Curlywhirly

Welcome to my User Page

My name is Curlywhirly, and I am from Southern California. We are fortunate enough to live a just a short way from the beach. My hubby and I have home educated our sons and I'm interested in Mental Health topics, probably because we have 2 teenagers and I need to self diagnose (joking!). We have 2 dogs, a cat, fish, and lizards and I like painting my toe nails purple.

So, if you'd like to chat, please post on my talk page or email me at: curlywhirly at bpinfo.net

Favorite Quotes

The man is best educated is who is most useful. (author unknown)

A kind word never broke anyone's mouth. - Irish Proverb

Courage is not the lack of fear but the ability to face it." - Lt. John B. Putnam Jr. (1921-1944)

A sharp tongue and a dull mind are usually found in the same head. --American Proverb

Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth. ~Joan Chittister

I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is. ~ Albert Camus

If I were asked to enumerate ten educational stupidities, the giving of grades would head the list... If I can't give a child a better reason for studying than a grade on a report card, I ought to lock my desk and go home and stay there. - Dorothy De Zouche

He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone. - Seneca Proverb

Soft words are hard arguments.- Thomas Fuller

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. -Plato

“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess” ~Martin Luther

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.- Thomas A. Edison

"It isn't the load that weighs us down - it's the way we carry it." (Anon.)

The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask.~ Thomas Kuhn

Remember: every day some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today it's your turn. ~Lou Holtz

People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. ~St. Augustine