safe – Susan Norris

Run to Home Base!

Did you ever play tag growing up? Someone is IT and that person runs around trying to tag the others who hide, run, and do everything within their power to stay away from IT. If a player gets tired of running and hiding, she can run to home base, which is usually a tree or stump somewhere, and as long as she's at base IT cannot get to her. My brothers used to get mad if I spent too much time at base and tell me I had to keep running. We played tag for hours on end when I was a young girl. Isn't it [...]

You should thank a soldier!

Have you thanked a soldier lately? If you woke up in your own bed at a time you determined instead of someone else, you should thank a soldier. If you have the privilege of being with your family in the safety of your own home, you should thank a soldier. If you will leave your house today for work, school or anywhere else, without fearing for your safety or your very life, you should thank a soldier. It is because of the men and women in uniform who put their very lives on the line so yours doesn't have to [...]