My Commonplace Book
Jan. 1, 2006
Why Did My Son Have to Die?

Cindy Sheehan asked President Bush, "Why did my son have to die in  Iraq?"


Another mother asked President Truman, "Why did my son have to die in Korea?"


Another mother asked President F.D.Roosevelt, "Why did my son have  to
die at Iwo Jima?"

Another mother asked President W. Wilson, "Why did my son have to die on
the battlefield of France?"

Yet another mother asked President Lincoln, "Why did my son have to die
at Gettysburg?"

And yet another mother asked President G. Washington, "Why did my son
have to die near Valley Forge?"

Then long, long ago, a mother asked,

"Heavenly Father, why did my Son have to die on a cross outside of
Jerusalem?"  


The answers to all these are similar-- that others may have life and dwell in peace, happiness and freedom.

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Commonplace books are a means of coping with information overload! They help us select, organize, classify, and remember key moral precepts. "When it came time to put away childish things, the role of the copy book was assumed by its close cousin, the "commonplace book." The process of maturation required the production of more-personal collections of writings, meant to provide inspiration, direction, and moral fortitude. Reading the commonplace books of historical figures like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, or any number of antebellum Southern ladies gives us an interior view of each person's self-image and the words that motivated him or her. -- Rachel Toor "Commonplaces: From Quote Books to 'Sig' Files" The Chronicle of Higher Education May 25, 2001"

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