“I don’t think of the misery but of the beauty that still remains” – Anne Frank

What a truly positive quote to start this Sunday with.

A small girl who inspired so many…

Even through all her sad experiences, her words truly inspired many all these years after they were written. A diary that she probably never thought anyone else would read. She was able to still see the sunshine through the clouds.

A diary is a wonderful thing to keep. I kept many over the years. And this blog is almost a journal of my last couple of years. But the actual actions of writing, physically, in a diary, now that is a skill I believe we should all pass on to our children.

I was so happy that my own two were so excited by their new desks (lovingly built by yours truly!) that they promptly sat down last…