Beautiful stories, everyone.

My mom praised me a lot. She taught me I could be anything I wanted to be. I am still amazed that, as a girl, I never felt limited to certain vocations, i.e. teaching, nursing, as I think my older sisters may have been.

There's lots more about singing, reading poetry and other works out loud, doing my best, but I think I've posted it all in various other threads. I'll have to do some digging.:-)

Thanks, Wesley. I thought of your son this morning. I had two red votive candles which burnt constantly last December, for your boys. I still have one of them and used it this morning in my meditation time.

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