The 5 Best Sentences You'll Ever Read

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Remember our Fallen Heroes . . .

 America is blessed that no war is being waged on our land right now, yet our soldiers are fighting, getting wounded, and dying in battles overseas. You never really understand the impact of war until you visit the aftermath. It is too easy to forget the soldiers that fight for our right to live until you visit the resting place of those that died for it.

"When falls the soldier brave
Dead at the feet of wrong,
The poet sings and guards his grave
With sentinels of song."
Abram J. Ryan: Sentinel Song, 19th century

What you learn while waiting in line . . .

I was waiting in line at the college bookstore with my son this week. Since it was the beginning of the semester, the line was literally out the door so we had a bit of a wait to pay for the books. Next to us in line were two, strapping young men who were chatting back and forth to each other. Suddenly, one of them caught sight of a curvaceous young lady at the check out counter. She was wearing a skin tight, short dress that showed off her shapely but large backside. The way she was leaning into the counter, you could tell that she knew she was looking good and hoped her assets were drawing masculine attention. I'm here to tell you that she had been noticed by the two young men in line with us but, probably, not in the way she was hoping.

One guy said, "Who is that girl trying to imitate? Angelina Jolie?"

Second guy replied, " Yeah, I know, what's with that? Everywhere I look, the girls are showing off their butts."

First guy, "Must have seen a hundred of them today."

Second guy, "Yeah . . ."

And with that, the two college students shrugged, looked away, and started talking about something else. I'm sure this was not the reaction the young lady in the short, tight dress was looking for but even these young guys were obviously in overload in respect to the body parts on display.  And if there were that many young ladies putting themselves on display, their attempts to be dazzling and different just made them boring, leaving no mystery.

The girl at the counter sauntered off, wiggling her behind but the two guys in line with us were no longer bothering to look.

We need to instill this quote into our children's minds!

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar.

- John Henry Cardinal Newman