“You’ve got brains in your head You’ve got feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any Direction you choose”*
by chuckofish
“There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson (Self-Reliance)
Daughter #2 passed her oral exams with flying colors. We are very proud of her.
*Dr. Seuss
The photo is my grandmother Mira Sargent circa 100 years ago.
dual personalities 
Love that picture! We made a toast to Susie last night. Do you remember the piece of paper you all wrote on and sent to me after I passed my exams? I still have it.
I do not remember that!
Dr. Seuss & Emerson are a pretty great combo! And that is an awesome photo. LY!
Great words! Don’t hear this kind of thing much these days…it’s a shame. Photo is great too…like a window into another time! Congrats to Daughter #2…is there a PHD to come?
It is indeed a shame! And, yes, she is now officially a candidate for the Ph.D (in English, specifically American Lit). 😎
Mother is to be congratulated too…I am sure there has been a lot of support there!
🙂