Vacation is over...school has begun...the hagim are here.
How do I show all the feelings that I have and express the energy surrounding these important times?
While organizing my Piles and Files I found the answer...
with poetry of course...
Leavetaking
by Eve Merriam
Vacation is over;
It's time to depart.
I must leave behind
(although it breaks my heart)
Tadpoles in the pond,
A can of eels,
A leaky rowboat,
Abandoned car wheels;
For I'm packing only
Necessities:
A month of sunsets
And two apple trees
What "necessities" have you brought with you from your summer vacation?
I Am Looking For a Book
by Eve Merriam
I am looking for a book
I do not know its title
or what it is about
but if I find it
and turn to the right page
it will read me
it will put a pen into my hands
that will sprout iridescent feathers
and fly.
How wonderful these first three weeks have been introducing and reintroducing the children to the joys of the library. Each book, each page, each word containing a special wonder.
Gmar chatimah tova!