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Tag: Growing up

“Love begins in a moment,

May 11, 2015

grows over time, and lasts an eternity.” — Unknown “Learning is like building a sandcastle. Once you have the right tools, you can build anything. You can be anything you want to be.” — Unknown “Don’t grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.” — Michelle Held * * * Photos … More “Love begins in a moment,

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“Every child is an artist,

December 15, 2014

the problem is staying an artist when you grow up.” – Pablo Picasso * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2010, with thanks to Culinary Artist Nicky O.

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“When we are children we seldom think of the future.

October 9, 2014

“This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.” — Patrick Rothfuss * * * Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2014    

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“Most of us, as we undergo the growing up process,

May 19, 2014

“do not get what we want or even what we should. “We get what we have, and no more, and we find out how to make what we have work for us.” — Lilith Saintcrow * * * School children, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa. Photos by Mary O’Connor © 2011  

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