| It Is Raining Stars | | Leanne's Blog
| By Leanne on1/28/2008 5:30 PM | |
| | Last Friday I was walking outside at night with one of my best friends kids. He is a preschool aged child and was chattering away like kids his age do. All at once he stooped, looked at the sky and exclaimed, "Look! It is raining stars!!" We stood still, looking at the stars, shining brightly through the night sky.
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| Knowing What We Deserve | | Leanne's Blog
| By Leanne on1/21/2008 8:51 PM | |
| | I just spent the weekend with my grandson. He is eight months old and bless his heart, he was in a strange home (his first visit to my house), a strange bed and while he would go to bed fine, when he woke up, he would have this pitiful terrifed look on his face. He would sit up in his little bed and scream, "Moma" which is the only word he can say. And he reminded me of a very important spiritual lesson... | | |
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| Sharing Our Stories: Important for Our Children | | Leanne's Blog
| By Leanne on1/16/2008 3:24 AM | |
| One of my favorite times as a child was sitting at my grandparents table hearing my Pa telling stories about his childhood. I loved those stories! My favorite story was about a time when he was in 6th grade and his math teacher could not figure out how to solve a math problem. My Pa went to the blackboard, solved the problem and walked out. He never went to school another day in his life and yet he was the County Court Clerk of Laurel County, KY and Vice-president of the First National Bank in London, KY.
He would tell me that story and then say, "Remember Leanne, other people can teach you things, but never forget to educate yourself!" That story is probably the reason I read constantly, always search to learn and grow and led to my getting my Doctorate. Education was precious to me and is precious to me because of that story.
We all have stories to tell. Stories that will shape and mold the beliefs, morals and values of our children and gran ... | | |
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| Epiphany: A Time to Remember Your Star | | Leanne's Blog
| By Leanne on1/7/2008 4:03 AM | |
| | Today is Epiphany in the Christian tradition. It is the day when the scripture about the wise men visiting the baby Jesus is read. It is a day when we recall the story of these wise people from the east who followed a star to see Jesus. They left their homes, they left their families and they traveled, most scholars believe, for three years, one way to see the baby. They saw a star and followed it... | | |
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| An 8 Lettered Word for 2008! | | Leanne's Blog
| By Leanne on1/1/2008 10:07 PM | |
| | I was going to try and make one of those cute acrostics--you know--where you take a word and each letter is used as the first letter in a word. I wanted to think of 8 things we could all strive for in this new year. So I Googled "8 letter words" and... | | |
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| Holiday Stess? What can be done? | | Leanne's Blog
| By Leanne on12/20/2007 5:26 AM | |
| | Okay, we are only a few days away from Christmas and the stress has reached an all time high. We vowed to take time for quiet reflection. We promised we would not overschedule our days. But..here we are: too busy for any quiet time and overbooked. What happened? | | |
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| Chunukah, Advent Wreaths and Christmas Lights | | Leanne's Blog
| By Leanne on12/9/2007 5:25 PM | |
| | Today is the sixth day of Chanukah; the second Sunday of dvent and day when many of us, if we haven't already, will put up our Christmas Trees and lights. Lights are more than simply beautiful--they are a sacred and powerful reminder of the message of both Chanukah and Christmas! | | |
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| A Thanksgiving Reflection | | Leanne's Blog
| By Leanne on11/22/2007 3:33 AM | |
| | Sometimes it is easy to give thanks and sometimes it is not easy! That is the way life is...I wonder why we all feel guilty when we have a difficult time being grateful. I want to tell you that it is okay to feel however you feel--even on Thanksgiving!! | | |
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