on this special day
i brought out
an old treasured story
written by
my former student, nicole
who i taught for grades k-2
(in a school where we were known by our first names)
a story about me sharing stories
made me cry happy tears to read
how much she enjoyed the stories
what ginormous heaps of praise
from a fellow roald dahl fan.
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happy roald dahl story day!!
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“words are our most inexhaustible source of magic.”
-albus dumbledore (j.k. rowling, harry potter series)
the long letter
written on the outside of my valentine
was even more important
than the card inside
the kinder who worked very hard to write it all down
read it out loud to me
confident, proud, with voice inflections, hands moving
and so much to say.
—
“fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
-william wordsworth
as seen on the lawn of the detroit institute of arts this morning
—
“there is no instinct like that of the heart.”
-lord byron
(translation):
miss kennedy you are invited to my birthday party.
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she worked very hard on this
for such a long time
what an effort this took to create
asking me
how to spell each word
letter by letter
putting it in an envelope
sealing it
giving it to me to open and read
causing
big smiles on both sides.
and
i don’t know that it’s even her birthday.
—-
“effort only fully releases its reward
after a person refuses to quit.”
-napoleon hill
I didn't have my glasses on.... 