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Miss Teenage Maryland c. 1967

February 28, 2013 by Ashley Hackshaw

I was digging through a box of memories last night to show Boo something and found an old favorite….that’s my mom c. 1967. Ronald Reagan would have been Governor of California I think.

A few things I love about this photo:

1. My mom and her amazing dress.
2. Ronald Reagan looks so tall!
3. The “superman” telephone booth in the background.

Fact: Did you know that President Reagan designated Martin Luther King Day a national holiday?
Fact: President Reagan was a devoted diary keeper! In his 8 years as President he wrote in his diary EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. That’s what inspired me to start my 5 year journal!

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I Believe

February 27, 2013 by Ashley Hackshaw

At Boo’s school there is a painting of an American flag that has the following words written on it:

The photo is one I took on Instagram during a morning hike to the Palm Desert cross.

Here is the enormous piece that the students made that decorates one of the halls:

The art piece was inspired by a poem that was written on a wall in a concentration camp during WWII by a Jewish prisoner:

“I believe in the sun even when it is not shining
And I believe in love, even when there’s no one there.
And I believe in God, even when he is silent.

I believe through any trial, there is always a way
But sometimes in this suffering and hopeless despair
My heart cries for shelter, to know someone’s there
But a voice rises within me, saying hold on my child, I’ll give you strength,
I’ll give you hope. Just stay a little while.

I believe in the sun even when it is not shining
And I believe in love even when there’s no one there
But I believe in God even when he is silent
I believe through any trial there is always a way.

May there someday be sunshine
May there someday be happiness
May there someday be love
May there someday be peace….”