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Every school year my family picks a theme to guide our character building. It is something we can all do together no matter what age we are or what season of life we are in. In the past, we have used the words "integrity" and " perseverance" to help us stay on the right path. This year's theme is "preparation. " Usually, I announce the new word when school actually starts but since this word is about doing something ahead of time, we decided it only made sense to announce the word early so we can prepare for the start of a new school year and all that resides under that season. Taken from Benjamin Franklin's Wise Words by National Geographic Kids (another one of my children's books), Mr. Franklin once said, " Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise " after witnessing the late hours his Parisian friends kept when partying. Though we have heard this saying before, I wonder how many adults are truly apply
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Carpet bags have always been beautiful to me . Maybe it is the old-fashioned patterns or velvet material. Maybe it is the magical way Mary Poppins pulled multiple large items out of her bag one surprise after another. Though I have never owned one, they still represent something bigger than luggage. They represent the metaphor of life. Life is full of surprises and these surprises come with stories.  The purpose of this blog is first for me the writer. I need a place to store my stories, a place to record my history. Though I still love to put thoughts down on paper with a pen, I want to create a space to store my research in a more organized way. The second purpose is for the reader who desires to stay a while and see what I have in my "carpet bag" of stories, research, history, and reflections of this short life. Just as Mary Poppins kept her carpet bag with her at all times to pull from, I too want a bag to pull from, teach from, and share from. Mary Poppins encouraged he
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