All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten

I ran across this wonderful saying that I wanted to share. It is so very true.

All I Really Need To KnowI Learned In Kindergartenby Robert Fulghum- an excerpt from the book, "All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten"

All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten. ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sandpile at Sunday School.
These are the things I learned:

Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.
Be aware of wonder.

Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.
And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggestword of all - LOOK.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere.
The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation.
Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.
Take any of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or your government oryour world and it holds true and clear and firm.
Think what a better world it would be if all - the whole world - had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down withour blankies for a nap.
Or if all governments had a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are - when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

Animals our favorite things

Here we are with "our" outside cat, Kitty #4, she usually runs from Mia, but today sat with Grant and "allowed" Mia to pet her...softy

We took a drive and saw these wild geese and decided to feed them...it was cold and they were very hungry. Mia wasn't afraid, and even threw some bread.

Snowman Pillows

This was my latest project, Snowman and Angel pillows for our front room. I think they turned out great! I think I'll make some more they were so fun.

Allen Christmas Party

At the Allen Christmas Party, Mia and Leah are the stars singing into the microphones....no one was sure just what they were singing, but it was fun to watch

Here are some pictures of Mia in her dress that Aunt Barbara gave her last year, but it fits just fine and she loves her "princess" dress

Christmas Lights

On Christmas Eve we took Mia to Ogden to see the Christmas lights....brrrrrr it was cold but we did enjoy the lights

With the Christmas Holiday ending and the New Year just a couple of days away...and let us not forget my upcoming birthday, this has become a time of reflection for me. This past year has been good for us, with no serious illnesses or accidents. I marvel that this January will mark 7 years since my last operation and the main cemo portion of the breast cancer treatment was completed. Who would have guessed that I would have lasted this long! Surely not the first two doctors who gave me 3 to 6 months at the most!

I strongly believe that through our Lord's power; the prayers of dear family and friends; and experimental medicines this gift of life was renewed. I am grateful and so blessed.

My goal this New Year is to make my gift of life more meaningful by increasing my service to the Lord; strengthen my family bonds.

God bless everyone in my circles, may each be blessed with health and contentment.