Tag: playgrounds

• Pain By Any Other Name Still Hurts

  I’m not comfortable with pain. Hurts of any kind are a reality we experience from the time we’re born. Unavoidable and inevitable. Nobody does pain quite as genuinely as children. They experience personal injury, and there are two responses. Bounce back and continue playing. Or wail and weep and demand help. Until they see blood. […]

  daylerogers

  April 19, 2018

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  bandages, comfort, ducks, grief, hurt, Jesus, pain, parks, playgrounds, slides, suffering, swings, wounds

• Your Enemy Is Not Who You Think

  “There is no natural predator for killer whales. They used to think great white sharks were it, but the killer whales just flip them on their backs and wait for them to pass out. Then they eat them. They kill giant squids, too.” This wasn’t a Discovery Channel program or a quote from National Geographic. […]

  daylerogers

  April 10, 2017

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  enemies, giant squids, God, great white sharks, hope, Jesus, killer whales, light, natural predators, playgrounds, Satan, souls

• The Culture Of The Playground

  I’ve had the privilege of spending much of this past weekend at soccer games. This new generation of family players is exciting to watch and full of potential. Frankly, I’ve grown up a little and don’t feel the need as deeply to scream at unfair referees and their poor calls. I just think those thoughts. […]

  daylerogers

  October 19, 2015

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  creation, diversity, ethnicity, fun, God, included, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, play, playgrounds