Friday, October 29, 2021

First lines

Can you tell me the title of each of the books below by reading the first line?


1."It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

2."All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

3.“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.”

4."Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure."

5."It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."

6."All children, except one, grow up."

7."Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."



Adopting Five Children with Various Disabilities


1. Would you adopt a disabled child?
2. How many children do the people in the video have now?
3. What is the song they sing about?
4. Why do you love an adopted sibling the same as an adopted one?

Out of the mouths of babes...

Getting Fat

When I was six months pregnant with my third child, my three- year-old came into the room when I was just getting ready to get into the shower.

She said, "Mommy, you are getting fat!"

I replied, "Yes, honey, remember Mommy has a baby growing in her tummy"

"I know," she replied, "but what's growing in your butt?"



 

See you around

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