when all are watering the plants at the same time,
while facing each other,
what could possibly happen?
let’s do the probability math.
—
“be water, my friend.”
-bruce lee
Oct1
Tag Archives: children
Sep27
chopped.
today we began using scissors
and
some people really got the hang of it.
—
“who took my good scissors?”
-mom
Sep24
true compassion.
after all of the wedding fun
finding the very tiny lizard, lizzy
thinking lizzy was gone
but finding she had hitched a ride in the car by hiding on someone’s dress
finding another tiny lizard, johnny boy
who hitched a ride on someone else’s pants
when we were looking in the trees for someone just like him
making houses for each of them
giving them food and water and air, and hiding rocks and grass
then thinking more about them and what would make them feel happy and safe
after talking, reciting poetry to them, interpretive ballet dancing
thanking them for finding us, hitching a ride, and playing with us for a little while
we decided that we loved them
and because we did
it was much kinder and compassionate
to return them to their lizard trees
to let them go home to their families and friends
to be healthy, happy, and safe
rather than try to keep them for ourselves
there were
a few tears
lots of love
and
a much greater understanding.
“true compassion means not only feeling another’s pain but also being moved to help relieve it.”
– daniel goleman
Sep20
gentle.
the kinder very gently touch the lamb’s ear and feel a soft surprise.
—
“there is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.”
-han suyin
Sep16
standoff.
when it started taking a long time, the kinder figured out how to settle this peacefully all on their own.
—
“then i reckon we got ourselves a good old-fashioned standoff…..
nobody moved, or said anything for the next few moments.
old-fashioned standoffs are mighty borin’ “
-derek landy, irish author, screenwriter and marvel comics contributor
Sep14
mermaids.
“we see mermaids in the water!”
—
“rainbows and mermaids are proof that beauty and imagination go hand in hand.”
-author unknown
Sep9
i need to go now.
she remembered off and on
throughout the afternoon
why she needed to leave school and go home
she tried calling on the old wood phone
told us she did not need to be here
told us her mom misses her
gave us so many, many reasons
and finally
she came up with my favorite:
“i need to go home…….to fix my hair!”
well, why didn’t you say so in the first place?
of course you do
we reminded her that mom would be back pretty soon
and in the meantime
we marched around like big dinosaurs
laughing and playing
ate applesauce and ran around outside
on a cool almost fall day
hair flying in the wind.
—
“home is where somebody notices when you are no longer there.”
-aleksandar hemon, the lazarus project
Sep8
seeing magic.
and, the magic has begun.
the kinder find an extended family of roly-poly’s in the trunk of a tree
everyone runs over to see them.
—
“children can see magic because they look for it.”
-christopher moore
Jul6
fixing things.
a few years back
one of the grandies fixed his car
he’s still fixing and he’s still standing.
—
“even things that aren’t broken can be fixed.”
-lauren destefano
Jun13
youth.
a sure sign –
a bike hurriedly tossed on its side
no doubt someone excited to play
if i had to guess
i’d say there is a child on summer vacation
somewhere nearby.
—
“youth comes but once in a lifetime.”
-henry wadsworth longfellow
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