the playground community
was worried
and
unsure what to do
how to help
there had been an accident
it had happened to one of their own
one’s hair somehow
got wound around
the button of another
the two involved
sat down next to each other
(no other logistical choice really)
one put her arm around the other
one big one
helped them to unwind it
one turned away
unsure how to help
one stood by
ready to help
one stood at a safe distance
watching closely
helping by being near
and
in the end
all was well
once more.
—
without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.
anthony j. d’angelo
Beautiful Beth. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. 🙂
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my pleasure, paul –
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Once again, the pupils illustrate a lesson portrayed by an educated educator.
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Children teach us so much !
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They do –
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Or is it remind us!
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Both, I think
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Awesome. 🙂 Wish it carried on…
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me too –
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Pretty powerful allegory for us all
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it really is –
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Just beautiful, Beth. Love how you wrote this – perfect.
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thank you so much, kelly. it really wrote itself, i’m just the messenger.
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A very talented, gifted messenger, that. 🙂
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OUCH! I’m glad this had a good ending. Those can hurt. 🙂
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me too, rachel.
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This was so sweet. Made my day.
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thank you –
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sweet 🙂
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Without community, big or small where would we be? trust our littles to help us sort that one out. Great post.
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Yes, they know how to be a part of the solution-
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I love that you have the “smarts” to see the wisdom with children on a regular basis…when I was a young teacher, I sometimes found myself so overwhelmed with what “had to be taught” that I forgot to be open to those “teachable moments” by my kids. Thanks for your regular reminders that kids teach us a lot…we just have to be open to it…. ❤
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i’m learning right along with them –
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We all have jobs to do in a crisis! The important thing is to know which is your job! Seems like all fulfilled their duties. 🙂
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absolutely –
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This shows so many ways each of us react or handle things. Wonderful how everyone is part of the solution, takes part in worrying on different levels. A microcosm of real society, unfolding before your eyes. You are our “interpreter” we count on to share with us, Beth. ❤
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i love to see how they figure out life –
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Wonderful!
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they are –
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all for one and…
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each in their own way –
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Maybe I’m wrong but I think it may have been two girls involved. Perhaps if it were two boys the post might have been very different and may even have featured a snap of a bald piece of head.:)
I know… very sexist of me.
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ah, yes. two girls. perhaps you are correct )
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Could be a snapshot of real life – or a snapshot of how real life ought to be.
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Yes )
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A touching and spot-on observation. Did you intend it to be a subtle reflection on the choices people make during a crisis situation in the world at large? Some people chose to step in and help while others are helpless in the face of disaster. Or, am I reading into it?
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yes, that is it – each person in a community reacts differently in challenging situations, and while some jump in, others are unsure or unable what to do – this happens at any age in any community, i think.
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I read a story earlier about a duck that tapped on a police car door. The officer thought duck was hungry and tossed some food out the window. The duck ignored the food and walked away. The officer didn’t get out the car. So the duck came back tapped again trying to get the officer to follow. So the officer did. The duck led him to to her chicken that was tangled in string. The officer was afraid the duck was going to attack him if he touched the chick. His partner came and she untangled the chick while the mother patiently waited. Amazing that the duck seemed the help from a human. A police officer! That is a wonderful story of caring.
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that is fantastic –
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That’s a great story SHO. I was in trucking for years and then management of trucking. The following story was captured by a local newspaper photographer. One of my tanker drivers (huge gas tankers with two trailers and weighing 70 tons) stopped to let a mother duck and her 6 babies cross the road from a park to a pond. This was a common crossing and was marked so. The photographer was looking for a filler and had stopped and was watching the crossing – taking pictures of the truck waiting. Then calamity struck. The last baby was too little to hop into the curb and was stuck trying over and over to unsuccessfully follow her Mom. Our driver got out and walked over, knelt down and placed his hand horizontal half way up the curb making a step for the duckling. She jumped on his hand and then the curb and waddled off after her brothers and sisters. The photo array appeared in the next day’s paper and we got a lot of calls and e-mails from people who wanted to thank the driver.
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