—Schuyler Waynforth
photo by Ester Siroky, in Seville
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Where learning is concerned, it's never too late and everything counts. |
Sometimes I think of things I wish I had done or said, or I wish I had been more attentive or patient and sometimes I see in that very moment that I'm sitting there thinking about myself instead of getting up and going and being with my husband or kids. It's weird, and people who come to it new think "martyrdom!?" or self sacrifice, but it's not that. It's investment.
We always have ice cream in the freezer—he rarely eats it, but an apple or watermelon will be gone in no time. A mom named Kris wrote that ten years ago, of a child who is probably grown now. |
Be willing to be surprised where you are, to appreciate the unexpected, and to stop and notice something old or artsy. What's familiar to you might be brand new to a child. |