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Creative talent is an asset we need to encourage every time we can, especially when found in kids. To not do so is unethical. A little recognition goes a long way in inspiring the talented to continue their
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The title of this post, "A Short Swimmer's Prayer," along with the above photo, rather infers that what follows is a prayer for diminutive swimmers. It is not.
Perhaps a better title would be "A Swimmer's Brief Prayer." No, some might think it's a dialog with God about ones swimming briefs. Although the Supreme One invites prayers about anything, praying about one's briefs just seems a bit frivolous. Not so much, if you're worried that your briefs could come off while you're swimming.
Maybe it should be "A Fast Swimmer's Prayer." But then again, that sounds as if it's a prayer for fast swimmers. Perhaps the fast swimmers have a stronger history of praying, something slow swimmers might consider.
It is the prayer itself that is short, brief and fast -- especially when compared with the next swimmer's prayer to be posted, which is a longer verson. Enough already. Here it is:
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Help us swim with zeal and zest
Help us swim our very best.
(So be it)
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OUCH! Here we go again. Parents are taking the fun out of their kids' baseball games. It was another brawl, with bloody fists flailing in the pine-pungent Rocky Mountain air.
