Today is the Present

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

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I live across the street from death. Truthfully, I wouldn’t have chosen to live across from the funeral home, but it was my grandparents’ house. Contrary to what you might think, a constant reminder of death can change your life in positive ways if you let it.

When we first moved in, some things surprised me about the pattern of funerals. For example, it seems that people die...