[stylist] Sharinhg one of the Conversations from the Teacher series

[KajunCutie926 at aol.com]

Barbara, this story made me smile.  It reminded  me of a high school friend 
who also had two strollers and did the same thing as  you do.  When they 
would get back to their apartment complex neighbors  would be waiting to see 
who had the lead and the bells.  I can sit here  imagine the butterfly 
landing on Paul's knee. One did that to my little grandson  the other day and my 
son said he just stopped moving and off the butterfly flew  and he kept 
trying to find it.  Again if my little piece brought forth this  memory shared 
with us then my words have done all I can ask of them.. Thank you  for sharing 
this story with us. 
Myrna
 
 
In a message dated 6/1/2012 10:27:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
poetlori8 at msn.com writes:

I  absolutely love this little piece!
The memory it brought to me is a very  recent one.  We were going for a 
walk 
through the woods by our house,  pushing the twins in their strollers and 
at 
two different times a  butterfly landed on Paul's knee.  He made no 
response 
to them and  then they flew away.

For anyone who may wonder how we accomplish the  feat of two strollers when 
I 
cannot see at all, we put bells on the lead  stroller so I can follow.  It 
works pretty well but I'm still a bad  driver and have to be watched at 
dangerous spots.  I always have a  cane with me but I can't use it and 
push. 
The nice thing is, we can take  the bells off and put them on whichever 
stroller we wish so I don't always  have to push the heavy one or get to 
push 
the light  one.
Barbara




Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to  dance. -- Carl Sandburg
-----Original Message----- 
From:  KajunCutie926 at aol.com
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 6:27 AM
To:  stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Sharinhg one of the Conversations  from the Teacher 
series

I have decided to use two sections when  compiling the  Teacher series,
Lessons and Conversation.  This is  an example of what might  be found in 
the
Conversations section,  inspired by my granddaughter.  It is  also 
attached. 
I
am  slowly catching up to email as it has been an  unexpectedly hectic  few
days here but I am now reading all Stylist mail,   finally.

Innocence and Butterflies


He watches the child from  a safe distance, not wishing to disturb or
intrude upon the moment. A  butterfly has captured her attention, 
mesmerizing
her, making her oblivious  to all but the flutter of wing, the dance of 
color
across a flawless  sky.

He sketches to memory the innocence, the wistful joy, and  intrigued
imagination etched on the child's face, sparkling within her  eyes. If only
innocence could last forever, he muses.

'Sir, why did  the Creator make butterflies?' the girl's softly asked
question breaks the  silence.

The man thinks for a moment, watching the winged beauty,  before he speaks.
'The butterfly is like a flying gardener, little one, for  it helps to bring
us  flowers and fruit. If we watch them carefully  they can tell us how
healthy  nature is. And I think they remind us  that what may seem fragile 
and
easily  broken often has an inner  strength we sometimes overlook.'

As if on cue the butterfly flits away  onto a new journey and the girl's
eyes shadow slightly but then she smiles.  'I suppose you're right but I 
think
it's more than that.'

'And  just what do you think it might be?' he asks.

'I think the Creator just  wants us to see that even an ugly old caterpillar
can fool you!' The girl  grins and skips away in search of another
adventure.

The man is left  in stunned silence and swears he hears the Creator  
chuckle,
'Indeed!'







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