We practiced what we taught by assuming roles of religious leadership
When public schools failed to keep up with urban sprawl
Causing our neighborhood school to go on split session until
Voters approved funding for new schools to be built
We shocked our extended families by choosing to send
Our sons to religious day school for this reason:
Though several secular private schools had been recommended
Though several secular private schools had been recommended
None visited had offered the joyous learning environment that proved true of
This particular school, and having been a teacher of children, myself
The creative center of my brain took note of the fact that
This establishment of learning had mirrored
The high spirited, motivational techniques, which
Had been my own, suggesting why this specific school offered
My spirit reason to smile as intuitive thought sensed
This particular school, and having been a teacher of children, myself
The creative center of my brain took note of the fact that
This establishment of learning had mirrored
The high spirited, motivational techniques, which
Had been my own, suggesting why this specific school offered
My spirit reason to smile as intuitive thought sensed
That the expansion of my decision-making process
Had grown mindful of offering our sons experiences so enriching as to
Have provided the independent nature of their spirits with reason to
Have provided the independent nature of their spirits with reason to
Smile and thrive, both at home and in school
As Will and I grew to consciously model our values
As Will and I grew to consciously model our values
Our children adopted an open minded sense of respect for
A wide variety of choices, suggesting why each one
Had freely, naturally, and eagerly extended
A heartfelt welcome to a United Nations of friends into our home, and
Throughout all of those busy-till-midnight, child-rearing years
This next fact escaped out attention until
Sons began dating in high school:
Throughout their boyhood, while each was developing into
A clear thinking, independent young man, two of our family's
Most vital values (penned within this post)
Began to clash head on ... And when parents are blind to
The fact that two of their most vital values are crashing, head on
Mental confusion, naturally results
And though I have much more to say on this subject
Today's not the day to pull the sincerity of this train of thought into
The station, because, just as Marie, Tony and Ray celebrated
Eight days of Chanukah with Barry, it's our turn to
Naturally, joyously, generously and with all sincerity enjoy
The spirit of Christmas with three precious individuals, each of
Whom has won a place called home within the most nurturing part of
Our hearts, where a loving sense of mutual respect, which comes with
Maturation, lasts forever and ever ...
And maybe even longer than that ...
A wide variety of choices, suggesting why each one
Had freely, naturally, and eagerly extended
A heartfelt welcome to a United Nations of friends into our home, and
Throughout all of those busy-till-midnight, child-rearing years
This next fact escaped out attention until
Sons began dating in high school:
Throughout their boyhood, while each was developing into
A clear thinking, independent young man, two of our family's
Most vital values (penned within this post)
Began to clash head on ... And when parents are blind to
The fact that two of their most vital values are crashing, head on
Mental confusion, naturally results
And though I have much more to say on this subject
Today's not the day to pull the sincerity of this train of thought into
The station, because, just as Marie, Tony and Ray celebrated
Eight days of Chanukah with Barry, it's our turn to
Naturally, joyously, generously and with all sincerity enjoy
The spirit of Christmas with three precious individuals, each of
Whom has won a place called home within the most nurturing part of
Our hearts, where a loving sense of mutual respect, which comes with
Maturation, lasts forever and ever ...
And maybe even longer than that ...
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