Posts by Betty Mitchell
Warning – Traps Ahead!
. . . I will fear no evil: for thou art with me (Psalm 23:4). We are often told that the senior years of life are supposed to be the golden years—years of enjoying the fruits of our labor and handing the tools over to the next generation. Robert Browning describes these years as “the…
Read MoreA Serpent’s Tooth
Betty C. Mitchell “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child” (Shakespeare, King Lear). The old king had tried to be a good father. He had given his daughters everything, and asked only their love. Now the time had come to retire and leave everything to them. He hoped to…
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