August 2020

Monday, August 31, 2020

Just a thought… Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory. [Percy Shelley] Welcome to the last day of August. Ah, September. What unfamiliar feelings the next few weeks will bring: fear and uncertainty (and not about the usual “back-to” stuff) instead of anticipation and relief. As areas across the country decide on how

Rob WhiteheadMonday, August 31, 2020
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Thursday, August 27, 2020

Just a thought… I believe sharing stories and experiences is the best way to teach people to empathize. [Jane Goodall] And…it’s suddenly eerily quiet. There are chores to do and fingerprints to wipe down, but all of that will wait. Today I want to share with you a sit down video chat I did with

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Monday, August 24, 2020

Just a thought… You can’t recognize true joy if you’ve never known heartbreak. Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. You can’t know hope if you’ve never known despair. [Eve Silver] One month. It was on this day in July that in a house we’d decorated for a festive “Christmas in July” theme, we

Rob WhiteheadMonday, August 24, 2020
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Thursday, August 20, 2020

Just a thought… To be trusted is a better compliment than being loved. [George MacDonald] This week I met the man who lives in our basement. I know that could be the opening line of a Stephen King book, but it’s a real life story and one that has some interesting background. So settle in,

Rob WhiteheadThursday, August 20, 2020
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Monday, August 17, 2020

Just a thought… Someday – you will just get sick of being hungover. [@JannArden on Twitter Aug. 16 2020] Whew – what a weekend! We got a call on Saturday that the kids’ moving truck would be pulling into their driveway the next day, and so it did; so far, so good. We are hoping

Rob WhiteheadMonday, August 17, 2020
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