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Thought For the Day: Daughters – Be Kind To Your Father
“Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young, / Who loved thee so fondly as he? / He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, / And joined in thy innocent glee.” – Margaret Courtney, poet … Continue reading
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Tagged Daughters, Family, Father, Kindness, Love, Margaret Courtney, Thought For the Day
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Birthday Thoughts 2017
Birthday Thoughts 2017 by Michael Romani It is just before the hour of nine And I have a quiet moment to call mine The princesses are now fast asleep And I’ve a moment to think that I’ll keep Earlier in … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: We Teach Our Children By Our Actions and Through Our Words
“The words a father speaks to his children in the privacy of the home are not overheard at the time, but, as in whispering galleries, they will be clearly heard at the end and by posterity.” – Jean Paul Richter, … Continue reading
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Tagged Example, Father, Jean Paul Richter, Mother, Parents, Posterity, Teach, Thought For the Day, Words
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My Daughters’ American We
https://flic.kr/p/vCW1P4 My Daughters’ American We by Michael Romani Looking on the America of today With all of its conflicts in the way It reminds me of post Revolution life Ablaze with near anarchy and civil strife We of today should … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American We, Culture, Daughters, Family, Father, Future, Generaion, Heritage, Liberty, Noble, Overcome, Patriotism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Service, Troubles, Truth, Veneration
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Revival
Revival by Michael Romani Woken up to revival More than survival Renewing our standing Never demanding No longer spiritually stale This is our story; this is our tale A return to our first love Finding faith in above It’s no … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Christian, Church, Cross, Faith, Father, Joy, Photographs, Poetry, Revival, the Word
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To Sierra, On Turning Eight
To Sierra, On Turning Eight by Michael Romani There with your sweet, twinkling eyes Playing with thoughts in your dazzling mind You always seem to find new surprise While leaving no teddy bear behind You, with your Shirley Temple grin … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday, Celebrate, Daughter, Eight, Father, Journey, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Shirley Temple, Sierra
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A New Direction
Expecting a Mother’s Day related sermon this Sunday, it caught my attention fairly strongly when instead the sermon was based on 2nd Corinthians 6:2: 2 For he says, “(I)n the time of my favor I heard you, and in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Corrinthians, Choice, Clarity, Fallen Nature, Father, Forgiving, God's Favor, Grace, Holy Ghost, Indwelling, Mother's Day, Poetry, Salvation, Satan, Sermon, Son, Spiritual Desires, Voice
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Miss You Already
Day 30 presents the interesting challenge of writing a poem about something, anything that happens time and time again. As I thought on this, I realized there were many subjects that might be topical for this poem. Thinking on that, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballet, Cinderella, Cuddling, Daughters, Father, God, Miss You Already, Missing, Poem A Day, Prayer
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A Letter To My Daughters
Day Sixteen of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo has the challenge of writing a letter as a poem. What a fascinating concept that is to me. Many letters along the path of my have incorporated blurbs of poems and tried to express things by … Continue reading
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Tagged Dancing, Daughters, Father, Hands, Letter Poem, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Prayer
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 