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<span style="text-align: start;">My latest review for the TOS Review Crew was for </span><a href="http://www.thepresidentialgame.com/" style="text-align: start;">The Presidential Game</a><span style="text-align: start;">. Within an hour of the game arriving my 17 year old had the game open and reading through the directions. Then with his sweet tea at his side we all sat down to see who would become the President of the United States of American. My team won the first game!!! :~)</span></div>
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<a href="http://thepresidentialgame.com/" style="text-align: start;">The Presidential Game</a><span style="text-align: start;"> is a fun way to learn how the electoral vote process works. It also helps</span> the kids learn the geography of the United States. <span style="text-align: start;"> The game is intended for ages 11 & up, I will say that is a good age range. My 10 year old played and did well, but didn't understand the full process and my 6 year old got bored quickly and went to do something on his own. It does make for a great family game as you play on teams, The Republicans</span><span style="text-align: start;"> and The Democrats. The price is only $35. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">When playing the game you have options on how you want to take your turn. You can either fundraise which will allow you to get California, Florida, Texas, or New York. Also, with fundraising you will get a Political Card which may give a state or take one away just depending on which card you choose. The other move option is Campaigning and you can choose any state to give your electoral votes. The process by which the game follows is the number of weeks you choose to play. You can pick between 1 to 30 weeks, 15 weeks takes about 30 minutes or so. Through out the game with strategy you can win or lose the different states. Of course the winner is who ever has the 270 needed electoral votes need to be President. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">The game is very well made and will last a long time. I very sturdy game board with very bright colors, 6 dice (3 red and 3 blue), 150 red chips and 150 blue chips, You also get 80 Political Cards that can help you or hurt you. Here's an example </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><i>"Your opponent is interviewed by ESPN but forgets who won the Super Bowl, even though it was his/her home team. <b>Pick up 4 votes to be used any way you like</b>."</i></span></div>
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<i>"Your opponent forgot the first Saturday in May is the Kentucky Derby when he visited the state. <b>Pick up 3 votes to be used any way you like</b>."</i></div>
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The game also comes with ample score sheets, but you also get access to their <a href="http://www.thepresidentialgame.com/game/index.html">Web Map Calculator</a> which really helps move the game along. We really enjoyed keeping score on the website so we have only used the score pad once. </div>
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They have lots of products that can be used by teachers, administrators
or employers. They offer assessments in Personality Styles, Learning
Styles and many others. Some can be done online as well as in a workbook.
I could see where many of the titles would be very helpful in education,
but I let my 15 year old daughter pick which one she wanted to use and she
picked </span><a href="https://www.discinsights.com/disc-personality-style-workbook.html" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Personality
Style Workbook </a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> (for ages 13-adult).</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Once we received the workbook off she went to discover her
personality type. After a brief
explanation of different personality types and why it is important to know each
of them she got started on a short questionnaire. Once she finished the questionnaire she was
instructed how to score it which gave her her personality style. The workbook continues to give an overview of
each style listing their; general characteristics, strengths, potential
limitations, greatest fear, motivated by and ideal environment. The most interesting pages cover the
characteristics of each style. They can
read through their primary style. It
gives them “what others may admire about” them and “what could drive others
crazy”. We found that the questionnaire
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">At the end of the workbook you can list the different people you
are close to and try and determine their primary personality style. By doing this you can figure out the best way
to communicate with them which will reduce tension or conflict and communicate more
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Using this product </span><span style="font-size: 17.77777862548828px;">doesn't</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> actually help us in our homeschool as a
“curriculum,” but what it does do is help Sam see the best way to communicate
with the people in her life. Whether
that is her parents, sibling, teammates, coaches, employers, etc. she can try
to determine their primary personality style and understand them better. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You are able to move through the entire Bible in an in-depth study in 416 lessons. The <a href="http://biblestudyguide.com/order-of-study.php">Order of Study</a> moves through the Old and New Testament in the four units. Each of the four units would be covered in a year. So you would be able to cover the whole bible in only four years. <br />
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We also had The Bible Book Summary Cards that cover EVERY book in the Bible. Each card has pictures on one side showing the main topics in that book of the Bible. On the back is a description of the pictures and questions you can use for review. View a sample card<a href="http://biblestudyguide.com/shop/templates/biblestudyguide/images/bible-book-sc/bbsc-samples.pdf"> here</a>.<br />
The Bible Book Summary Cards can be bought for $24.95<br />
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A few other additions that you could use are the Unlabeled Wall Map & Timelines, Teacher Keys, and Children's Songs Cds. There are lots of ways to order the material. <br />
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Jack, Evan and I worked on each lesson together two or three times a week. The lessons teaches the Bible in a very fun setting. They enjoyed the "comic" pictures in the Discover the Bible section. The boys read through the Bible reading and worked through the lesson together. The timeline sections showed them just how things moved through Bible time and they enjoyed seeing themselves written in a the end. That helps them see that they are apart of God's Story!!!<br />
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Steve, who has been the man of my dreams since I was 12 years old, just read my diary (please don't). I do believe that God showed me at 12 the man He chose for me! </div>
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The man who would five years later ask me out for our first date.</div>
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The man who would give me butterflies every time I saw him. </div>
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The man who would one day ask me to marry him three years earlier than we "planned". </div>
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The man who would give me five children.</div>
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The man who would love me "like Christ loves the church." </div>
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The man who would provide for me in every way possible. The man who would make me the happiest girl in the world. </div>
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From the moment I fell head over heels in love with him I felt like I was living in a fairy tale. Our love story, I thought, was like a dream. From the time I was 12 I knew I would one day marry him! It wasn't a problem for me that he was 5 years older. So, on March 16, 1989 when he came to ask me out for that first date I was shocked, thrilled beyond words, but shocked. That's when the fairy tale began. I had to be the luckiest girl alive!!! </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> Happy 21st Anniversary, Steve...and they continue to live, Happily Ever After!!!</span></div>
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I don't have time to create fancy scrapbooks and I don't want to print out picture after picture and then put them in a generic photo album. What I can do is set down at my computer and create a very unique, fun yearbook for my school! I spent about five hours working on our 20 page yearbook. This is such a great idea and I was so excited when this review came up. This would be a great space saving idea too. Instead of keeping all those art projects, lapbooks, science projects, etc. you could take pictures of them and make a book. <br />
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I don't really have everything figured out, but right now I quiet time begins with the book <i>Jesus Calling </i>by Sarah Young, which has been a great blessing. I follow my pastor Kyle Idleman's #Adorationprayers, which he posts on his Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kyle-Idleman/208110592542742?fref=ts">page</a>. I write them down in my journal and the sermon notes, scriptures and prayers. I just started a <a href="https://www.reviveourhearts.com/resource-library/30-day-challenges/30-day-husband/">30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge</a> through Revive Our Hearts. Doing these simple things EVERY day makes me feel so much better. </div>
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Like many other parents out there I want to instill Christian values to my children. This isn't always an easy job in this world of ours. So when the book <a href="http://www.25truths.com/book.htm">25 Truths</a>: <i>Life Principles of the Happiest and Most Successful Among Us</i> by <a href="http://www.25truths.com/">Ed Douglas Publishing</a> came up for review I saw it as an opportunity to help teach my children. I have five children between 17 and 7 and we were able to use this book to discuss some really important things. Some of them were a little over my seven year old's head, but with explanation he understood. The suggested age range is for 6-12 years, but I would great with all my kids. <br />
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The book is built around Christian principles, which was very important to me. Each truth is written in short easy to read sections. He explains why each truth is important and uses personal experiences to reinforce each truth. We are very busy this summer so we're riding in the car a lot. Where better to share some great life truths? While I was driving to volleyball practice, Holiday World or church I would have one of my children read a chapter of their choice and we would then spend some time going over the questions. It always was a good discussion. A few of the truths are; Protect Your Reputation, Tell the Truth, Set Goals and Write Them Down and You've Gotta Believe. All of these truths are relevant to our lives today and have really inspired my older children to try and practice many of them.<br />
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I always said I would not struggle with getting old, but last week gave me a glimpse of part of aging. The part where your children grow and you are no longer the most important person to them. The fact that they can go days without needing to talk to me was really hard. I know this is God's plan, but it is still hard. I'm just glad it is a gradual thing. </div>
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I stumbled upon <a href="https://www.reviveourhearts.com/">Revive Our Hearts</a> Radio Ministry online (we don't get the program in our area) and started reading through <a href="https://www.reviveourhearts.com/resource-library/Programs/p/Revive%20Our%20Hearts/series/The%2520Beauty%2520of%2520Meekness/">The Beauty of Meekness</a> programs. I was humbled and convicted. Of coarse we all have areas we need to work on and I have found that meekness can be the root of most of those areas. </div>
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At first I thought, meekness wasn't a quality I wanted. It seemed to me that people who are meek are walked on. If you look at a definition of meek you get; patient, long-suffering, spineless, compliant<b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">. </b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">That is exactly what I thought. Now let's look at the Bible's definition of meekness from the Easton's Bible Dictionary. Meekness-<i>"a calm temper of mind, not easily provoked (James 3:13)"</i>. That is what I want. Believe me I have to remind myself daily usually many times a day to be meek. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit has joined me in this challenge. </span></div>
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I love NASCAR, it is one of the only things I treat myself with. Which means I usually set aside Sunday afternoons to NASCAR and napping. Isn't that what God intended Sundays to be? A day of rest? Most people don't get why I like it so much, but I do!! Can't explain is, but it probably has something to do with the speeds. Whatever it is, I LOVE IT!!!!<div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There seems to always be a debate whether or not to teach cursive handwriting in schools. In our homeschool we do teach cursive handwriting. I don't have my children write everything in cursive, but they do need to learn to write it and read it. I was planning on starting my 2nd grader in cursive this fall then we received <a href="http://www.classicalconversations.com/">Classical Conversations</a>' <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.classicalconversationsbooks.com/prculeandco.html">PreScripts Cursive Letters and Coloring</a> for him to work through for a review and I am very pleased with this cursive writing book. Along with the cursive writing letters there is included drawing and coloring. </span></span><br />
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We haven't done a lot of computer work, but I wanted my son, Jack, to try something different. When <a href="http://www.motherboardbooks.com/">Motherboard Books </a>came up for a review I wanted to check it out. We were able to review <a href="http://www.motherboardbooks.com/products/letsmake/">Let's Make a Webpage</a> for our review. <a href="http://www.motherboardbooks.com/" style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Motherboard Books</a> are written by a homeschool veteran, Phyllis Wheeler, who wants to help our children get a good foundation to computer knowledge. She has lots of different programs to get you started. My fourth grade son was able to work on her <a href="http://www.motherboardbooks.com/products/letsmake/" style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Let's Make a Webpage</a> program.</center>
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We received and downloaded a 60 page e-book, this is just a short-term homeschool project for kids 8 and up, you will probably need to help your younger children. Children 10 and over should be able to do it themselves. Parents are given instructions which includes Internet Safety and uploading To the Internet. We downloaded the free trail version of <a href="http://www.coffeecup.com/designer/">CoffeeCup software</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">. I did have trouble with this part (I downloaded the wrong thing), but I emailed Ms. Wheeler and she promptly helped me fix my problem. </span></center>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Once I got everything downloaded we jumped right in. The directions were very easy to follow and the concept is great. My son interviewed his big brother about his job as a bat boy at our local Minor League Baseball team, Louisville Bats. The directions made the process very easy to work through. Jack could have done most of it on his own, but I worked right along with him. He really enjoyed adding the the photo, choosing the picture and adding the animations, he had a swinging bat and flying baseball. His web page looked great and really loved that he created it. </span></center>
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">Books by Topic (Blue Series) there are "worktext" (like a workbook and textbook combined). Each Blue unit focuses on a few topics for example; </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">addition & subtraction, place value, clock, measuring, money, multiplication, division, geometry, fractions, decimals, ratios, percent, integers, and so on. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Worksheets by topics (</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Green Series) workbooks, or worksheet collections, each one covers a different mathematical topic (such as geometry, integers, statistics, or measuring. Each book spans several grade levels on the same topic. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 15px;">Real-Life Math contains problem situations taken from real-life. For example; cell phone plans, autism, population growth, credit cards etc. As they work through this real-life problem they use their math skills that apply to real-life situations. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Worksheets by grade</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> (Golden Series) this series is are</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> worksheets </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">for grades 3-8(9)</span><span style="font-size: 15px;">, having of two parts (A and B) for each grade. Each workbook consists over a </span>variety<span style="font-size: 15px;"> of topics. There are 120-150 sheets per grade. </span></span></li>
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On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 a tragic accident occurred and we lost a bright light from this world! </div>
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Kayla was a VERY bright spot in the eyes of her parents, Bryan and Jessica Brown. She was also a sister to four sisters and one brother.<br />
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This girl was larger than life. She brightened the room when she walked in and if she didn't she would turn around and walk in again. You never really knew what she was going to say or do. You only knew who she was going to do it with, her best friend Shelby. I've never seen two girls who meant so much to each other, we could learn a lot from their friendship.<br />
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There are people who are destined to change the world and Kayla was one of them. I'm sure in her short life of 19 years she changed the world to many. With her joy, smile, love, truth and Savior I'm sure she changed the lives of the many people who knew her. All you have to do is see the people who are supporting her family and friend right now. See her Facebook page covered with photos of her with those who knew and loved her. She could brighten a heart with just a smile! </div>
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Before I get started let me say, I left church Sunday with a severe limp!! Being Mother's Day the sermon was for Mothers, but take my word for it it wasn't a lot of fluff!!!! I don't know how many times they stepped on my toes, but "Ouch!!!" <br>
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As a mother I should be an intentional disciple, I should keep the big picture in mind. I should remember we are raising them to release them. I should be a calming presence. I should have sincere faith that is loved into them. All of this needs to be modeled in the home, they are WATCHING!!!</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I pray today and everyday that I am an INTENTIONAL DISCIPLE!!! That I am living it out load in my home with my children. Help me be positive and proactive. Help me show them God's Word through my actions and love! Thank you, Jesus, for these beautiful children you have blessed me with. Help me be a blessing to them as well. In Your Beautiful Name, Amen!!!</span><br>
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If you answered, "Yes" to either of these questions I think you should check out <a href="http://www.spanish-for-you.net/">Spanish for You!</a>. This is a flexible, easy to use and fun Spanish curriculum. Spanish for You! is written by Debbie Annett who has been teaching Spanish for grades K- high school for 14 years. She wrote this because of all the needs she saw in teaching Spanish for elementary and middle schools. A few of those needs were the ability of elementary/middle school Spanish to easily flow into high school curriculum and curriculum that allows families and school to use the same book with all their students. Ms. Annett is a very conscience writer. She is quick to answer any questions or concerns that you may have. She also has a <a href="http://www.spanish-for-you.net/spanish-for-you-blog.html">blog</a> that offers lots of extras that can be used as part of you learning experience. <br />
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To get started with our review we received a download for the<a href="http://www.spanish-for-you.net/purchase-curriculum.html"> Fiesta themed package</a>. It can be used for 3-8 grades being divided by grade level 3rd-4th, 5th-6th, and 7th-8th. You can order what we received for $64.95 plus the teacher lesson plans for $12.95 to $14.95 depending on grade level. You can check out a sample <a href="http://www.spanish-for-you.net/uploads/8/0/1/6/8016814/fiestas_sample_book_pages.pdf">here</a>.<br />
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ALL Spanish for You! packages come complete with:<br />
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<li>soft cover book or e-book.</li>
<li>24-30 week lesson guide for the grades you need (24 weeks for G5-6 & 7-8, 30 weeks for G3-4) (PDF download).</li>
<li>self-checking worksheets (PDF download).</li>
<li>audio files of entire book (includes bonus audio of native speaker of entire book) (MP3 download).</li>
<li>flashcard/activity pictures (PDF download).</li>
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How we used it:<br />
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I used Spanish for You! with my fourth grader and my first grader tagged along. My first grader did have a hard time with the worksheets (we used the 3rd-4th grade level), but had no trouble learning the words!!! The lessons are set up on a four day week schedule which worked great for us. We wasted no time jumping right in and getting started. We started with making the flash cards from the flash card pictures and then worked through the lessons. The audio files were very helpful for this non-Spanish speaking Mamma!! Since the program is flexible we went through things at our own pace. We have had to spend more time learning about conjugating the verbs than learning the words. We played games which helped make it a lot more fun. Since the first lesson was a "La fiesta de cumpleaños" (A Birthday Party) we enjoyed the two birthdays we had in our family while working on the new words. <br />
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What I think about it:<br />
I honestly have struggled for years about having to teach my children a foreign language. I am happy to say that I see great potential with Spanish for You! to help me guide my children into a high school Spanish program for their foreign language credit. This is something that we will continue working on next school year and forward to have them prepared for high school Spanish. <br />
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I really liked having the audio file. It made "teaching" this so much easier, since I wasn't trying to figure out how to say a word! You not only have the author guiding you in Spanish, but a native Spanish speaking person as well. <br />
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When I first received the files, they were very hard to follow and to figure out which worksheet went with which lesson. When the concerns about file confusion was brought to Ms. Annett's attention she reorganized the lessons together which will make planning much simpler. I personally would rather have the actual book as a hard copy instead of the e-book. <br />
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I look forward to using this program forward in our homeschool with my 5th and 7th graders.<br />
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In the last few months I have been reminded that the generation of my grandparent's "The Greatest Generation," is so important to those of us who have the honor to learn from them. My in-laws are from that generation which is a great blessing to my children. With the death of my father-in-law, just this past February (he was 90), I realized all the things he has taught his family. The wisdom he had and the blessing he was for us is irreplaceable and I enjoy reminding my children of all the wise things he shared with us. Then I was asked to review a book, <i><u><a href="http://papaspearls.com/">Papa's pearls</a>,</u></i> written by a Diane Flynn Keith. The book is based on the life and wisdom of her father Carol Joseph Flynn. I really enjoyed the book and it brought many things to my mind about my father-in-law. The book is a "Father's Gift of Love and Wisdom To His Children and Grandchildren." <br />
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I thought I would read through the book then have my children read it. To be totally honest this is a great book to share with your children whether you read it or they do, but right now for my children this has been a very sensitive time with the loss of their own grandfather. So you will just get my thoughts!!<br />
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Papa is part of "The Greatest Generation" and this book helps you see just why it is called that. The folks from that time are genuine and hardworking. Mr. Flynn is no exception. He started his life in the mist of the Great Depression and had to fight to get somewhere in life. He worked hard to make some thing of himself. He taught his family many things like hard work, how to show love, etc. <i> Papa's Pearls</i>, is a wonderful collection of life lessons taught to a lucky family by a wonderful man who wanted to best for all the generations of the Flynn family. <br />
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Diane Flynn Keith does a wonderful job telling us about her father and how much he meant to his family. I had many moments where I was brought to tears and lots of moments of laughter. He sounds like he was a character, and a joy to know. After reading this well write book I do feel that I know him and his family. One thing he always says to his family is, "Where's my hug?" I bet those were some great hug. <br />
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I look forward to reading this to my children. I think it will help them appreciate their own, Pappaw.<br />
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I hope you find the time to check <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0615661882/ref%3Dnosim/homefiresthejour">Papa's Pearls</a>, you can find it on Amazon for only $13.47.<br />
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