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theDate= new Date();
var day = theDate.getDate();
var year = theDate.getYear();
year = (year < 2000) ? year + 1900 : year;
var textdate = (theDate.getMonth() + 1) + '/' + theDate.getDate() + '/' + year;

var numquotes = 31;
quotes = new Array(numquotes+1);
quotes[1] = "May I celebrate my children<br>For all the joy they give me<br>For all the lessons they teach me<br>For all the ways they love me.";
quotes[2] = "Let me end this year with faith<br>In myself and my children<br>That we can grow together, strong and wise<br>Trusting in ourselves and each other.";
quotes[3] = "I will be resilient<br>Gather together my inner strengths<br>To face hardships with grace<br>A lesson my children learn best from me.";
quotes[4] = "May I create safe space<br>That  my children know is always there<br>Open, waiting, comforting, secure<br>A space for them to find love.";
quotes[5] = "I will be resourceful<br>When a crisis occurs<br>I do not need an instant solution<br>I first need to see the truth of what is happening";
quotes[6] = "My children will learn to value<br>Their unique selves without always judging<br>Good, better, best<br>If there is no judge in their lives.";
quotes[7] = "There is no way I can protect my children<br>From pain and suffering<br>But I can ask them:<br><i>What is life teaching when you feel this way?</i>";
quotes[8] = "Being within community is comforting.<br>We are connected<br>May we find new ways to make<br>These connections stronger for our children.";
quotes[9] = "When I see the reality of what is going on<br>And face it with courage and caring<br>My children learn<br>Life's hardest lesson.";
quotes[10] = "I will not always blame others<br>For my problems. I will first look within<br>So my children will know where to go<br>For solutions.";
quotes[11] = "I am at my best<br>When I am honest with myself<br>And my children about who we are<br>And who we are not.";
quotes[12] = "If we listen to our children<br>Openly without expectation<br>We will hear<br>The voice of God";
quotes[13] = "I will show my children<br>How the truth can<br>Fill our hearts with love<br>So that it spills over into all we say and do.";
quotes[14] = "Parenting is not so serious.<br>There is laughter in the air we breathe.<br>There is a smile on the earth we walk.<br>Let us find the humor, my children and I.";
quotes[15] = "Our children rejoice in what they have<br>Not looking for imperfections in life<br>They find none<br>Unless we point them out.";
quotes[16] = "I will be a generous giver<br>So my children will learn not<br>Only how to recognize the needs of others<br>But also how to meet them.";
quotes[17] = "I cannot protect my children<br>From the uncertainty in their lives<br>But I can teach them how<br>To know uncertainty for what it is - life.";
quotes[18] = "When my children will not do as I say<br>Let me be certain that my words<br>Were for them<br>And not for me.";
quotes[19] = "We often feel our children<br>Do not appreciate all we do for them.<br>Why should they appreciate us?<br>That is our job.";
quotes[20] = "When our children are worried<br>Let us gently help them untangle<br>Their worry from the truth.<br>Reality is kinder than what we imagine.";
quotes[21] = "My children are not responsible<br>For my personal happiness<br>If they are noisy or tired<br>It is inconvenient only if I make it so";
quotes[22] = "My children must know that<br>Their tears run down my face<br>Their pain aches inside my heart<br>I share their hurting place.";
quotes[23] = "We listen to our children<br>With the ear of our heart<br>For it is through our life-giving listening<br>That they discover who they are.";
quotes[24] = "We are here to parent<br>And through parenting to learn<br>And through learning to know<br>And through knowing to experience<br>The wonder of our children";
quotes[25] = "I will point out God's fingerprints<br>On every living thing; sea spray<br>The veins in a leaf; a pattern of stars<br>So my children can see meaning in their lives.";
quotes[26] = "We create a home for our children<br>Where they can be themselves.<br>When they close the door<br>They can open their hearts.";
quotes[27] = "We teach our children hospitality<br>As a way to come out of ourselves.<br>We share who we are and what we have<br>First with them, then the world.";
quotes[28] = "I will give my child a little bottle<br>Sealed up tight<br>And say, <i>Never open it.</i><br><i>So you can learn to love mystery.</i>";
quotes[29] = "Let me wake up<br>And pay respectful attention<br>To what my children have to say<br>For I am the one with the monkey mind.";
quotes[30] = "We will teach our children<br>That it is never better to be<br>Someplace else than where you are<br>Here and now.";
quotes[31] = "Can we show our children how<br>To take things with gratitude<br>And not for granted?<br>The only prayer we need is <i>Thank you.</i>";

document.write('' + quotes[day] + '<br>');
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