My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but did not stop at academics - they made sure that we knew music, saw art and theatre and traveled - even though it meant budgeting like crazy.
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Jennifer Garner was a 20th-century American actress. Jennifer Anne Garner is an American actress. Born in Houston, Texas and raised in Charleston, West Virginia, Garner studied theater at Denison University and began acting as an understudy for the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Music — The universal language of melody, rhythm, and harmony
  • Art — Creativity, expression, and the role of art in society

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