Snippets from the historical fiction novel, 'Stand' by Samantha Schmitz

October 24^th, 1941

Dear Diary,

Today I went to the store with Bless, to buy some sugar and flour, my hand clutching Mama’s list tight and with the other I grasped my woolen scarf, for it was terribly windy. The streets have changed so differently now…no longer are they quiet and peaceful.  Instead they bring thoughts of fear and dread in my soul, as I walk past each Nazi soldier on every street corner.  I try to recite the 1^st Psalm in my head, as I walk past them, but my thoughts seem to be snatched away when my eyes meet a young soldier’s cold eyes…filled with hate, and longing. God, save him. I think, as I hurry past. Though they are cruel, and have taken over my homeland, I won’t forget the reason why…their lost, as I once was.


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Tree of the Month

The Almond Tree
Scientific term-Prunus amygdalus
A smaller tree (grows up to 15 ft.)
Purple-colored bark
Dark Green leaves with a narrow, toothed point
Blossoms bright pink flowers

A good resource for more info on this tree is: 
Trees of the World
By Sandra Holmes

Poem of the Month

Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date;
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines
and often is his gold complexion dimmed;
and every fair from fair sometimes declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shalll not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. 


Written by Shakespeare

Weekly Leadership Quotes

Few things feel as good, as trying your absolute hardest at something worthy.



 Chris Brady

Strong sailors aren't made on calm seas.

Chris Brady


Posted by:  Samantha. M. Schmitz (Holly's daughter)

Encourging Snippets (To say to others) :)

Giving uplifting compliments can easily ease the tension or make someone's day.
Test yourself...how many compliments do you know?????   



By:  Samantha Schmitz :) 

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Leadership & Liberty  pieces of the puzzle (By Chris Brady, and Orrin Woodward)

Whimsy the Talking Pony (By Sandy Duval) 

Who Moved my Cheese? (Spencer Johnson, M.D.)


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The Cabin Faced West (Jean Fritz)

Secret Keeper Girl (Dana Gresh)