For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved words.
From childhood all the way to young adulthood, I carried a dictionary in my back pocket.
I spent my free time looking up and learning new words.
Serendipity, prodigy and astonish are three of my favorites.
Now that I carry an iPhone with a Merriam Webster app on my home screen, I no longer carry a dictionary in my back pocket.
But I still spend my free time looking up and learning new words.
Today, however, I looked up an old word that I already knew.
Kindness.
I want to make sure I define it just right for the little Latino student who brought a hand made whale to me at school today.
“Kindness: of a sympathetic or helpful nature” says Webster’s.
Look at this beautiful whale.
I can see see how the child took plain blue and white cloth and stitched beauty into it.
I can see how the child used a simple needle and thread and design to show her genius.
I can see how the child used the ordinary to make something full of wonder.
I am astonished at my little student.
Look how prodigious she is.
Her gift is a serendipity to me.
She is a serendipity to me.
She is kindness.
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