PASSAGE FROM “ONCE UPON A TIME” “The alarm was often answered-it seemed-by other burglar alarms, in other houses, that had been triggered by pet cats or nibbling mice. The alarms called to one another across the gardens in shrills and bleats and wails that everyone soon became accustomed to, so that the din roused the inhabitants of the suburb no more than the croak of frogs and musical grating of cicadas’ legs.”(254) In only two …showed first 75 words of 759 total…

…showed last 75 words of 759 total…family and beyond. The parents have good intentions but because they are misdirected they miss out on the child’s life. The quality time all children need may become secondary to the parent’s work. The work becomes such a routine and purpose in our life that it no longer disrupts our life, only changes it. The point is, the longer we remain focused on the less important things, the more important they will become.