Friday was a special day at school - not just because it was Friday, but because our kindergarten class experienced the joy of making something to share with someone else. One of the second grade classes came to our room and these students taught our students how to make the cutest sock snowmen for residents of a nearby nursing home. The excitement in the room was contagious!! Listening to those second graders teach those little kindergarteners how to stuff the socks, and add the buttons, and use chalk to make rosey cheeks - and then tie the ribbons around the necks - and paint the eyes and mouth and glue on the sticks for hands....what fun! Each one of the snowmen has its own personality - just like each precious child in that room. After school on Friday I left to take our daughter, her husband, and another couple to Greensboro to catch a flight. But on my way back to Winston, I went back by the school - everything was quiet -- and I looked at those snowmen again. They made me smile!! I know they will bring joy to those precious residents at the nursing home. So, here's to Snowmen everywhere!!
I like Snowmen - fat or tall,
I like Snowmen - short or small,
I like Snowmen - they make me smile
Though they're only here for a little while.
By the way, if you really like snowmen like I do, check out the website for the World's Largest Snowman. Unbelievable!!
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You have said so much in your brief story.
ReplyDeleteIt is all about taking the time to reflect, but also to observe. The small things, or perhaps I should say, the free things (like the gorgeous sunset I saw on Monday night) that can provide one with such happiness and pleasure.
These “stolen” moments, like peeking in on the snowmen at night, can rekindle memories of a time of innocence and wonderment. Or, make you stop and take stock of what you have.
I say hats off to snowmen at night and other such moments of reflection and in basking in simplicity.