Erin’s Journals

Monday, September 14, 2020

Just a thought… Some of the best memories are made in flip-flops. [Kellie Elmore] Hey – hope you had a relaxing and rejuvenating weekend. I am a day late for Grandparents’ Day, and it’s never been on our radar, but trust me, we had three of the best of our lives last week. As we

Rob WhiteheadMonday, September 14, 2020
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Thursday, September 10, 2020

Just a thought… Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don’t listen eagerly to the little things when they are little, they won’t tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them it has always been big stuff. [Catherine M. Wallace] We’ve had a

Rob WhiteheadThursday, September 10, 2020
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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Just a thought… I must lose myself in action lest I wither in despair. [Alfred Lord Tennyson] For The Teachers. I posted a “breathe” meme on Facebook on the weekend and got an intriguing response from a teacher, whom I asked to write to me about her experience. This brutally honest letter from K. is Globe

Rob WhiteheadTuesday, September 8, 2020
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Thursday, September 3, 2020

Just a thought.. What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; all that we love deeply becomes a part of us. [Helen Keller] We knew the day was coming. Call it the pragmatism that is born of knowing the immensity of loss, but we knew. It should have made it easier, but of course….

Rob WhiteheadThursday, September 3, 2020
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Monday, August 31, 2020

Just a thought… Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory. [Percy Shelley] Welcome to the last day of August. Ah, September. What unfamiliar feelings the next few weeks will bring: fear and uncertainty (and not about the usual “back-to” stuff) instead of anticipation and relief. As areas across the country decide on how

Rob WhiteheadMonday, August 31, 2020
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