It Costs Nothing to be Polite

Posted by Hallee on May 13, 2011 in Parenting, Raising boys, Raising girls, Raising teens

When I was thirteen-years-old, my family moved from Oregon to Florida. To that point in my life, I’d lived in Germany, Washington state, and Oregon. There is a HUGE cultural difference between the Pacific Northwest and the Southeastern United States, and it manifested itself in my first southern classroom.

Tags: cultural changes, Florida, Geography of the United States, Germany, manners, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Parenting, raising children, teaching children, teaching manners, United States, Washington

What Veterans’ Day Means to Me

Posted by Hallee on Nov 11, 2010 in Life

The valor and sacrifice of all Veterans can never be honored enough. I am so very proud of every one of you, and I pray daily for those of you currently serving. I hope you will accept my humble thanks.

Tags: Aftermath of World War I, Armistice, Family, Germany, Holidays in Canada, Military, Military designation of days and hours, Military strategy, November 11, Politics, Remembrance days, The Great War, Treaty of Versailles, United States, Veteran’s Day, War/Conflict, Woodrow Wilson, World War I

Christmas Past

Posted by Hallee on Dec 18, 2009 in Family, Life

When it was much later than Santa probably wanted it to be, we’d pack up and drive home and the four of us would go to bed certain we’d never be able to sleep, and likely were asleep within minutes of laying down.

Tags: Christmas, Christmas Eve, Food, Germany, Nurnberg, Oregon, Valley of Oregon

What Veterans’ Day Means to Me

Posted by Hallee on Nov 11, 2009 in Life

Wordless Wednesday Pictorial: What Veterans’ Day Means to Me

Veterans’ Day

Posted by Hallee on Nov 11, 2009 in Life

Veterans’ Day. World War I ended with the implementation of an armistice between the Allies and Germany at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of November, 1918.