Archive for April, 2008

Timely advice…

Friday, April 18th, 2008

I just saw this on the back of a card. What a wonderful reminder.
“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.” […]

The end never comes…

Friday, April 11th, 2008

I’ll come back to the middle of my story in time but feel the urge to tell you the end or, at least, as far as the end ever comes. The child welfare system never did apologize or even admit wrong even after it was proved time and time again. It only ended as our […]

Spring is back…

Friday, April 11th, 2008

…and I’m in the dark. I love birds. I really do (except for the starlings and a few others). And I especially love robins (I even named my daughter Robin) but I wish they would find a new nesting place. My yard is full of big, beautiful trees. And bushes. And shrubs. But where do […]

Use caution…

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

I read recently in a local newpaper a letter to the editor that asked for retired teachers to become child advocates in the court system. This, of course, is needed. Children need someone to speak for them…but
From experience I know that many of these so-called advocates say only what the court wants to hear. They […]