Tag Archives: Children

STOPPING BY SANDCASTLE ON A LATE SUMMER DAY

Posted on August 27, 2025 by elainedanforth

Stopping by sandcastle on a late summer’s day– neat towers firm-packed with pails and decked with tiny shells a seagrass-filled ditch denoting moat, a constructed citadel methinks by little lasses swimsuits, blond tresses who sit with their adults upshore several … Continue reading →

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ANOINT THE DAY, ANOINT YOURSELF

Posted on March 7, 2017 by elainedanforth

Anoint the day. . . Anoint yourself. . . Dive right in– let your heart sing, at clanging ring of morning bell. Stride right outside, and see the dew and maybe sparkling raindrops too, which yet do cling on both … Continue reading →

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HOW YOU DID WHAT MOM AND DAD WOULD HAVE YOU DO

Posted on August 4, 2016 by elainedanforth

To some degree you’ve always done the things for which your dad and mom to have you do had some or other kind of need. To cry, when no one noticed your true hunger or your thirst, or when you … Continue reading →

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LEARNING LANGUAGE WITH LOVE

Posted on June 2, 2016 by elainedanforth

If you want to learn a foreign language, it’s really best to watch and listen like a child, and simply mimic what you see and hear– omit the grown-up work and pain of too much mental, psycho-wranglage, For, like a … Continue reading →

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MOTHERS OUT OF THE BLUE

Posted on May 8, 2016 by elainedanforth

Today I’ll say, All the very best, to mothers who pour lots of love and light in, who enjoy and quite delight in, take pride in, and, maybe now and then, feel fright in the sight of their growing children … Continue reading →

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MY MOTHER IS LIKE NO OTHER

Posted on May 12, 2014 by elainedanforth

My mother was and is like no other. . . And so, I’m sure, is yours. . . But my best guess says most Moms wouldn’t mind to get a smiling bunch of flowers and a sunny spot to sit … Continue reading →

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