The following is an excerpt taken from a famous poem written by  

Dorothy Law Nolte

 

CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE

If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.

If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.

If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.

If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.

If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.

If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.

If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.

If children live with fairness, they learn justice.

If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.

If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves

and in those around them.

If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

One Hundred Years From Now

It won’t matter what kind of car I drove

What kind of house I lived in

How much  money I had in the bank

Nor what my clothes looked like

But the world may be a little better

Because I was important

In the life of a boy.

Forest E. Witcraft

A heartfelt thank you to these parents, Grandparents, Michele,  Barbara, Placido and many others for being so very important in the life of these boys.  

~~~Jane~~~