December 2009
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Conversations with Elders
When I was a child my Dad told me to listen to my grandparents and do as they told. This discipline was expected for all elders, and over the years through listening to them my silence turned into respect. I took their word as truth and saw them as cardinal bearers of the past. Listening to their conversations with other elders and adults I noticed they enjoyed talking about the olden days. The...
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“Man proposes, God disposes.”
– Thomas à Kempis (c.1380-1471)