everything is growing and changing
all in their own time
each in their own way
we watch and care for them
soon they will all be something new.
—
“and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Anais Nin
flower and child
both in bud
soon to blossom.
—
“so much is in bud.”
-denise levertov
as we watched
the big kids perform
‘a christmas carol’
the kinder
kept whispering
and asking
‘why is that man so mean?’
‘why is he so crabby?’
‘how can he be that mean?’
I told them that later in the play
mr. scrooge’s heart will grow
and he will learn to be nice
just like what happened to the grinch
it made my own heart grow
to think about
their innocence
their naturally kind and compassionate state of being
how they could not even begin to imagine
why someone would choose to be mean.
—
‘i think being nice is more important than being clever.’
-ricky gervais
one kinder opens the door for another after making sure it is safe for him to go
—
the bittersweet feelings of being part of our multi-age class
most of the children don’t see themselves as being
different ages or stages
and may not yet see
that some will be moving on
to the higher grades
where they will have the chance to grow
in ways they have yet to imagine
and some will stay with us
for one more year
where they will have the chance
to be the leaders and teachers
to the new little ones joining our class
what we all know without any doubt
is that we are one
we will always keep an open door for all of them
to safely come and go as they need
and as some leave and as some stay
our journeys continue another day.
—
“if I look back when I begin to leave, will they remember me?”
― adam young, owl city
it seems that the bean stalks
in our classroom
have gone a bit wild
very quickly
and
we are on the lookout for giants.
—
“well, first of all,” said the bfg,
“human beans is not really believing in giants, is they?
human beans is not thinking we exist.”
which way will you go?
I didn't have my glasses on.... 