Category: Straight from the heart
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But I really want the prize
I had posted this previously but I feel like we (me) could use a reminder of this very thing. Sam has been sick for a few days, and he missed school. During his absence, he missed the deadline to turn in a paper for a library challenge. It was during a conversation that we had…
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Dignity and self-respect
In this life we all have decisions to make, regardless, of what the decisions are or who we are. I also have a firm belief that everybody has the right to be treated with dignity, no matter the circumstances. I have sat back and watched, more and more people are being treated less than human…
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Plain Old Oyster
By Anonymous There once was an oyster, whose story I’ll tellWho found that some sand had gotten into his shellIt was only a grain, but it gave him great painFor oysters have feelings, although they are plain Now, did he berate the harsh workings of fateThat had brought him to such a deplorable state?“No,” he…