Our Report Card

June 22, 2007

Every so often I ask the children to "list the top ten things in your heart right now." Here is the current list. First from our girl:

My family
My pets
Love
Music
Friends
Life
Joy
Woods
Playing
Fairy Circle

Now from our boy:

My best friend S.
Kayaks
Mom
My family
My pets
My books
Hoops & Yoyo
Fun
JK Rowling
This house

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Unknown said...: What a great idea! I'm going to do this tomorrow. Thanks for posting this.; July 2, 2007 at 10:19 PM

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I am a mother octopus. This is my cycle - take care of everyone, put my needs last, fall apart, put myself back together, repeat. As I struggle to break this cycle, I find that I'm having to ask myself some difficult questions. Who am I besides someone's mother? What are the things I like to do, read, make, ponder? Where is the balance between caring for others and caring for one's self? How much self interest is selfishness? What will I be when my children grow up - colorless blob or dynamic person? ~ Fourmother

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Human beings differ profoundly in regard to the tendency to view their lives as a whole. To some it is natural to do so, and essential to happiness.... To others life is a series of detached incidents without directed movement and without unity. The habit of viewing life as a whole is an essential part of wisdom...and is one of the things which ought to be encouraged in education. Consistent purpose is not enough to make life happy, but it is almost an indispensable condition of a happy life. And consistent purpose embodies itself mainly in work. ~Bertrand Russell

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June 22, 2007

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