdict—we don’t think this way. Each time one of ours is ill or in pain, we think, Thank God I am here for him.
Source: Abigail Shrier, The Free Press
Posted: 2025 Oct 10Music of the Week
Our politics probably vary, but I expect that we all hope for the hostages to come home, for all the killing to stop, and for a better life for all people in the region.
Photo Memory of the Week
Go, Blue Jays!
Blog Memory of the Week
Category Archives: Photos of Fauna
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Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Photos of Fauna
Tagged Science, Storytellers
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Hoar(ra)y!
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Tagged Birds, Bridges, Water
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Common
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No Commoner
A lifer – that is, a first for me, not a bird serving a life sentence without parole. Continue reading
As You Mean to Continue
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The 12 Days of Christmas – 2020
I understand why my aunt (who co-managed a jewelry store) came to hate this song. This is dedicated to Doris: I think she’d have thought it was funny to do this. Continue reading
