Our Most Valuable Possession Is Our Time
Especially The Time We Spend With Others


"Let's Go Fly a Kite"

While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground.  "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide.

"He's a fine looking boy," the man said.  "That's my son on the swing in the blue sweater."  Then, looking at his watch, he called to his son.  "What do you say we go, Todd?"

Todd pleaded, "Just five more minutes, Dad.  Please?  Just five more minutes."  The man nodded and Todd continued to swing to his heart's content.

Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his son.  "Time to go now?"

Again Todd pleaded, "Five more minutes, Dad.  Just five more minutes."  The man smiled and said, "Okay."

"My, you certainly are a patient father," the woman responded.

The man smiled and then said, "My older son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year while he was riding his bike near here.  I never spent much time with Tommy and now I'd give anything for just five more minutes with him.  I've vowed not to make the same mistake with Todd."

"He thinks he has five more minutes to swing.  The truth is I get five more minutes to watch him play."



Proverbs From the First Grade...

A first grade teacher collected well-known proverbs. She gave each kid in the class the first half of the proverb, and asked them to fill in the rest. Here's what the kids came up with:


  1. Better to be safe than... punch a 5th grader.
  2. Strike while the... bug is close.
  3. It's always darkest before... daylight savings time.
  4. Never underestimate the power of... termites.
  5. You can lead a horse to water but... how?
  6. Don't bite the hand that... looks dirty.
  7. No news is... impossible.
  8. A miss is as good as a... Mr.
  9. You can't teach an old dog... math.
  10. If you lie down with dogs, you... will stink in the morning.
  11. Love all, trust... me.
  12. The pen is mightier than... the pigs.
  13. An idle mind is... the best way to relax.
  14. Where there is smoke, there's... pollution.
  15. Happy is the bride who... gets all the presents.
  16. A penny saved is... not much.
  17. Two is company, three's... The Musketeers.
  18. None are so blind as... Helen Keller.
  19. Children should be seen and not... spanked or grounded.
  20. If at first you don't succeed... get new batteries.
  21. You get out of something what you... see pictured on the box.
  22. When the blind lead the blind... get out of the way.
  23. There is no fool like... Aunt Edie.
  24. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you. Cry and... you have to blow your nose.

LET'S GO FLY A KITE
(Mary Poppins)

Written by:
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height
Let's go fly a kite
And send it soaring

Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite
Let's go fly a kite

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