Tag Archives: Children

Thought For the Day: The Best Thing To Spend On Your Children Is Time

Posted on July 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

” The best thing to spend on your children is time.” – Louise Hart

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First Principles: Our Society’s Children Should Be Educated and Taught the Principles of Freedom

Posted on July 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” – John Adams (1787)

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The Great Fall

Posted on June 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on The Great Wall movie… The Great Fall by Michael Romani There is that nameless order There on every life’s border There are changes to behold And with them, new stories to be told Though the greatest … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Illegal Immigration of Children Is Still Illegal Immigration

Posted on June 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A dual set of quotes….to compare and contrast and realize the duplicity of world wide media today… “Do not send your children to the borders. If they do make it, they’ll get sent back.” – Barack Obama in 2014 and … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Bestow

Posted on April 24, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It’s just one of things that all parents know The joy and the wonder that our babies bestow As we lead and we reach and teach them From the highest height to the lowest grass stem We love them, we … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Takes Courage To Grow Into Who You Really Are

Posted on April 24, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It takes courage to grow up and be who you really are. “ — e.e. cummings

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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 21: Narcissism Begs The Question

Posted on April 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

I didn’t plan it this way but I’m not complaining. Na/GloPoWriMo Day 21 is to be a poem revolving around Narcissism. Insert slightly sad but half grinning face here… Narcissism Begs The Question by Michael Romani In this convenient moment, … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 17: Wrapped Around Her Little Finger

Posted on April 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The Na/GloPoWriMo Day 17 challenge is to “write a poem re-telling a family anecdote that has stuck with you over time”. There is not a person on this Earth (or any other for that matter), who knows me and … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Deplete

Posted on April 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Wormwood moments never complete Takes so long for radiation to deplete In a Spring’s chill, Russia in April 1986 The beginning of endless pick up sticks Meltdown core in chain reaction Black out failure in a second’s distraction Death walks … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Frigid

Posted on April 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Looking down into the heart of the frigid winter Hoping to find maybe some kind of hint there Why so many find the starkness of winter dead Perhaps it’s the quietness they hold in dread? The chill can ache deep … Continue reading →

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