Our Future Is Bright...

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...so long as we have kids like my Rachel Marie coming along.

Here's an impromptu poem she wrote at school... she got 60 out of 50 (extra credit), so the teacher has good taste. :-)

I am, of course, very proud of her... but mostly, I really think this should be shared.

-Gratitude-

When I try to grasp
the sacrifices
that some people make
to keep me safe and free,
how hard
some people work
just to keep me alive,
how difficult
some people's lives are made
so everyone can have rights,
it's then that I realize
that I can't possibly
understand
what these people go through.

All I can do for these people
is appreciate
them
and pray
for them
and hope
for them.

I wonder
if these people know
what a difference
they make in my life
and
how much
I appreciate them.


Thirteen years old, and a genius already...

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