merry-go-round

"If I had my life to live over,

I would start barefoot earlier in the spring

and stay that way later in the fall.

I would go to more dances.

I would ride more merry-go-rounds

and I would pick more daisies."

---part of a response from 85 year old Nadine Stair,

when asked what she would do if she had her life to live over.

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Fredrick's first merry-go-round.

Lydia is showing him how it's done!

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What is it about watching children on a carousel

that makes one feel so hopeful?