Wednesday, May 17, 2006
A couple articles...
First, this on recess disappearing in public schools. We already have a climate of fear around kids being allowed to play without adults close by, we already have most kids never playing any pickup games of sports because they're all organized to death, now this. Kids need unstructured time to learn how to do things themselves. Utterly absurd.
And this, quite a comment on sports mania. These people really need a reality check!
I attended my nephew's funeral this last weekend. As heartbreaking as it was, seeing numerous family members was a delight. Many good laughs were had amidst the tears. I hope to see them again at New Year's.
An interesting opportunity presented itself in the form of a rather distant relation I had never met before: The nephew of my sister's ex-husband proved to be a warm, friendly, and sincere person to chat with. Our family's had connected almost 40 years ago, and then that bond was broken ten years later in an ugly divorce. Perhaps some healing and forgiveness can be both given and gotten—something I think all of us on both sides can use—or maybe some sort of peace over it all, or just finally a better understanding. I was young at the time and didn't fully understand the magnitude of what happened. Looking back, now with children of my own, I grieve the situation and wonder that the parties involved came through it as well as they did.
First, this on recess disappearing in public schools. We already have a climate of fear around kids being allowed to play without adults close by, we already have most kids never playing any pickup games of sports because they're all organized to death, now this. Kids need unstructured time to learn how to do things themselves. Utterly absurd.
And this, quite a comment on sports mania. These people really need a reality check!
I attended my nephew's funeral this last weekend. As heartbreaking as it was, seeing numerous family members was a delight. Many good laughs were had amidst the tears. I hope to see them again at New Year's.
An interesting opportunity presented itself in the form of a rather distant relation I had never met before: The nephew of my sister's ex-husband proved to be a warm, friendly, and sincere person to chat with. Our family's had connected almost 40 years ago, and then that bond was broken ten years later in an ugly divorce. Perhaps some healing and forgiveness can be both given and gotten—something I think all of us on both sides can use—or maybe some sort of peace over it all, or just finally a better understanding. I was young at the time and didn't fully understand the magnitude of what happened. Looking back, now with children of my own, I grieve the situation and wonder that the parties involved came through it as well as they did.
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