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You have to be a child

“You have to be a child to know how wonderful is a store window filled with dolls and sleds and other toys.  And this wonder came free to Francie.  It was nearly as good as actually having the toys to be permitted to look at them through the glass window.” — Betty Smith, in A …

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Nothing so easy

There is nothing so easy but it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.                         — Publius Terentius Afer While we lived in Hawaii, it amazed me when one of my sons complained, “Do we HAVE to go to the beach AGAIN?” It didn’t matter how often I told him we were lucky to live near the …

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