favorite quotes...

As I walked around Riga, Latvia with my family; eating dinner, talking,  and enjoyed the music filled Old town squares, I thought this qoute made lots of sense...

 “Real luxury is having the time to read endless stories in bed with my children. And I get all that time. I’m  so blessed.” (Kate Winslet)

I made my children watch the movie, 'Dead Poets Society' just so they could try to grasp "carpe diem "..

" Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." (Henry David Thoreau)

As I sit here in my new apartment in Eastern Europe, I may be a bit defensive in our decision to move here ....are we crazy??!!...

  "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler." (Henry David Thoreau)

Other quotes I like....

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"A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path."
-- Agatha Christie

"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother."
-- Albert Einstein

"By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class."
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh