Category Archives: Children

Wherever There Is Love

Posted on November 20, 2012 by russtowne

A dear aunt forwarded the story below to me. I love it and wanted to share it with you. Russ — We don’t know who replied to a letter sent by a little girl, but there is a beautiful soul … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Kindness, Love, Making the World a Better Place, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged Abbey, aunt, book, daughter, dead letter, died, Dog, God, Love, loved, Meredith, mom, Mother, Mr. Rogers', pet, pets, post office, share | 35 Comments

This Cat is REALLY “Liked!”

Posted on November 15, 2012 by russtowne

I saw his article on The Sideshow and thought you might enjoy reading it: Dan Urbano’s two kids really wanted a cat. So, Urbano jokingly made a bet offering to adopt a feline friend if they could get 1,000 “likes” … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Parenting, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged bet, cat, challenge, children, Dan Urbano, Evelyn Urbano, Facebook, Hairietta L. Pawturr, like, liked, likes, Marissa Urbano, Remi Urbano, The Sideshow | 4 Comments

“The Magic Of Belle Isle”

Posted on November 12, 2012 by russtowne

I recently was doing the Netflix equivalent of channel surfing when I came across a movie that I’d never heard of before called “The Magic of Belle Isle”. I wasn’t particularly intrigued by the name and was about to move … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakthroughs, Children, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Following Your Passion, Fun Vids, Healing, Imagination, Pain & Grief, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged "The Magic of Belle Isle", comdey, daughter, daughters, drama, drunk, elephant, laugh, laughed, Love, Morgan Freeman, Mother, mouse, Rob Reiner, whelchair, writer | 9 Comments

I LOVE This–And The Potential is HUGE

Posted on November 2, 2012 by russtowne

Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakthroughs, Children, Creativity, Education, Ingenuity, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Potential, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged children, computer, computers, create, creativity, education, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, experi ment, kids, learning, MIT, MIT Technology, MIT Technology Review's EmTech conference, Motorola, Nicholas Negroponte, OLCPs, tablet, tablets, Zoom | 3 Comments

The Force Is With Him!

Posted on November 2, 2012 by russtowne

This is a photo of my grandson Thomas dressed as “Yoda” at 6 months old for his first Halloween. He loved putting his light saber into his mouth. The man holding him is his other grandfather. The smile you see … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Family "Fun", Grandparenting & Grandkids, Photos That Touched Me | Tagged grandfather, Grandson, Halloween, light, light saber, saber, Thomas, Yoda | 19 Comments

Silly, Silly Me

Posted on October 24, 2012 by russtowne

He grabbed my hand and yelled, “Come see! Come see!” And excitedly pointed to our big shade tree. “Yes I see; it’s a tree” I thoughtlessly said. With wise young eyes, he sadly shook his head. “Silly Grandpa, Can’t you … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Grandparenting & Grandkids, Humor, Imagination, Poetry I Wrote | Tagged balloon, boat, fly, grandchild, grandfather, Grandpa, grandparent, Grandson, outer space, pirate, pirate ship, sky, space, tree | 16 Comments

Grandkids Say The Darnedest Things

Posted on October 23, 2012 by russtowne

A friend shared these with me and I thought you might enjoy them too: 1. She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she’d done many times before. After she … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Children, Family "Fun", Grandparenting & Grandkids, Humor | Tagged aging, birthday, Friend, grandchild, granddaughter, Grandkids, Grandma, Grandpa, Grandson, happy, Happy birthday, old | 11 Comments

A Beautiful Young Girl Shines With Katy Perry

Posted on October 19, 2012 by russtowne

Jodi DiPiazza is autistic. She is also a beautiful young girl with some amazing talent. See how she shines: Russ

Posted in Challenges, Children, Parenting | Tagged autism, autistic, inspiring, Jodi DiPiazza, Katie Perry, music, night, Night of Too Many Stars, piano, play, shine, sing, stars | 5 Comments

“I Don’t Want To Listen Either”

Posted on October 18, 2012 by russtowne

Little Johnny was in kindergarten. There was a another boy in his class who wasn’t listening to the teacher. The teacher said to the boy, “Since you don’t want to listen, you sit at that table by yourself.” After a … Continue reading →