DURING TODAY'S WORKSHOP... We read a few poems about people's experiences during difficult times. We thought about our own tough times. We heard a song about hope and wrote a poem based on all the reflections of the day....

With my poems, I finally won even my mother. The longest wooing of my life. Marge Piercy DURING TODAY'S SESSION... We drew pictures of our own fairy tale romances. We discussed popular notions of romantic love and our own ideas about what that might look and feel like. We read a poem about lovers...

To be tested is good. — Gail Sheehy DURING TODAY'S WORKSHOP... We read a poem and discussed what it means to have a mission or a sense of purpose in life. We examined possible missions that we feel compelled to complete and wrote jazz poems about them. REFLECTION QUESTION: Do you believe it is...

Teachers open the door. You enter yourself. — Chinese Proverb DURING TODAY'S WORKSHOP... We examined life lessons taught both intentionally and unintentionally by many different kinds of teachers. We read two poems about teachers and learners and wrote poems that reflect a way the teacher/learner...

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. — Rachel Carson DURING TODAY'S WORKSHOP... We read the poem "A Nature-Lover Passes" and discussed some of our connections to nature....

The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their grey hair. Proverbs 20:29 DURING TODAY'S WORKSHOP... We searched for beauty in our surroundings and shared what we found....

Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry. — Muriel Rukeyser DURING TODAY'S WORKSHOP... We discussed our previous experiences with poetry and feelings about it in general. We shared what we hope this experience will be like, read a poem, and composed a poem from a newspaper article. We examined...

The riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voice of friends and to say to one's self: "The work is done." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. DURING TODAY'S SESSION . . ....

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect. Anonymous DURING TODAY'S SESSION . . . We started assembling the photo-documentary display....

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss DURING TODAY'S SESSION . . . We checked in about our project. The next session is one that should not be missed because we will be putting together the photo-documentary project....

American families have always shown remarkable resiliency, or flexible adjustment to natural, economic, and social challenges....

Eating together is important family time; it validates the importance in family and offers good socialization, which is very important. - Gale Mills DURING TODAY'S SESSION... We looked at family life through a single lens: that of food. We explored this topic with a continuum game, skits, and...

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. - Simone de Beauvoir DURING TODAY'S SESSION . . . We talked about points of view and how that translates into photographing families....

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer DURING TODAY’S SESSION . . . We talked about the work that is involved in being part of a family. We wrote job descriptions for each family member. EXPLORE THE TOPIC TOGETHER: TALK ABOUT . . . Now that...

. . . the story of a man who saw three fellows laying bricks at a new building:He approached the first and asked, "What are you doing?"Clearly irritated, the first man responded, "What the heck do you think I'm doing? I'm laying these darn bricks!"He then walked over to the second bricklayer and...

Photography, fortunately, to me has not only been a profession but also a contact between people—to understand human nature and record, if possible, the best in each individual. - Nickolas Muray DURING TODAY'S SESSION . . ....

Family life is full of major and minor crises—the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce—and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It's...

According to reports from the Census Bureau, a majority of all households in the nation are now headed by unmarried adults. There are now more one-person households (28.7 million) than there are households containing married couples with minor children (24.1 million)....

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. -- Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard DURING TODAY'S SESSION . . . We found out about the activities that are a part of Families, including the...

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. IN TODAY'S SESSION... participants celebrated learning all seven Unitarian Universalist Principles and heard about a Universalist woman, Clara Barton, who lived the UU Principles....