Voting?

In the car yesterday:

Brother: Mom, what do the signs with peoples names on them mean?

Mom: It is an election year. They want you to vote for them in November.
 
Brother: Who will you vote for? 

Mom: I don't know yet. I don't really like either choice. I'm ready, to just not vote.

Sister forgets her book and pipes up:

I'll tell you what! We need another Teddy Roosevelt...and that means we'd eventually get another Eleanor Roosevelt. We need an Eleanor. 

Teddy was Eleanor's uncle and she was raised by the Roosevelt family after both her parents passed away. She met future President Franklin when she was just two years old and he four years old.

Mom: Exactly.
 
Brother: ...and that means we'll get to sit on the roof and own a green snake. 

 

I had to do some research to figure out brother was talking about in regards to the roof and snake. The kids read more books than I do these days! This is what I found out:

Eleanor's Diary June 29th, 1940

Several hundred young people were sitting on the roof ready to go off in search of jobs. Job hunting in pairs is a new technique. It is easier to do when you are covering stores and factories in the neighborhood, with the idea of soliciting jobs for the whole group, for you are talking for all and not yourself alone.

Teddy Roosevelt, uncle to Eleanor, had a green snake named Emily Spinach she very much enjoyed.

Looking for a book this election year? Recommending:

Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne

Labour to keep alive in your Breast that Little Spark of 

Celestial fire Called Conscience.

~ George Washington









Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints on your heart. 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

If only this were easy to do!