We're all on our own, aren't we? That's what it boils down to ( Read more... )

Impossible promises are what we must make to today's children. We also owe them honesty; and I would like to think that the two things are not mutually exclusive...

"Pain, too, is a gift of great value.  It is what makes us human."

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"Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none." (Gathering Blue)

The man that I named The Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every time you place a book in the hands of a child, you do the same thing.
It is very risky.
But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. It gives him choices. It gives him ( Read more... )