Five Fears of Eleanor Roosevelt

“You have nothing to fear, but fear itself.”                                                 -President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat Fear is the mind-killer. Conquering fear is essential in survival. Eleanor realized that at an early age. She spent her life fighting her “fight or flight” responses with detached responses. By facing the experiences…

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Angels Watching

  “Our certainty that angels right now witness how we are walking through life should mightily influence the decisions we make. God is watching and His angels are interested spectators too.”                                                                                             -Billy Graham                                                                                          Truth is always stranger than fiction. That is why biographies and memoirs are my favorite…

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Christmas Books for Inner City Students

“The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page.”                                                                              –Rachel Anders Christmas is a time of anxiety for the students in my behavior disorder/emotionally disturbed classroom. Living in poverty, the expectations of the rest of America accentuated their lack of “stuff”. Depression, despair and desperation etch…

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