Tag Archives: Child

Thought For the Day: Any Parent or Doctor Who Sterilizes A Child Before They Are A Consenting Adult Should Go To Prison For Life

Posted on April 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life.” – Elon Musk

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Screaming the Dream

Posted on April 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Screaming the Dreamby Michael DoyleWho would have believed Were my eyes deceivedCould this really beWithin any possibilityScreaming the dreamWho would have believedThe nutritional value of ice creamFactually known, not deceivedNow isn’t this something niceA glycemic index less than brown riceMaybe … Continue reading →

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Born In the Rockies (Part I)

Posted on March 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Born In the Rockies (Part I)by Michael DoyleSpring has come with this mornAs another young life is bornEach step in the Rockies must be solvedAt every turn, there are tests to be resolvedEvery opportunity is used to hone skillsIn Mother … Continue reading →

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Don’t Play With Fire In the Dark

Posted on March 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Don’t Play With Fire In the Darkby Michael Doyle The edge of the cliff beckons meWhispering my name dangerouslyIs it taunting the edgeOf a lonely soul on the ledge A reasoned soul knows its contextWhen all the dots fail to … Continue reading →

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The Get To of the Got To

Posted on February 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Get To of the Got Toby Michael DoyleHeroes of faith that give what they canThat’s every woman and then every manDaring to give what they are givenThese cheerful hearts are those forgivenWorking the work of giving in lightLiving open … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appreciation, Believers, Cheerful Hearts, Child, Confusion, Dreams of Hope, Encouragement, Engagement, Eye Contact, Get To, Got To, Health, Heroes of Faith, Illusioin, Joy, Light, Live Right, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Recognition, Smile, Truth, Wealth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: To Be Ignorant of What Occurred Before You Were Born Is To Remain Always A Child

Posted on November 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?” – … Continue reading →

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Currents of the Riptide

Posted on October 31, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Currents of the Riptideby Michael DoyleOn the tip of the continent’s ledgeI stand and touch the water’s edgeIn the memory of those who came beforeAnd will never surf any moreThe rides that they once soughtAll of the battles that they … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adrenaline, Battles, Child, Confident, Content, Continent, Currency, Currents, Emotion, Face of Waves, Feet, Fought, Ledge, Legacy, Memories, Memory, Neptune, Ocean, Poetry and Poems, Powers, Reveries, Rides, Riptide, Sorrow, Sought, Surf, Tame, Tomorrow, Water's Edge, Wild | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: This Triangle of Truism, Father, Mother, and Child, Cannot Be Destroyed; It Can Only Destroy Those Civilizations Which Disregard It

Posted on October 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“This triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.” – G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

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Thought For the Day: What A Child Doesn’t Receive He Can Seldom Later Give

Posted on August 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give.” -P.D. James (Phyllis Dorothy James), novelist (3 Aug 1920-2014)

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Thought For the Day: Everybody Knows That the Family Is the Bedrock of Any Society

Posted on June 25, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Everybody knows that the family is the bedrock of any society because it is in the family that the child learns how to be — how to be cultivated, how to be mannerly, how to have values. And if we … Continue reading →

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