Five years ago today, on Sunday, May 24, 2015, my Dad celebrated his 90th birthday! Now today, Sunday, May 24, 2020, my Dad is celebrating his 95th birthday. I have never personally known a 95 year-old, or been related to one! Today I can say I both know and am related to one!
I met him when he was just 31 years old and he punched the doctor who delivered me because he was so happy to have a daughter. But…
Not much about the eight parts of speech excites me as much as a good prepositional phrase! Remember the list of prepositions we memorized in grade school? Click here if you need to brush up on the 49 one-word prepositions: The Preposition Song
Simply put, a preposition is a word which shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other element in the rest of the sentence. For example, consider the underlined prepositional phrases in the following…
“Worry is like a rocking chair, it will give you something to
do, but it won’t get you anywhere!”
-Unknown
On my first birthday, I was gifted a rocking chair which grew in age as I grew in age. This rocking chair provided many hours of soothing comfort as my little heart often was an anxious heart. Who knows what could trouble a tiny heart, but in those times of anxiety, I would hop on the chair and rock away the minutes, and consequently, my worries. The rocking activity was a calming balm to my young heart and mind!