I bought myself a pop-up book of The Little Prince.  I don't have grandchildren or any child to read to, just my Inner Child who loves pop-up paper art and wanted to read The Little Prince again.  I read it once in French class, in junior high school, and that was a struggle with no interesting pop-ups.  For a minute it was hard to spend the money but after I ordered it, I was excited to get it!  Someday I'll find a real child to…

I started French in the seventh grade.  That summer I had listened to the opera Carmen and I happily thought I'd be able to understand it when the year was over.  Little did I know.  After eight years of French I could comprehend some words and phrases but understanding the whole opera eluded me. Sometimes it takes longer to do something than we planned.  By living and trying, we learn to accept what's realistic for each of us to expect of ourselves.  In the case…