As I walk around my garden I find little things that make me smile. Sometimes it is a blooming flower, a fancy spiderweb ,a bug or a bird, a squirrel or a fallen branch that looks like a mystical creature. Today on my walk this little metal dragonfly caught my attention.
Today’s Quote
“Instinct is the nose of the mind.” – Delphine Gay de Girardin
About Delphine Gay de Girardin
French writer Delphine Gay de Girardin was equally well known for her patriotic poetry and for the brilliant literary gatherings at her home. She was born in France on January 24, 1804; her mother was the well-known author Sophie Gay. Delphine called herself the “Muse of the Nation” for her poetry about France. Under the pseudonym Vicomte Charles de Launay, she wrote a gossip column with comedic sketches of Parisian life. She died on June 29, 1855.
While I was cleaning up the kitchen today I was thinking about childhood memories and wondering what a typical person thinks about when they remember their childhood?
A memory came to mind, I was in 5th grade excited that the campfire girls meeting was going to be at my house. My mom loved to bake and I was excited to see what type of after school snack she had dreamed up. On arriving home I found my mom , sitting in the corner covered in blood, crying, wrists slit and blood on the walls as if she was painting with her own blood. She had smeared her blood all over the living room wall. I had my little sisters and the campfire girls go outside and play while I cleaned the walls and sent for help. I had to have my mom admitted into Puget Sound Mental hospital and my great Grandmother Mable came to stay with us for a few weeks.
So many things I have kept to myself over the years and little by little I share the things that have molded me into the person I am today.
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”– Marie Curie
About Marie Curie
Marie Curie, the pioneering Polish-born French chemist, was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different fields. She was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867. No Polish school would admit a woman, so she worked as a governess, sending her sister through medical school in France. Her sister, in turn, sent her to the Sorbonne, where she met her husband, Pierre Curie. Together they studied radiology, discovering two new chemical elements and inventing the term “radioactivity.” She died on July 4, 1934.
