Life is for those who LIVE!!!

For some reason this passage really struck me deeply. This is a passage in a TAKS book that I had my 8th grade kiddos read. But to me it is so much more than that. I hope you enjoy. From The Seventh Man By Haruki Murakami “A huge wave nearly swept me away,” said the seventh man, almost whispering. “It happened one September afternoon when I was 10 years old.” The man was the last one to tell his story that night. The hands of the clock had moved past ten. The small group that huddled in a circle could hear the wind tearing through the darkness outside, heading west. IT shook the trees, set the windows to rattling, and moved past the house with one final whistle. “It was the biggest wave I had even seen in my life,” he said. “A strange wave. An absolute giant.” He paused. “It just barely missed me, but in my place it swallowed everything that mattered most to me and swept it off to another world. I took years to find it again and to recover from the experience-precious years t...

Bucket List Traveling 1.      TRAVEL TRAVEL TRAVEL....See various parts of the world- more specifically Denmark, England, Scotland, Norway, Sweeden, Finland, Scotland, Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, France (again) and Spain (again), Australia, Fiji, St. Lucia, Bora Bora, Prince Edward Island in Canada, Morroco, Budapest 2.      United States travel includes: New York, Boston, Disneyworld in Florida, Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, Las Vegas (again), Los Angeles, Washington DC ect.   3.      I would love to travel up north to see the fall leaves change color.   4.      New York during Christmas time 5.      Visit a ski resort during snow season 6.      Visit a place with cherry trees in full bloom 7.      Take a road trip across the United States.   Driving and stopping at random places.   8.  Tak...

Luke weighs 24.6 lbs wears size 4 diapers wears size 18 months clothing  Has 2 teeth takes 2 naps a day eat solid foods at every meal and is transitioning off of formula and on to milk Can stand up on his own from a squatting position.  He has taken a few steps towards me while letting go of the coffee table, but nothing consistent.  Has 1 tooth on bottom and 1 tooth coming in on the top that is halfway out       Likes to play in the kitchen drawers         likes to open and close doors on his own             Likes to look out windows and tap on the glass Celebrated his first Thanksgiving and Christmas Knows how to clap his  hands together when you say "yaaaayyyy" can "dance" when music comes on the radio/TV Got sick for the 2nd time in his life :o(  no fun