who remembers this?
sitting backwards
making faces
rolling around on turns
cigarette smoke-filled air
fighting over who could sit there
the door that swung open
back window down
best seat ever.
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“like all great travelers, i have seen more than i remember, and remember more than i have seen.”
-benjamin disraeli
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image credit: doyouremember.com
what could be better
then box-sledding
on dirt and dried grass
while dreaming of snow?
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“my first playpen was a cardboard box.”
-michael lee-chin
what child wouldn’t put this on their holiday wish list?
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“it is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.”
-isaac newton
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credits: Rogue NASA, Weird History
one friend shares her flower with another
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as a teacher of young children
i am always struck
by the natural way
that children connect with each other
reaching out
with genuine kindness and kinship.
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“anyone who takes time to be kind is beautiful.”
-author unknown
when i was a little girl
one of my sisters used to bite her nails
when i’d look out the window
see the sliver of a moon
i thought that was her nail up there
wanting endlessly
to think of a way to get it back for her.
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“it’s like we’re on a rocket ship that we were just painting,
and suddenly it took off
and we’re holding onto the ship with our fingernails.
– Esteban Contreras
a very special delivery
going to a very special place:
the fairy house in our school garden.
they will be so happy.
“find happiness by delivering it”
– chris murray
day two of our return to school
we all find comfort in our own way
a donkey, a pillow, a bus, a dragon
each makes all the difference to someone.
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“cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.”
-hippocrates
fifteen months old
back to the baby book we go
another precursor to my future
pretty accurate then and now.
not so much the running.
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“walks and runs real well. understands almost anything you tell her. climbs on everything.
also started kissing at 15 months.”
– my mom
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“once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight,
or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
– e. e. cummings
from the rhythm and music section of my baby book:
“loves to hear record player going or any music at 15 months.
attempts to dance to it and complains when music stops.”
not one part of this has changed except for my age.
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“music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.”
-plato
standing in my yard
a child
small among the birch trees
i would slowly peel away the bark
creating the most delicate pieces of beautiful paper
a gift from the tree
uncurled and waiting to be my papyrus.
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“out of sight above the house, the mirror moon reflected the sun of a day not yet dawned,
shining the pale light of tomorrow on the yard and on the paper birches.”
-dean koontz
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image credit: white birch fragrance oil
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