Educating Ourselves

Educating Ourselves

One of the many wonderful things about living in the United States of America is the opportunity to obtain a free education. This is a gift for which we should be very grateful. And the best way to  show our gratitude? By taking advantage of this gift: learning as much as we can while we are in school, encouraging our children to do the same and then […]

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An Invite to Dinner

An Invite to Dinner

This is a story of an immigrant family.  An immigrant family whose ancestors had lived in the United States for many generations, but chose to start a new life elsewhere in this country.  These immigrants, Edmund and Mary Ann, loaded up their small family and headed west in a wagon on their way to a better life in Oregon.  However, in Wyoming, their best ox died […]

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Our Lady of Liberty

Our Lady of Liberty

You hold the light–the beacon to our nation The opportunity for us all to shine forth To share your promise with others Through love and friendship Through understanding and inclusion You encourage us to stand: On our windswept shores Or our warm sandy beaches On our crowded city streets Or our quiet back porches And say, “Come, join us in our land. A land of […]

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