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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 Flora
Reflections, Gilbert AZ
Three reflection photos. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora
Tagged Reflections, Water
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Desert Flower, Boyce-Thompson Arboretum, AZ
Anonymous flower from a desert plant. Continue reading
Leaves, Gilbert AZ
Leaves from one or two bushes. Continue reading
Bracts, Gilbert AZ and Costa Rica
We don’t need no stinkin’ flowers. Continue reading
Baja Fairy Duster, Chandler AZ
Clever naming conventions, those botanists. Continue reading
Poinsettia, Selkirk MB
A flower for the season. Continue reading
Grass, Bulls Island SC
Grass plant on the beach. Continue reading
Maple Leaves, Ottawa ON
The art – or not – of staging photos. Continue reading
Fuchsia, Vancouver BC
Underexposed red fuchsia blossoms. Continue reading
