When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
Eastern box turtle
We throw fruit and vegetable scraps into our backyard, which is more than twenty feet below the kitchen window (our house is on a slope and has a basement). It is a totally wild ravine, with a little creek, tons of poison ivy, and lots of critters. Sometimes we also throw old bread out there because we know it will be eaten by something. Today, as I went to throw some orange peels out, I saw this little guy… eating a piece of sour dough bread! I had to climb down there to get a good photograph but it was well worth it!
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
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