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If you're interested in reading older posts, please visit my original blog. I've been writing since April of this year, and I have over fifty posts in my archives. (Eventually, they will all appear on this site.)

Treasures

“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”

Denis Waitley

Don’t worry; I’m not going to be writing about Daisytree three days a week from here on in, but I have to let you know how Pip’s first REAL day at [...]

Daisytree

“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings.”

Hodding Carter

Our second visit to Daisytree was a shortened morning session in which all of the kids and parents met for a short time to get acquainted.  As I suspected, [...]

Moving from ‘we’ to ‘I’

“The art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
– Havelock Ellis

I completely underestimated the loveliness of Lily, (the name I’ll give Pip’s teacher,) and her gorgeous pre-school, (which I’ve chosen to call Daisytree.)

Two weeks ago I wrote, (at great length, I might add [...]

The Right Time

“If  you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much.”

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

When I lived with a family in India, the children and their parents were NEVER apart.  One evening I asked my host, Patrick, if he and his wife ever let someone [...]