Dancing Giraffe Eating Blueberries

(from my 1/15/15 HoneyIShrunkTheGrief.com Facebook post)blueberry_giraffe

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“It’s a dancing giraffe eating blueberries!…and I painted it!” a bright-eyed 2nd grader announced to me during class.
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I couldn’t have been more impressed and asked if I could take a picture of it, to look at whenever I needed a lift.
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“Sure!” he quickly replied, looking like the most giving creature on earth.
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“Want to know why his face is blue?” he impatiently asked, hardly able to wait for my response.
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“Yes,” I said, “why is it blue?”
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And with a beauty and sincerity that is so hard to find anywhere beyond childhood, he excitedly shared, “Because I messed up and got blue on his face when I was painting the sky. But then I decided to make him even better!…by adding more blue and having him eating Blueberries!”
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“Wow!” I said, “That was such a wonderful idea! I love it!!”
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He seemed to inherently recognize the beauty in his act, and he walked away glowing. And he left me glowing too — because his love of life recharged my soul — and because I felt incredibly comforted knowing that he had a gift that would serve him well in this world. I just pray that he never outgrows it. But if he ever does (because it happens to the best of us), I pray that he too has a child someday remind him that all catastrophes…big and small…can be made beautiful, if you add some love and creativity.

 

 

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