For Countries To Succeed, For Democracies To

No One Likes To Be Criticized.

When I Taught School, We Just Had The School Cafeteria; We Didn't Have Machines Or Things For Children To Buy Food From. But Parents Can Try To Educate Their Children About Choices. A Lot Of Everything We're Talking About That Has To Do With Heart Disease Has To Do With The Choices That We Make.

The English Language Lacks The Words 'to Mourn An Absence.' For The Loss Of A Parent, Grandparent, Spouse, Child Or Friend We Have All Manner Of Words And Phrases, Some Helpful, Some Not. Still, We Are Conditioned To Say Something, Even If It Is Only 'i Am Sorry For Your Loss.' But For An Absence, For Someone Who Was Never There At All, We Are Wordless To Capture That Particular Emptiness. For Those Who Deeply Want Children And Are Denied Them, Those Missing Babies Hover Like Silent, Ephemeral Shadows Over Their Lives. Who Can Describe The Feel Of A Tiny Hand That Is Never Held?

A Good Book Is Like An Unreachable Itch. You Just Can't Leave It Alone.

Children Who Are Read To Learn Two Things: First, That Reading Is Worthwhile, And Second, That They Are Worthwhile.