restoration is possible

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is. Erma Bombeck

( This is Lola. She is 8. )

If you feel happy, tell your face. -Steve Potter

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
-Goethe

Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have.

-Doris Mortman

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. -Henry David Thoreau

Love . . . the essence of God. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Someone may have stolen your dream when it was young and fresh and you were innocent. Anger is natural. Grief is appropriate. Healing is mandatory. Restoration is possible.
-Jane Rubietta

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart like a fox in the meadow

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
-Antoine De Saint-Exupery