It's a pleasant fantasy, to be sure.

People were warned that viewing the country like a private business would be a mistake. And he's so terrible at business, anyway. However, they don't listen, don't understand when they do, and the Rs are just using him for their own gain, so here we are.

All nows are now, silly, but I do like what Daniel Amos expressed regarding the spiritual path. :-) Circles, too, you know. That is, waves of serendipity spreading out from a center point. From every aspect, every other aspect looks a little bit different. It's okay that I am still and again that grubby little girl in that messy girl room. Because, she was me now, as well. I am all the ages I have been, and will be.

I could go on for hours and probably have, about what each family member contributed to my musical psyche. And I keep reading that we don't start searching for our own sounds til age 14, but I'm not so sure it's that cut-and-dried. I think at some point you tried to be...serious and "correct?" which I never cared about. You avoided more trash but also maybe more fun. I dunno. Your link springs a 404 leak. Could you share again, please, even though it is probably making fun of me?

Well, here we are. Elementary school never really goes away. We can review fractions and division again whenever you like. ;-p In the meantime, seriously, you can learn this. You do already understand contractions. Master plurals next. Then the rest is vocabulary.