What I learned this week:
Sometimes we need time to really discern what is going on in our lives, therefore we should not make any decisions when we are upset, overwhelmed or depressed.
What I am grateful for: I am going on a long trip and I can do that because I have worked in the same station for 20 years and I work to live, instead of living to work.
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Here’s a sneak-peek into what’s on Living Smart and Latina Voices this week!
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Living Smart: Getting your Kid into the Right College by Beth Dennard EdD
Beth Dennard EdD, Educational Advisor
An educational consultant and a mother herself, Dr. Beth Dennard tries to match the right colleges with the right student. She also helps students prepare their applications for college admissions and scholarships. Dennard discusses what you need to know to select the right school based on student’s personality and needs. If you are a parent or grandparent with college age kids, you will get a lot of great tips from Dr. Dennard.
(Sun, 3:00 PM, date—Repeats following Friday at10 PM) **
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Latina Voices: The Olympian Family : Lopez Brothers
This Sunday at 2:30pm we interviewed the Taekwando Olympic Champions, The Lopez Brothers. This was right after they won the bronze medal. These young role models were really open and shared their love of family and country. Their sister could not make it to the interview but I could really relate to how close they are to each other and their parents.
(Sun, 2:30 PM, date—repeats Wed, 11:30 PM)
This is a poem written by a young poet Alexander Winegardner. He is only 12 years old but has the soul of a wise man.
He wrote it in Spanish and this is his translation.
Silence
Silence makes people wonder
Why not get away from the city and thunder
And fly to the peaceful lakes of Argentina that are silent
Glowing like the silver coat of a wolf in the cold Patagonian night
Silence flies with the wind through the mountains
To the lake
Then sits down quietly
Coiled like a snake
It waits
For intrepid city dwellers
That ignore the silence that soon overcomes them and petrifies them with loneliness
Because for them hearing silence is as rare as seeing a white lion
And they become perplexed
Entering a world of silence may not be so bad
Better than being in a city driving you mad
But soon they recoil
From the deafening stillness
And fearful of being abandoned to themselves
They scurry back to the cities roar
Left alone under a dazzling vastness filled with stars
Villa la Angostura purrs, contented in its sleep.
El silencio
El silencio hace preguntarse a la gente
Porque no irse de la ciudad y del ruido
Y volar a los pacíficos lagos de la Argentina, que son silenciosos,
Resplandecientes como el pelo plateado de un lobo
En la fría noche de Patagonia.
El silencio vuela con el viento a través las montañas
Al lago
Después se sienta tranquilo
Enrollado como una serpiente
Espera
A intrépidos habitantes de la ciudad
Quienes ignoran el silencio que pronto llega
Y los petrifica de soledad,
Ya que para ellos escuchar el silencio es como ver un león blanco.
Y se tornan perplejos
Ingresar en un mundo de silencio puede no ser tan malo,
Mejor que estar en una ciudad que te vuelve loco.
Pero pronto se alejan
Del silencio ensordecedor.
Y miedosos de ser abandonados a sí mismos
Se arrastran nuevamente al estruendo de la ciudad.
Sola bajo un resplandeciente vacío lleno de estrellas
Villa La Angostura susurra, contenta en su sueño.
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