The ‘Good’ List

The ‘Good’ List

At home, we get caught up in the daily routine of chores and errands, and we sometimes forget to take a breath. As corny and saccharine as it might sound, we thought we’d give it a try. It’s become an end-of-day ritual to ask each other… ‘So what was a ‘good’ thing today?’ It doesn’t have to be big or monumental… just something that brought joy, amusement, or satisfaction. It’s a surprisingly gratifying and heartening exercise.

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Farewell Cursive… and Analog Clocks… and Times Tables

 Farewell Cursive… and Analog Clocks… and Times Tables

There’s a certain amount of nostalgia (and angst) associated with my learning how to write in cursive… the Palmer method never worked for me. Then there was learning how to tell time… the hard way… on an analog clock. And learning those multiplication tables by heart? Those 7s were hard, and so were 11s. Talk about stress!

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