Apr. 23, 2006
One of My Favorite Poems...
Posted in My Kids
The Reading Mother
I had a mother who read to me
Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea,
Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,
"Blackbirds" stowed in the hold beneath.
I had a Mother who read me lays
Of ancient and gallant and golden days;
Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe,
Which every boy has a right to know.
I had a Mother who read me tales
Of Gelert the hound of the hills of Wales,
True to his trust till his tragic death,
Faithfulness blent with his final breath.
I had a Mother who read me the things
That wholesome life to the boy heart brings —
Stories that stir with an upward touch,
Oh, that each mother of boys were such!
You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be —
I had a Mother who read to me.
- Strickland Gillilan
Comments
Apr. 22, 2006 - :-)
Posted by food4life
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
I just love reading to my kids. It's my very favorite part of the day. Right now we are reading Johnny Tremain and Freckles. I have boys, and there are just so many wonderful boy books out there! I wish I had all day to just read!!! :-) But gee, then there would be no time for exercise. Hah!
Love,
Karla
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Apr. 23, 2006 - Reading
Posted by joyfulhomeschool
Thank you for that post! Okay, now I am off to do some reading! :) I really do love reading with my kids...so cozy and warm and educational and fun!
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Apr. 23, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by writmm
J, thank you! That's great input you gave! DH agress with the 'rate me' term maybe being intimidating and is thinking of what he can put in its place. I am not sure what you mean when you say you go from your friends list to people's blogs. Do you mean you open you blog, go down to your friends list, click on my name and open up my blog? Or are you doing something fromt he Control panel where we add entries and edit templates and such? Let me know so I can figure out what's going on. The rate me button should always show up, though sometimes it can get hung up due to satellite connections or something and not show or it takes a loooong time. Thanks again for your input! Keep it coming! A weekend...heck, we can do a week at the rate you are going;)
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Apr. 23, 2006 - Great thoughts!
Posted by kindredspiritMom
Isn't it great that we can give our kids this gift and it is available to all of us. Thanks for your visit, and Happy Anniversary!
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Apr. 23, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by writmm
Now I understand how you look at your friends stuff. That is very convenient! I like it a lot! I didn't know that was there! You are right batBack won't show up on your blog when you read your friends stuff unless you are joined up to batBack. Then it shows up (I know, cause it did on mine). What I don't know is what it means when I vote for articles that aren't mine and aren't really connected to batBack. I am going to have to ask DH tomorrow.
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Apr. 23, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by writmm
I finally read this poem. I like it!
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