My niece is clearly intelligent!! She will not be like some of my friends. I have to tell a story:
Several weeks ago, one of my friends excitedly told me she was going to get a goat - she'd just moved to the country. The next day she stopped by anxiously to ask me if she really had to milk the goat every day. I said yes, and not only that, but at the same time in the morning and evening, or the goat would stop giving milk. Later that evening, it occurred to me that I wondered if she knew that the goat gave milk because it had a baby. So, when I saw her next, I said "you do realize that the goat has to have a baby to give milk?" She was quite surprised to hear that.
Later, I told this story to another friend, a friend with a biology and nursing degree. She laughed, and then she said: "Well, it's understandable though, because cows don't, do they?"
Funnygirl is already differentiating mammals from God. Yay Funnygirl!!!!
I like to write about our homeschooling style, a quirky blend of Reggio Emilia, unschooling, Montessori, and inquiry. I like to talk about my faith, which is all about Jesus, gratitude and wonder, wonder, wonder. Maybe you'll want to see my art or photography. Maybe you'll gasp, "She's brilliant!" Maybe not. Maybe you'll grin at my cute children. Sometimes I'll tell you about my anxiety and depression, and the complications of several family members living with severe sensory processing disorder. Mostly, I'll wish, with all my big, sensitive heart, that you were nearer, and I knew you, and we could sip something and chat, shoes off, feet up, afghan over our laps. But here we are.
Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be.- Archbishop Oscar Romero, from his last homily, March 23, 1980
No sorrowful tears, no beating of the breast For a safe repose has taken me. I dance Ring dances with the blessed saints In the beautiful fields of the righteous. - Ancient Christian tomb inscription
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Those are great!
I'm not sure I want to smell a dinosaur :)
Jared asked me who created God.
Has she ever smelled Tootie? I bet they smelled like that. I bet T Rex was pretty stinky, cause of all that meat breath!!
Glad to see you are up and able to type again!
My niece is clearly intelligent!! She will not be like some of my friends. I have to tell a story:
Several weeks ago, one of my friends excitedly told me she was going to get a goat - she'd just moved to the country. The next day she stopped by anxiously to ask me if she really had to milk the goat every day. I said yes, and not only that, but at the same time in the morning and evening, or the goat would stop giving milk. Later that evening, it occurred to me that I wondered if she knew that the goat gave milk because it had a baby. So, when I saw her next, I said "you do realize that the goat has to have a baby to give milk?" She was quite surprised to hear that.
Later, I told this story to another friend, a friend with a biology and nursing degree. She laughed, and then she said: "Well, it's understandable though, because cows don't, do they?"
Funnygirl is already differentiating mammals from God. Yay Funnygirl!!!!
I love these questions! Never stop questioning, Feistygirl!
Hope to see you all very soon--Heather and crew
Pray that she never stop questioning! Way awesome, girl!
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