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"Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together." - Eugene Ionesco -

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"In dreams begins responsibility." - William Butler Yeats -

Simon of Cyrene and the Legend of the Easter Egg

Title: Simon of Cyrene and the Legend of the Easter Egg

Author: Terri DeGezelle

Illustrator: Gabhor Utomo

Rating: ★★★★☆

Age Category: Children's Literature

   Simon of Cyrene went as usual to Jerusalem one Friday to sell eggs at the market. But when he arrived, he became part of an event that would change him - and the whole world - forever. By helping Jesus carry his cross to Calvary, Simon inspires us to do all we can for others.

    Join Simon as he accompanies Jesus on the Way of the Cross and experiences the joy of Easter Sunday. Then we too will discover the meaning of his colored eggs. 

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"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours." - Henry David Thoreau -

The Widow's Lament in Springtime by William Carlos Williams

The Widow's Lament in Springtime

by William Carlos Williams

Sorrow is my own yard
where the new grass
flames as it has flamed
often before but not
with the cold fire
that closes round me this year.
Thirtyfive years
I lived with my husband.
The plumtree is white today
with masses of flowers.
Masses of flowers
load the cherry branches
and color some bushes
yellow and some red
but the grief in my heart
is stronger than they
for though they were my joy
formerly, today I notice them
and turn away forgetting.
Today my son told me
that in the meadows,
at the edge of the heavy woods
in the distance, he saw
trees of white flowers.
I feel that I would like
to go there
and fall into those flowers
and sink into the marsh near them.

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 "If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams." - Les Brown -

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"It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else." - Erma Bombeck -