Spring Song Spring is coming, spring is coming, Birdies, build your nest; Weave together straw and feather, Doing each your best. Spring is coming, spring is coming, Flowers are coming too: Pansies, lilies, daffodillies, Now are coming thought Spring...
How To Stay Lovers As Well As Parents Children can bring great joy to a marriage,and they deserve our love and attention.But t heir arrival can alter1) the couple' s usual way of doing things,and even the way they feel about each other.There...
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didnt look like any doctor Id ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard. I remember him as someone who was a lot nicer than 1)circumstances warranted. When Dr. Gibbs was...
My Friends Who Are Play boy/girl Type Never sayI love youif you dont care.Never talk about feelings if they arent there.Never touch a life if you mean to break a heart.Never look into the eye when all you do is lie.The cruelest thing a guy...
The Germans generally adore England and have suffered in the past from unrequited love.England used to be the ultimate role model with its amazingly advanced political,social, industrial and technological achievements. The Germans regard the English...
The Joys of Writing The fortunate people in the worldthe only reallyfortunate people in the world, in my mind, are those whose work is also their pleasure. The class is not a large one, not nearly so large as it is often represented to be; and author...
To respect my work, my associates and myself. To be honest and fair with them as I expect them to be honest and fair with me. To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster, not a knocker; a pusher, not a kicker; a motor, not a clog. To base...
To my Friends Who Are Single Love is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it will come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often it hurts, but loves only special when yo...
Voice from the past It was the kind of voice that you never forget. Deep. Warm. Melodic. Soothing, yet with a hint of laughter hidden in those depths. The kind of voice that sends a pulse racing. And thats exactly the effect it had when I heard it ag...
The Ritual Every Sunday morning is the same. I wake up with a start to find myself buried in my wifes empty pillow. Im almost able to smell her. And my hands ache2) to touch her body. Thats when I remember shes gone. And so, wearily3), I rub the slee...
I've got a deep secret few people understand and even fewer will admit to sharing. It's time to tell the truth: I love the rain, deeply and passionately and more than the sun. At least I live in the right place, famous for its damp weather and spawni...
It's a sin around here to not thoroughly enjoy every moment of every golden day. It's embarrassing to answer, Did you get out and enjoy the sunshine this weekend? with No, I stayed inside. Co-workers frown and exchange suspicious looks; apparently I'...
My grandparents believed you were either honest or you werent.There was no in between. They had a simple motto hanging on heir living-room wall:Life is like a field of newly fallen snow;where I choose to walk every step will show.They didnt have to t...
Choose Optimism--By Rich De Vos If you expect something to turn out badly, it probably will.Pessimism is seldom disappointed. But the same principle also works in reverse. If you expect good things to happen, they usually do! There seems to be a natu...
All I Remember When my father spoke to me,he always began the conversation with Have I told you yet today how much I adore you?The expression of love was reciprocated and,in his later years,as his life began to visibly ebb1),we grew even cl...