Andrea Alban Gosline's Blog

• One button at a time

  December 29, 2008

  • Does it have to be done? 

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• Make time for me

  December 26, 2008

  • Fifteen years ago tonight, I treated my four year old son, Jake, to a holiday night of s
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• Shedding all that I am not

  December 25, 2008

  • I cultivate the special quality of being content with very few possessions.

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• Roots and wings

  December 24, 2008

  • The hardest part of raising children is teaching them to ride a bicycle ... A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom ... —Sloan Wilson

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• Courage and Connection

  December 4, 2008

  • My talkative puppet, TREENA, and I have visited scores of elementary schools, literary festivals, booksignings, and fundraisers throughout the San Francisco region since THE HAPPINESS TREE launched at
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• TALL OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW.

  December 1, 2008

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• I STAND FOR PEACE

  November 25, 2008

  • See how nature-trees, flowers, grass-grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, how they move in silence.
    -Mother Teresa
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• ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

  November 25, 2008

  • Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.—Melodie Beatty

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• OUT THE DOOR WITH EASE

  June 18, 2008

  • A flurry of agitated activity marks my departure from home. The phone rings as I pull the door shut and I jump back inside, jarred by its urgent shrill. I answer with a clipped tone of voice.

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• A HUMAN BEING NEEDS ONLY HALF A MAT ...

  June 18, 2008

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• CHILDREN ARE MIRRORS

  June 18, 2008

  • My children show me a true picture of myself. Knowing this helps me become more conscious of my words and actions.

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