The Hands

The imagination of children should be treasured

taken care of like a jewel

nurtured while they have dreams

encouraged while the dreams grow

never taken for granted or pushed aside

help their minds to soar

never to lose the sparkle

Cara and I sat outside today. We were storm watching. She kept pointing to the sky and saying "look at the hands". I didn't see hands, but I kept looking. I said "you mean, the top limbs of the trees", Cara said "Emma and I call them the hands because they look like hands to us", she said "the hands are getting bigger Mommy".

I hope they never lose the sparkle. I hope to always encourage them to see every color and every "hand".