Ezra's concert pix

My Eight grade Baritone's last middle school concert!

Here comes that stubborn tooth!

We have been waiting and wondering if that eye tooth would ever come in. It came out nicely, not like some of the bottom teeth which wanted to stay in there forever. Both the baby teeth and the adult teeth seemed to want to stay in your mouth together. I had seen a similarity with the many Walker men that I had the privilege to guide through teeth and tooth fairy occurrences. My two elder boys and little Danny and stories of teeth that refused to come out and come in, were rampant. I had come up with my own philosophy of Walker correlations with their stubborn teeth. I had seen deep spiritual meaning in the holding of baby teeth long into adulthood, etc., etc.,etc. Then you come breaking all of the molds of my philosophies. You were so much Walker man and so much me and my father, that I couldn't figure it out at all. Now, I am at the drawing board about the next to the last Grandchild and older mothers and How God puts the mirror to your deepest parts using your teeth and mothers teeth and where the secret of life lies. In your Eye Teeth! Again, Go Figure!

A Serious Headache, laid you out!

What a resourceful young man you are to work so hard as you did. I really don't believe there is any relationship between your headache and your hard work. It has been a long time since you have come into my bed to sleep. Last night it wasn't a toddler falling into my bed, it was a young man. I hope you feel better! I woke in the middle of the night and you were gone. Dad must have moved you. Headache gone?

Today there was an article about the use of Andy Weir's book, the Martian.

In the New York Times Book Review

Expletives notwithstanding, they are saying that this is a book that could be a problem with its combination of good and evil that are mixed. We have to be able to decipher the usefulness of tools that are set before us. Words are good and words can be evil, also.
I expect that this is just the beginning of books that will challenge our convictions of uses of wicked words and exposure to these things.  Children shouldn't be exposed to these things,
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.  Learn how to use good and encouraging words and it will go a long way to influence the world that you are inheriting.   Are expletives as damaging as slander?  Words are damaging. Words are healing.  Use them rightly!

Deck the Halls with boughs of Holly

oops forgot to put your Christmas concert on your blog:) December 20, 2016