4. Write a blog post inspired by the word: clean
The other daycare workers were a bit disgusted by Kate because she always had a handful of rocks she kept in her mouth. I was the head teacher of the school-agers and Kate was next door with the four-year-olds and she was an altogether strange little child. If I had to describe her I would say she looked a bit like a baby Flamingo. A tiny little blond pixie head perched atop long, thin limbs.
She never spoke to anyone and people sort of quit trying and she became one of those, “Oh that’s just Kate” isms. She bopped around and followed the flock, sometimes hid under tables to pick at linoleum, and really kept to her quiet little self.
During outside playtime, Kate would stuff gravel in her mouth and I’m sure she would have preferred us to just leave her be, but when you see a child with a mouth full of tiny rocks you feel like you should probably tell her to stop. So Kate would stop, or pretend to stop but really just duck behind the climber to be alone with her gravel.
When Kate graduated to my classroom I was determined to bring her out of her shell. I coaxed that baby flamingo out from under the table and I spoiled her rotten. Imagine my pleasure when she actually spoke WORDS to me. I was thrilled with my new friend even though her rock-sucking habits completely grossed me out.
One day, after I had completely won her over, I finally asked her, “Kate? Why are you always putting rocks in your mouth?”
She shrugged, “Because I’m cleaning them.”
And the heavens opened and the angels sang.
She’s CLEANING them!
Of course she’s cleaning them, rocks are filthy…and all this time poor Kate had been completely misunderstood. She didn’t have a dirty habit, she was a cleaner!
Imagine how overwhelming it might be to look at a playground filled with dirty gravel…her work was never done and not appreciated nearly enough.
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The Prompts:
1. Tell us about your favorite “Summer Song of 2022”.
2. List your top 6 favorite summer moments so far.
3. Write a blog post in exactly 8 lines.
4. Write a blog post inspired by the word: clean
5. What are you watching? Share your favorite summer programming so far.
6. Your favorite summer view so far.
Claire S says
What a crazy story! Kids are weird. LOL.
John Holton says
There was a child with a mission! She’s probably never forgotten you…