When Failure Turns into Success When I was very little, my father’s job took us to Paris where we lived for two years. During that time, I attended kindergarten and started the first grade in French schools. According to my mother, I spoke French fluently (but don’t ask me to speak it now.) I was halfway through the first grade when we returned to the United States. Unfortunately, I did not have the reading foundation in English to excel. For…..
Do you feel as if your neighborhood is an extension of your home or merely land surrounding your house? For today’s BLOG entry, I have chosen to write more about my surroundings – as a child and as an adult – and the impact my neighborhood had/has on my life. Perhaps you will be able to relate. If so, please do provide your story. I grew up in the small, 100-home community called Tauxemont — located a few miles south…..