Spend as much time around toddlers as I have and you’ll eventually find yourself facing a gizmo called the shape sorter. Our family owned one and so does every church nursery in which I’ve volunteered. While this toy has evolved over the years, the one with which I’m most familiar comes from the Tupperware company. …
When I swam in high school, Mark Spitz was every swimmer’s hero! An Olympic champion, he set world records and won gold medals in seven events at the 1972 Munich Olympics. A stickler for proper form, my coach showed us filmstrips of Mark Spitz swimming, demonstrating proper technique and motivating us. Afterward, “Coach” surprised us by …
For most of my life, I felt flawed. Whether from seeing other kids easily achieve things I struggled with, or through painful awareness of all my mistakes, I knew I needed something. Usually I thought that meant food! A chubby girl riddled with guilt, eventually I reasoned that more knowledge was the key to fixing myself. …
(This was written by Chaplain John Roe from the King Veteran’s Home in Wisconsin where my dad lives. I asked his permission to share, and edited slightly for succinctness.) Adjusting to new realities is a difficult task for many people. I define the term new reality as, “The way life is right now, whether you like …
Before America became a nation, a group of British citizens crossed the sea to start a new life here. As time passed and the settlers’ numbers grew, British homeland authorities considered the colonies a great source of tax revenue. This resulted in protests over taxation without representation and a host of other objections, culminating in …
