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I'll get back to theme days once I find a groove of posting regularly. In the meantime, most of my posts are about some variation of books, bikes, buses, or Broadway. Plus bits about writing, nonprofits, and grief from time to time.

This blog is mostly lighthearted and pretty silly. It's not about the terrible things happening in the world, but please know that I'm not ignoring those things. I just generally don't write about them here.

23 January 2010

Heard in Journeyland

Yes, this will be a never-ending series, for as long as I am doing anything with children!

(The children at church are collecting money for some supplies for a church in Peru.)

1st girl: I brought some money for Peru!
I: Great!
2nd girl: Me, too! I have a whole pocket in my purse full of money!
I: Wow. Did your parents give you money to make sure you had some to bring with you today?
2: Yeah, a little, but some of it was money I had saved up.
I: Good for you! That's very kind of you to give some of the money you have saved.
1: I have money saved, too! I have $16!
I: That's great! Are you saving for college? Because you should probably start.
2: I'm not saving for college. I'm saving for a car.
1: Yeah, me too.

So in our class of seven-year-olds, there are two very wise girls saving for a car. I hope their parents tell them about college. Soon.

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