We got the chance to spend the weekend with Nana and Papa (the in-laws) in the mountains over the last few days. Mere words cannot describe how good it was. This was our first chance to take a trip like this with them, so we met in the mountains near Number 1. Almost halfway. While not quite there, it is near the end of the month; we also celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. It was a special weekend with two very dear, special people. Love and miss you both already.
Lunch Box Quotes are notes I usually include in the kids’ lunches. Since Number 1 is off in college and Number 2 is skipping lunch now (he’s trying to cut weight for lacrosse), they both get a text. Both 3 and 4 get handwritten notes on napkins.
Visual credit to – Featured Image: Photo Credit: @Mythos_Man
Quotes: @HistoryDailyyy @AlcuinPress @readswithravi @CowboyGospeler
Quotes:
1. “Never be afraid of opportunities, always be on the lookout for adventures.” – Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
2. “I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.” – Plutarch
3. “Books only have two smells. The smell of a new book, which is good, and the smell of an old book, which is even better.” – Ray Braberry
4. “Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but doing it like you love it.” – Mike Tyson
Bonus Quote: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Sources:
“Never be afraid of opportunities, always be on the lookout for adventures.”
— Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
— Man of Myth (@Mythos_Man) October 24, 2026
“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”
*~ Plutarch
— History Daily (@HistoryDailyyy) October 23, 2026
Ray Bradbury, one of life’s gifts https://t.co/BG3uRdc2Tv
— Alcuin Press (@AlcuinPress) October 19, 2026
“Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but doing it like you love it.”
— Mike Tyson
— Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi) October 18, 2026
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
—Theodore Roosevelt https://t.co/SC9xGreguY— Cowboy Gospeler (@CowboyGospeler) October 17, 2026