Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/poem-it-can-be!/5026896/
I never earned much money
In the career I love
But gained a lot of knowledge
and a bucket full of hugs.
You see, I chose early childhood
And relived my own at that
with children who returned my love
as they sat upon my lap.
Meeting, greeting, work with and for
but never imposing on their little beings
They showed me ways of belonging
I’d never known before.
As they are becoming, so are we.
As they are experiencing, so are we.
Together we see what a wonderful world
It Can Be!
Remembering and building on what has come before.
We believe in Magda, Vivian, Lillian, Margie, Deb, for sure*
The greatest generation, these women taught us how
we grow with and affect these children,
“based on our past for a future we know nothing about.”
But if their early childhoods are anything like mine,
a joyful, loving, intellectually challenging, wonderful time,
then we can say
We changed the world,
one child at a time!
*Magda Gerber, Vivian Gussin Paley, Lillian Katz, Margie Carter, Deb Curtis
Author Bio
Lois M. Ingellis, M.Ed., is an adjunct faculty member of SUNY Empire State College, where she teaches the infant toddler curriculum and environment online course in semi-retirement. Discussion welcome at [email protected].