On October 24, 1861 the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent from California to President Abraham Lincoln. 

And yet, greater things are still to be done. 

I  was in fifth grade, not quite 11. My brother was a first grader. It was a time when I knew all the words the adults were saying, yet sensed I was missing something. 

AP Highlight in History: 

On Oct. 21, 1879, Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.

History shows on October 16th wars have started and ended in dramatic ways, 

I’m listening to Casting Crowns sing Courageous. Fitting isn’t it on a day when men have stood in courage for things they believed would make the world a better place. 

From the AP Highlight in History: 

AP Highlight in History: On Aug. 16, 1977, singer Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.

The goal is not to bend or change ourselves so we fit the norm; the goal is to find the group in which we are the norm.  SImon Sinek

In one of my loops we were challenged to work the Where I'm from template, by George Ella Lyon. You can find a link to the poem, and a template here: http://www.swva.net/fred1st/wif.htm 

Today in History 29, July 1890, Artist Vincent van Gogh died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France, at age 37 

I never thought I would say this, but I am ‘book’ed out. 

My Dad grew up in the 30’s during the depression. He is somewhat a hoarder.

The hospital has a huge aquarium in the surgery waiting room.

Whenever I think I have fully recovered from chemo, something happens to remind of how devastating the effects were on me.

The Muir House, Mary DeMuth, Zondervan, pages 322

My Dad’s hospital room is in one of the large newly designed rooms at our local hospital. Our window faces north toward the city.

AP Highlight in History: 

On July 6, 1957, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time as teenagers at a church in their native Liverpool, England, following a performance by Lennon's band, the Quarrymen.