This+I+Believe

[|Visit NPR's website and browse through the "This I Believe" essays.] Choose three to read and comment on. Discuss what you noticed, what you took away from the piece, and what you liked. Make sure you copy link to essay, as well as give the title and author.

Example: The first essay I chose to listen to was Patty Dann's "Tell the Children." You can access it at []. I found Dann's essay to be chilling. Several times while listening, I contemplated stopping it; it was almost too much. My throat tightened at I listened. It was if she was speaking of my own experiences and I had not anticipated such a response. Her wording (such as calling her family one that was "being tapped by the Grim Reaper") appealed to me and her message (being honest with children even in difficult times) resonated with me. I do not think I am ready to write my beliefs on this time of my life yet, but feel as though Dann did it for me. J. McDougall 09/15/13