Dear Reader:

As you can tell… I have been catching up with Mark Twain’s witticisms and favorite Twain notable ” quotables!” ! I didn’t realize how much I had missed reading Mark Twain’s works… feels like returning to a comfortable friend for a catch-up conversation.

…Though actually it was a telephone conversation with Mandy yesterday that sprang to light when I wrote today’s title quote. “Give Everyday the Chance to Become the Most Beautiful of Your Life.”

Jake( second grader) is not an early morning kid( understatement of the year) so by the time John and Mandy have put clothes on him , breakfast in him, and teeth brushed… Mandy watches (with a survivor’s relief) as he heads out the door… with hopefully his lunch and homework still in his book bag)

Wednesday evening, she called me, however, and said Jake jumped off the bus step that afternoon declaring loudly that he had just had the ” busiest” ever day of school and also the ” funnest!” He was all smiles!

The Charleston Children’s Museum outreach in-school instructors…had come in his classroom introducing a fun, fascinating program called Engaging Creative Minds.

The activity that thrilled Jake was hypothesizing which matchbox cars could achieve the greatest distance and/ or speed on which particular surface and why? ( had smooth asphalt surfaces, sandpaper surfaces, etc. ( Jake has been collecting matchbox cars since he was a toddler.) *This learning experiment came straight from heaven as far as he was concerned.

For Jake he had experienced the most beautiful day of his life… at least school day life!

*** Was just about to close up the blog post yesterday afternoon when Mandy sent me a picture the teacher had taken of Jake’s pinball creation he made! Creativity… the key to a child’s learning!

So until tomorrow I wish for everyone a day filled with gratitude for life itself… the sheer beauty and adventure of it all!

Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh

In fact… everyday I wake up and watch the sun’s rays filter through the windows… and know I am alive and breathing…well it’s a beautiful day!

PS…. and don’t worry about having to wait eight hundred plus years for another ” special ” February… Sherlock Jackson has been on the case… solved! ” Elementary… my dear ” … conclusion in tomorrow’s post!