Elephants #AtoZchallenge #child’splay

“They may be big but if they want to they can run very fast.” My friend told the children a story. “My land cruiser broke down in the middle of nowhere. I was supposed to pick up a group to go on safari to see the elephants. I knew if I kept walking down the dirt road, I would eventually find the group. What I didn’t know was that the elephants use the path every night to go from the Nile to their home. I was frozen by the sight of a bull. I called my boss. “What do I do if I come across an elephant?” He said “hang up and RUN!!!”

“What would you do if you came across an elephant?” He asked the children.

Run, scream, hide, wish I was someplace else…

What would you do???

Please check out the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge
#AtoZChallenge
a-to-zchallenge.com

See Me? #poetry #uganda #children

I lost my place

my finger couldnt hold

the place in the book

the story that it told

can’t count the days

my fingers arent enough

I play in the dirt

instead of learning stuff

teach me anything

I listen from my heart

I love when you read

we all enjoy the art

dont leave me in the dirt

my clothes begin to stink

challenge my mind

teach me how to think

So many children have been held back from education. In Uganda school is such a privilege. Education helps men and women achieve their dreams.

My Tent #home #sixwordstory

I

Pitched

tattered

thing

my

body

This just one of many offerings for the Saturday Six Word Story Prompt.

Photo: “Fisherman’s Shack” copyright moondustdesigns 2016

Not Under a Tree #gifts #children #Christmas

Please enjoy this montage of poetry over the next several days. These true vignettes represent what I believe the true spirit of Christmas to b:

Generous the soul that gives

what little he possess

in such a manner shed a light

a heart the greatest gift

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There was a boy not old nor young

of two sisters he was glad

He wasn’t strong nor was he weak

protective heart he had

There came a season barren, cold

his family had but little

warmth  abundant at the hearth

holidays always special

I’d known this boy a little time

a leader in the making

challenges were plenty big

cleft palate, one of many

bad was the year for all

our work was in the past

my children knew Christmas joy

in friendships that would last

gathered underneath our tree

bundled what we had

took shiny gifts and things

Merry, joyful, glad

love came too

that Christmas Eve

Six children

danced with glee

That little boy looked to my son

“like you someday I’ll be”

into his hand he placed his trust

“it’s Christmas time you’ll see”

what we learned that Christmas year

is hard to put to words

smiles tell a thousand things

with stars they sing the verse

 

Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flowers before thee, Opening to the sun above.